5:15 PM ET Longtime British rivals Amir Khan and Kell Brook have made one thing clear — they want to fight each other in what has been a much-anticipated match for years. Everything appears lined up for them: They are on roughly the same schedule, they are both now with the same promoter in Matchroom
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12:09 PM ET WBO junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker, of Dallas, Texas, faces Mexico’s Alex Saucedo in a fight that will air live on ESPN in the United States at midnight ET on Friday night from the Cheseapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hooker (24-0-3, 16 KOs), won the title by traveling to
3:31 PM ET Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera has become a promotional free agent after his contract with Main Events expired and the company did not move to re-sign him. Barrera (22-2, 14 KOs), 36, a former amateur standout in Cuba who fights out of Miami, challenged for a world title in March but suffered
11:47 AM ET Opening Bell: All hail Usyk! Since the cruiserweight division was established in 1979 — with a 190-pound weight limit that many years later was increased to 200 — the matter of its all-time best fighter has essentially been unchallenged. The discussion has started and ended with the great Evander Holyfield, although there
10:52 AM ET Tomoki Kameda won a unanimous decision over Abigail Medina to claim a vacant interim junior featherweight world title on Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Japan’s Kameda, 27, defeated Medina, 30, of Spain, by scores of 117-111, 117-111 and 116-112. Tomoki Kameda claimed the vacant interim junior featherweight world title with his
10:10 PM ET Junior lightweight world titlist Tevin Farmer wanted to be a busy fighter, and he will be just that. Farmer will make his second title defense against Francisco Fonseca on Dec. 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York, Lou DiBella, Farmer’s co-promoter with Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, told ESPN on Sunday
12:50 AM ET Former cruiserweight world titlist Krzysztof Glowacki was overlooked for inclusion in the first season of the World Boxing Super Series eight-man tournament, but he was invited to participate in the second season and made a big impression in his opening bout on Saturday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Glowacki powered
12:49 AM ET Steve KimESPN Both Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa came out victorious in Miami on Saturday in respective 10-round bouts, setting up a showdown between the two in March. The 35-year-old Lopez (36-6, 32 KO’s) defeated Christian Mino (19-3, 2 KO’s) over 10 rounds in an entertaining affair that saw Mino hit
8:00 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Oleksandr Usyk remains in cruise control, but it wasn’t all smooth sailing before he knocked out Tony Bellew in the eighth round Saturday night.
1:08 PM ET Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is making plans for the return of some the fighters who fought on his Oct. 6 DAZN card in Chicago, including a possible junior featherweight world title unification bout for Danny Roman. Hearn told ESPN that junior featherweight world titlist Roman, who retained his belt on that