11:36 AM ET Andre Ward has signed a new multiyear deal to remain with ESPN as one of its boxing analysts, the network announced on Friday. Under the agreement, Ward, who unified super middleweight and lightweight world titles and became one of boxing’s pound-for-pound best fighters in the world during his 2004 to 2017 ring
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6:12 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Billy Dib of Australia quit boxing after a unanimous points loss to American Tevin Farmer in an IBF super featherweight title fight Friday. Farmer sent Dib to the canvas with a left hook in the ninth round, but the bout went the distance, with the judges calling it
11:48 AM ET As of late 2016, Sergey Kovalev was undefeated, owned three light heavyweight world title belts and was one of most feared fighters on the planet, rising up the pound-for-pound rankings thanks to a series of big knockouts and significant victories against Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal. And then Andre Ward came into
2:10 PM ET Sergey Kovalev was smiling as he finished a workout with trainer Abror Tursunpulatov ahead of Kovalev’s WBO light heavyweight championship fight against Eleider Alvarez on Saturday in Atlantic City. It will be Kovalev’s third fight under the guidance of Tursunpulatov, after Kovalev parted ways with his previous trainer, John David Jackson, after
10:08 AM ET Philadelphia’s Tevin Farmer won a vacant junior lightweight title with a unanimous 12-round decision over Billy Dib on Friday at Technology Park in Redfern, Australia. The wide scores of 118-109, 119-108 and 120-107 were indicative of the one-sided nature of fight that saw Farmer in control from start to finish. Farmer, a
6:58 AM ET Frank Warren insists a fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder is a very realistic possibility stating it is “very close” to being done. Fury (26-0, 19 KOs) faces Francesco Pianeta in his second fight since becoming world champion in Nov. 2015 after his win over Wladimir Klitschko. The Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury
8:09 PM ET The proposed fight between heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and former world champion Tyson Fury might not be as close as Fury has portrayed, but Wilder co-manager Shelly Finkel told ESPN on Thursday, “I believe it will be done.” Fury said earlier this week via social media that the camps were close
5:40 PM ET Promoter Roc Nation Sports and Guillermo Rigondeaux came to an agreement on Thursday on an amicable mutual release that makes the former junior featherweight world titleholder a free agent, Roc Nation promoter Dino Duva told ESPN. According to Duva, Rigondeaux’s promotional contract with the company had about a year to go. “But
Aug 2, 2018 Welterweight contender Jamal James will be at home for his second fight in a row when he takes on Mahonry Montes. James and Montes will meet in a 10-round bout that will headline a Premier Boxing Champions card on Aug. 24 (Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes, 8 p.m. ET) at the
2:50 PM ET Light heavyweight world titleholder Dmitry Bivol has quickly emerged as one of the best fighters in a loaded 175-pound weight class. A number of major fights loom in his near future, including a possible title unification fight with the best-known fighter in the division — fellow titleholder Sergey Kovalev. But it may