6:22 AM ET ESPN staff Tyson Fury has said his team managed to get a deal done with Deontay Wilder’s camp ‘in two days’ as he appeared to confirm that he will fight the WBC champion in December in Las Vegas. Fury revealed earlier this week that he was ‘deep in negotiations’ with Wilder over
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8:04 PM ET Before former welterweight world titleholders Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia do battle for a vacant belt on Sept. 8, Yordenis Ugas and Cesar Barrionuevo will fight in a title elimination bout with an eventual shot against the main event winner at stake. Ugas-Barrionuevo was added Wednesday as the co-feature to the Porter-Garcia
11:24 AM ET Former welterweight world titleholders Andre Berto and Devon Alexander have been two of the bigger names in the loaded division for many years, and each has been in his share of high-profile fights. But both have also been quite inactive in recent years and they are largely viewed as being on the
7:25 PM ET Pound-for-pound king and lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko’s rehabilitation from shoulder surgery is going well and the plan is for him to be back in the ring on Dec. 1 in a world title unification fight, manager Egis Klimas said in an interview on this week’s The Boxing Beat, the weekly ESPN+
2:07 PM ET Shawn Porter hoped he would challenge welterweight world titlist Keith Thurman in a rematch this fall for a chance to avenge a close decision loss in 2016 and win a 147-pound belt for the second time. Although that fight won’t happen he landed a fight just as interesting and significant against fellow
6:37 PM ET The fight between Tevin Farmer and Billy Dib for the vacant junior lightweight world title will be available in the United States. When Farmer and Dib meet on Friday at Technology Park in the Sydney, Australia, suburb of Eveleigh, the bout will stream live in the United States via ESPN+ after the
1:28 PM ET Mikey Garcia looked good Saturday night as he cruised past Robert Easter Jr. to unify two lightweight world titles at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and then reiterated his goal: To move up to welterweight to challenge welterweight titlist and fellow pound-for-pound top-five fighter Errol Spence Jr. Spence (24-0, 21 KOs),
5:14 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, ENGLAND — Promoter Eddie Hearn will this week offer Deontay Wilder “$7 or $8million” to fight Dillian Whyte in November. After unanimously outpointing
Jul 30, 2018 Anthony Joshua fights Alexander Povetkin at Wembley on September 22. Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Anthony Joshua admits he is looking past upcoming opponent Alexander Povetkin with eyes on a huge mega-fight against Deontay Wilder, stating he’d be “very annoyed” if a deal couldn’t be agreed. Joshua wants Wilder to accept a $15 million offer
8:23 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Mikey Garcia is not kidding about his desire to move up to welterweight for a November or December fight with world titlist Errol Spence Jr., who said he would welcome the challenge. Spence was ringside at the Staples Center on Saturday night to watch as Garcia easily outpointed Robert