7:35 PM ET The mandatory fight between light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson and interim titlist and mandatory challenger Oleksandr Gvozdyk will take place on Dec. 1 at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, promoter Yvon Michel made official on Wednesday. George Groves tells ESPN that height and reach will not be decisive in Friday’s
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7:34 PM ET The welterweight fight between former world titleholder Victor Ortiz and former world title challenger John Molina Jr. was canceled on Wednesday, though the rest of the show will go on as planned Sunday. The main event was canceled one day after Ortiz turned himself in to the Oxnard (California) Police Department and
9:09 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 George Groves has dismissed suggestions that height and reach will be decisive against Callum Smith and has opened up on his future plans ahead
12:04 AM ET Former welterweight world titleholder Victor Ortiz, who is scheduled to headline a Premier Boxing Champions card on Sunday night, turned himself into the Oxnard (California) Police Department on Tuesday and was booked on three felony sexual assault charges. His bail was set at $100,000. Ortiz is scheduled to fight John Molina Jr.
7:21 PM ET Former light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal, who came out of a brief retirement in July, will seek his second win in a row as a cruiserweight. Pascal will face Gary Kopas in a 12-round all-Canadian fight on Nov. 9 at the Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, promoter Yvon Michel announced
3:45 AM ET Joe Calzaghe has said his father Enzo “will always be my hero” in an emotional tribute a week on from his death. Enzo, who died last Monday aged 69, coached his son to an undefeated career which included world title reigns at two weight classes, before retiring in 2008. Enzo Calzaghe —
6:17 PM ET Tony Bellew figured he had put his days as a cruiserweight behind him and perhaps even his days boxing, period. He won a vacant cruiserweight world title by impressive third-round knockout of Ilunga Makabu after surviving a first-round knockdown in 2016, then blew out B.J. Flores in the third round of his
8:15 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 George Groves believes Callum Smith will pay for having an easy route to the World Boxing Super Series final. The WBA world super-middleweight champion
12:52 PM ET Former bantamweight world titlist Luis Nery has had his suspension lifted by the WBC and is scheduled to return to the ring on Oct. 6. In June, the sanctioning organization suspended him from participating in any bouts the WBC was involved in for six months, retroactive to his failing to make the
6:45 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 LONDON — Here are some thoughts of what we learned from WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s seventh-round stoppage win over Alexander Povetkin at