10:05 AM ET Steve KimESPN It’s been a rather tumultuous period of time for WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez (20-0, 17 KOs), who tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a main ingredient in cocaine, under the WBC Clean Boxing program in mid-September in a test that was administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA). Sampson Lewkowicz,
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9:49 PM ET Former bantamweight world titlist Ryan Burnett has been diagnosed with a torn oblique muscle on his right side, he announced Friday. Burnett suffered the injury last Saturday when he lost his 118-pound world title to Nonito Donaire by fifth-round technical knockout in the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament
2:38 PM ET Former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is returning to the ring. The son of Mexican legend and Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. will face Mexican countryman Alfredo Angulo on Dec. 1 on the undercard of the heavyweight world title fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury at the Staples
2:23 AM ET In an astonishing fight, veteran Jesus Soto Karass upset previously undefeated Neeco “Rooster” Macias by majority 10-round decision. The bout featured a record-breaking 3,353 punches thrown, as the boxers battled furiously toe-to-toe in every round. The junior middleweight match highlighted a Golden Boy on ESPN card on Thursday at the Fantasy Springs
6:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN Since losing a close unanimous decision to Keith Thurman in June 2016 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Shawn Porter and his father, Kenny (who manages and trains his son), have made it clear they are longing for a rematch. There had been rumblings that a second chapter was
5:03 PM ET The 45-year history of boxing on HBO that began with the George Foreman-Joe Frazier world heavyweight championship showdown as fight No. 1 in 1973 will end with its 1,118th bout on Dec. 8 — with undisputed women’s welterweight world champion Cecilia Braekhus defending her title for the 24th time when she meets
11:36 AM ET Welterweight Robert Guerrero’s retirement is over. The former two-division world titlist known as the “Ghost,” is ending his retirement and fight an opponent to be named on the non-televised undercard of the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury heavyweight world title fight on Dec. 1 (Showtime PPV) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, a
2:45 PM ET Floyd Mayweather Jr. is implying that a planned Dec. 31 fight with a Rizin Fighting Federation kickboxer isn’t going to happen over differences involving the magnitude of the event. In an Instagram post Wednesday, Mayweather said he initially agreed to a small exhibition and that he and his team were “completely derailed”
8:48 AM 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 Tony Bellew steps into the ring for Saturday’s world title challenge and the toughest fight of his life insisting he is not in awe
8:59 AM ET Japanese junior middleweight brawler Yoshihiro Kamegai, who participated in several memorable battles, has announced his retirement from boxing. Kamegai (27-5-2, 24 KOs), 35, who fought 10 times in the United States, including his final four bouts, made his announcement Tuesday on social media. Yoshihiro Kamegai says he has lost some of his