1:04 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Mikey Garcia had won world titles in four weight classes, risen near the top of boxing’s pound-for-pound list and put himself in position for any number of major fights. But one thing had eluded him — a unification fight. Until Saturday, that is, when he put on a dominating
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2:07 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Heavyweight contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz returned from a devastating knockout loss to author one of his own on Saturday night. Ortiz drilled Razvan Cojanu in the second round in his first step toward earning another world title shot, winning on the Mikey Garcia-Robert Easter Jr. undercard at Staples
6:50 PM 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 — Dereck Chisora took care of business against Carlos Takam on Saturday much faster than heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua managed in October. Chisora
11:31 PM ET Floyd Mayweather has never been shy about branching out into various businesses. His next venture? Franchising gyms. The boxer, who finished his professional career at 50-0 with a knockout of Conor McGregor last August, announced this week how much he would charge for those interested in using his name and to license
8:55 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The buildup to the lightweight unification fight between Mikey Garcia and Robert Easter Jr. has been respectful with no trash talk, but when the combatants came face to face at Friday’s weigh-in at Staples Center, things got animated, at least on Easter’s side. Easter, several inches taller than Garcia,
10:36 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lightweight world title unification fights are rare. There have been only 10 in boxing history, the last taking place nearly a decade ago when Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out Juan Diaz in the ninth round to retain a world title and unify it with a vacant belt in the
2:31 PM ET Renz Ongkiko Boxing fans may have to wait a little longer before they see IBF super flyweight world champion Jerwin Ancajas back in the ring. Team Ancajas matchmaker Sean Gibbons exclusively told ESPN5 on Thursday that their camp is leaning towards moving the Filipino boxers’ sixth title defense from September 14 to
10:10 PM ET The Superfly 3 card has been finalized with Juan Francisco Estrada set to square off with Mexican countryman Felipe Orucuta in the 12-round main event of the tripleheader, promoter Tom Loeffler announced on Thursday. The third installment of the series, which focuses on the talent-rich 115-pound weight class — known as junior
8:40 PM ET Junior welterweight world titlist Jose Ramirez’s first defense against top contender Antonio Orozco, agreed to two weeks ago, is now official. Ramirez will take on Orozco on Sept. 14 at the Save Mart Center in Ramirez’s home region of Fresno, California, Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions announced on Thursday. The fight
Jul 25, 2018 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 Joseph Parker says he will bring more aggression and action to his key clash with Dillian Whyte Saturday. The New Zealand boxer, who trains