8:42 AM ET ESPN staff Amir Khan will take on Samuel Vargas on Sept. 8 at Birmingham’s Barclaycard Arena in his second fight since returning to boxing. Khan (32-4, 20 KOs) took just 39 seconds to dispense Canadian journeyman Phil Lo Greco back in April as he began his quest to return to world title
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2:29 AM ET After Deontay Wilder retained his heavyweight world title by brutal 10th-round knockout of Luis Ortiz in a fight of the year contender on March 3, he again called for a unification bout with Anthony Joshua. Four weeks later, Joshua unified three of the four major belts by decision against Joseph Parker and
5:46 PM ET Eddie Hearn insists a $20m offer for Deontay Wilder to fight Anthony Joshua and a “tickover” fight is still on the table for the American despite a fight between Joshua and Alexander Povetkin nearing fruition. While the WBA ordered Joshua to defend his WBA belt against Povetkin, Hearn stated that a unification
9:07 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s father has been acquitted in Las Vegas of a misdemeanor battery charge after a trial before a judge. Floyd Mayweather Sr.’s lawyer, Nicholas Wooldridge, said testimony took several hours before Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia reached the not guilty verdict on Tuesday.
10:34 PM ET The return of former light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal, who is exiting a brief retirement, has been postponed, promoter Yvon Michel said. Pascal was scheduled to fight former UFC fighter and former North American Hockey League enforcer Steve Bosse in a 10-round cruiserweight boxing match in the main event of a
6:19 PM ET Welterweight contender Egidijus Kavaliauskas, known as the “Mean Machine,” and Juan Carlos Abreu will meet in the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on July 7, Top Rank announced on Wednesday. Kavaliauskas and Abreu will meet in a scheduled 10-round bout for Kavaliauskas’ regional belt on the undercard of
9:37 AM ET World Boxing Super Series officials on Tuesday confirmed perhaps the worst kept secret in boxing — that it will stage an eight-man single elimination tournament in the junior welterweight division during its second season beginning in the fall. “We are very delighted to announce [junior welterweight] as our second weight class of
6:26 PM ET Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder is ready to sign a contract to face unified titlist Anthony Joshua for the undisputed championship this fall provided there are what co-manager Shelly Finkel described as “small changes” to the agreement Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing sent him. “I’m sending him back the contracts
1:12 PM ET Featherweight prospect Joet Gonzalez will take a step up in his opposition level in his next fight. Gonzalez will fight Rafael “Big Bang” Rivera in the scheduled 10-round main event of the Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN card on July 13 (ESPN and ESPN Deports, 7 p.m. ET) at The Novo at
3:06 PM ET Junior bantamweight world champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai was launched to stardom with significant victories in his last three fights in the United States. However, the toast of Thailand has declined an opportunity for a fourth major fight in a row stateside and will instead participate in a nontitle bout in his homeland,