1:00 AM ET Super middleweight world titleholder Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez has not been able to get the major fights he has wanted, but he has nonetheless been taking care of lesser opponents while biding his time waiting for a big one. Michael Conlan cruised to a 79-73 decision over Adeilson Dos Santos in an eight-round
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Jun 30, 2018 Junior welterweight contender Alex Saucedo had all the pressure on him when he faced Lenny Zappavigna on Saturday night. Saucedo was fighting in his hometown of Oklahoma City for only the third time and doing so in his first fight with significant television exposure, in the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing
7:51 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 Victory was never in question in a happy homecoming for Michael Conlan, who comfortably out-pointed Adeilson Dos Santos on Saturday. Conlan cruised to a
12:57 AM ET Welterweight prospect “Speedy” Rashidi Ellis stayed undefeated with a 10-round unanimous decision over Alberto “Matraletta” Mosquera on Friday night. The match was the main event of a Golden Boy on ESPN card held at the Grand Oasis Cancun in Cancun, Mexico. Ellis (20-0, 13 KOs) dominated the bout but failed to shine
11:42 PM ET The rematch between unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez looms as the biggest fight of the year, but the bitter rivals won’t meet in person at a traditional news conference to kick off the official promotion of the fight. In an unusual move, they won’t see each other face-to-face
4:05 PM ET The date and venue for the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final for the undisputed championship between two-belt titleholders Oleksandr Usyk and Murat Gassiev is finally official. Super middleweight world titleholder Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez wants nothing more than to unify the division. But until then, he’ll defend his title for the fourth
Jun 29, 2018 When Alex Saucedo was a 17-year-old amateur, he spent time in Los Angeles sparring with Manny Pacquiao and harbored dreams of going to the 2012 Olympics. As the story goes, Pacquiao was so impressed with the work he received from the teenager that he told Top Rank promoter Bob Arum about Saucedo.
12:00 AM ET Fighting on the road is nothing new for “Speedy” Rashidi Ellis, a native of Lynn, Massachusetts, who fought his first four pro bouts in the Greater Boston area but has been campaigning elsewhere since. The undefeated welterweight has boxed six times in Puerto Rico, five times in the Dominican Republic, twice in
7:40 PM ET After 10 years together, two world titles and a lot of ups and downs, former two-time junior middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade was granted a release from his contract when he bought out co-promoters Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing and Artie Pelullo of Banner Promotions on Thursday. A much-anticipated Anthony Joshua-Deontay Wilder heavyweight
5:56 PM ET Junior lightweights Andrew Cancio and Dardan Zenunaj will meet in a 10-round bout that will headline the Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN card on Aug. 17, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Thursday. The card, which will air on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes beginning at 11 p.m. ET, will take place at the