Boxing

3:28 PM ET Opening Bell: Setting the stage Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and interim featherweight titlist Carl Frampton both took care of business in mismatches on Saturday to set the stage for much bigger fights. Despite the unattractive matches, a crowd of some 30,000 turned out to Windsor Park in Frampton’s hometown of Belfast,

4:42 AM ET It’s On! Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder stood in the middle of the ring at Windsor Park in Belfast on Saturday night and shook hands on a deal that has stunned the boxing world. Wilder will defend his WBC heavyweight championship against Tyson Fury in November in either Las Vegas or New

11:10 AM ET Two days before his stablemate, unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin, faces Canelo Alvarez in their massively hyped rematch, junior welterweight Ruslan Madiev will kick off the biggest boxing week of the year when he faces Pablo Cesar Cano on Sept. 13 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

9:24 AM ET Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren says his fight with Deontay Wilder will take place in either November or December. The Manchester-born fighter set up a bout with the American for the WBC world heavyweight title by defeating Italy’s Francesco Pianeta in Belfast Saturday. The pair traded barbs in the ring after Fury

7:17 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 BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Carl Frampton expects Josh Warrington to provide a much harder test than Saturday’s ninth round win over Luke Jackson at

6:49 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 BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Tyson Fury insists he is ready to face Deontay Wilder after only two fights on the comeback trail. The English

12:49 AM ET Philadelphia heavyweight Bryant Jennings overcame a fourth-round knockdown to stop Alexander Dimitrenko in the ninth round of a rugged heavyweight bout Saturday night at the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City. The 257-pound Dimitrenko’s size advantage showed in the early round, as he held off Jennings, 225, with long jabs. It looked

6:39 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 BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Carl Frampton left his home fans singing in the rain as he halted Luke Jackson in nine rounds at a

2:09 AM ET In a grueling, punch-filled bout, Andrew “El Chango” Cancio, 29, won a unanimous 10-round decision over Dardan Zenunaj, 31, in a junior lightweight bout. The match was the featured bout of a Golden Boy on ESPN card on Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Cancio, of Blythe,

10:54 PM ET Spain’s Jon Fernandez, one of the best prospects in boxing, will return to fight in the United States when he faces O’Shaquie Foster in a 10-round junior lightweight bout on Sept. 21. The fight, announced by promoter Lou DiBella on Friday, will headline a tripleheader on “ShoBox: The New Generation” (Showtime, 9:45