1:42 PM ET Opening Bell: Middleweight mayhem When Canelo Alvarez had his hand raised in victory after claiming the unified middleweight world title in a huge rematch with Gennady Golovkin on Sept. 15, it brought some clarity to the 160-pound division. But not entirely. Yes, he was the new champion, but there were still many
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5:39 AM ET Rob Brant warned Ryota Murata and his team that they should not plan ahead and he was right. Brant, the heavy underdog, schooled Murata in a lopsided decision to win a secondary middleweight world title before 2,782 on Saturday night in the main event of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card
12:51 AM ET BOSTON — Tevin Farmer, with a massive speed and skill advantage, retained his junior lightweight world title for the first time with a one-sided, fifth-round destruction of James Tennyson on the Demetrius Andrade-Walter Kautondokwa undercard Saturday night at TD Garden. Farmer found a home early and often for his left hand, while
1:28 AM ET BOSTON — Demetrius Andrade was facing the ultimate unknown opponent in Walter Kautondokwa, but he figured him out quickly and had no issues. Andrade scored four knockdowns and cruised to a blowout decision to win a vacant middleweight world title against the late replacement before 6,874 on Saturday night at the TD
11:41 AM ET BOSTON — Throughout his 10-year professional career, major fights had eluded Demetrius Andrade until he landed a significant one as the mandatory challenger to middleweight world titleholder Billy Joe Saunders. Andrade was excited for the fight, excited that his new promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, had worked out a deal to
2:40 AM ET Former heavyweight world titlist Joseph Parker, aiming to end a two-fight losing streak, has an opponent for his homecoming fight on Dec. 15 at Horncastle Arena in Christchurch, New Zealand. Parker will face Alexander Flores, a Roy Jones Jr.-promoted fighter, Duco Events announced Thursday. Flores (17-1-1, 15 KOs) 28, of Rowland Heights,
1:30 AM ET Jason Quigley emerged still undefeated after a grueling 10-round middleweight bout with Freddy Hernandez on Thursday via unanimous decision, perhaps the toughest fight of his professional career. The spirited bout highlighted a Golden Boy on ESPN card at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Quigley, 29, of County Donegal, Ireland,
8:01 PM ET Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino legend who has not boxed in the United States since 2016 because of an eight-figure debt to the IRS, plans to return to the U.S. to defend his secondary welterweight world title against Adrien Broner in January. Pacquiao made the announcement Thursday during an appearance at a news
3:18 PM ET Middleweight contender Rob Brant learned a hard lesson last October, when he moved up to the super middleweight division to participate in the World Boxing Super Series and was humbled in a one-sided decision loss to aging former light heavyweight titlist Juergen Braehmer in Germany. “I learned if I don’t do everything
Oct 18, 2018 WBO “regular” world titleholder Ryota Murata of Japan faces Rob Brant in a fight that will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday from the Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada. Murata won the title with a TKO victory in the rematch