12:59 AM ET Welterweight contender Egidijus Kavaliauskas, who was thrust into the main event of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on Saturday night at the last minute, hoped to use a big performance to bolster his chances for a world title shot later this year. Kavaliauskas, known as “The Mean Machine,” won the
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7:49 PM ET Junior welterweight world titlist Jose Ramirez’s first defense against Danny O’Connor was canceled Friday prior to the weigh-in because O’Connor was admitted to a Fresno, California, hospital suffering from severe dehydration as he attempted to cut the final two pounds. On March 17, Ramirez outpointed Amir Imam to win a vacant 140-pound
2:03 PM ET The Manny Pacquiao-Lucas Matthysse card will stream live on ESPN+, the network and Top Rank announced on Saturday after Pacquiao’s MP Promotions signed the requisite paperwork after a number of delays. Pacquiao will challenge Matthysse for his secondary welterweight world title at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 15 (July
8:57 PM ET Clayton Laurent Jr., a 2016 Olympic heavyweight from the U.S. Virgin Islands, has signed with promoter Lou DiBella. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Laurent, who turns 28 later this month, is the stepson of former junior middleweight and middleweight world champion Julian Jackson and the stepbrother of active professionals John and Julius Jackson. “I’m
8:40 PM ET Amateur boxing star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez abandoned the Cuban national team during a training camp this week in Aguascalientes, Mexico, a possible step toward his defection in pursuit of a professional career. The Cuban Sports Institute reported the information on its website on Thursday, saying Ramirez, whose whereabouts
2:12 PM ET Chris Eubank Jr. has been confirmed as the reserve fighter for the World Boxing Super Series super-middleweight final between George Groves and Callum Smith. Groves (28-3, 20 KOs), who will be defending his WBA world title against Smith, beat Eubank Jr. in their semifinal encounter back in Feb. 2018 via unianimous points
9:51 PM ET Former four-time, two-division world titleholder Orlando Salido was elected as a state deputy in Mexico in Sunday’s election. Salido won election in Sonora’s state legislature in a district that includes his hometown of Ciudad Obregon. He ran in the same party of Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. “It’s time to get
7:32 PM ET Canadian promoter Yvon Michel’s purse bid has been ratified by the WBC as the winner for the right to promote the light heavyweight world championship fight between Adonis Stevenson and Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Michel, who promotes longtime champion Stevenson, bid $2.101 for the promotional rights at the purse bid on Monday in Manhattan
1:24 PM ET Devon Alexander and Andre Berto, both former welterweight world titleholders, will fight each other hoping to earn a bigger bout in one of boxing’s deepest divisions. Alexander and Berto will meet in a scheduled 12-round bout on Aug. 4 in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card (Fox and Fox
10:46 AM ET Former four-division world titleholder Nonito Donaire is returning to the bantamweight division he has not boxed in since 2011. Donaire has joined the field for the World Boxing Super Series 118-pound tournament that is scheduled to begin this fall, tournament organizers announced Thursday. Donaire, who has won world titles at flyweight, bantamweight,