6:58 AM ET Frank Warren insists a fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder is a very realistic possibility stating it is “very close” to being done. Fury (26-0, 19 KOs) faces Francesco Pianeta in his second fight since becoming world champion in Nov. 2015 after his win over Wladimir Klitschko. The Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury
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8:09 PM ET The proposed fight between heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and former world champion Tyson Fury might not be as close as Fury has portrayed, but Wilder co-manager Shelly Finkel told ESPN on Thursday, “I believe it will be done.” Fury said earlier this week via social media that the camps were close
5:40 PM ET Promoter Roc Nation Sports and Guillermo Rigondeaux came to an agreement on Thursday on an amicable mutual release that makes the former junior featherweight world titleholder a free agent, Roc Nation promoter Dino Duva told ESPN. According to Duva, Rigondeaux’s promotional contract with the company had about a year to go. “But
Aug 2, 2018 Welterweight contender Jamal James will be at home for his second fight in a row when he takes on Mahonry Montes. James and Montes will meet in a 10-round bout that will headline a Premier Boxing Champions card on Aug. 24 (Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes, 8 p.m. ET) at the
2:50 PM ET Light heavyweight world titleholder Dmitry Bivol has quickly emerged as one of the best fighters in a loaded 175-pound weight class. A number of major fights loom in his near future, including a possible title unification fight with the best-known fighter in the division — fellow titleholder Sergey Kovalev. But it may
6:22 AM ET ESPN staff Tyson Fury has said his team managed to get a deal done with Deontay Wilder’s camp ‘in two days’ as he appeared to confirm that he will fight the WBC champion in December in Las Vegas. Fury revealed earlier this week that he was ‘deep in negotiations’ with Wilder over
8:04 PM ET Before former welterweight world titleholders Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia do battle for a vacant belt on Sept. 8, Yordenis Ugas and Cesar Barrionuevo will fight in a title elimination bout with an eventual shot against the main event winner at stake. Ugas-Barrionuevo was added Wednesday as the co-feature to the Porter-Garcia
11:24 AM ET Former welterweight world titleholders Andre Berto and Devon Alexander have been two of the bigger names in the loaded division for many years, and each has been in his share of high-profile fights. But both have also been quite inactive in recent years and they are largely viewed as being on the
7:25 PM ET Pound-for-pound king and lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko’s rehabilitation from shoulder surgery is going well and the plan is for him to be back in the ring on Dec. 1 in a world title unification fight, manager Egis Klimas said in an interview on this week’s The Boxing Beat, the weekly ESPN+
2:07 PM ET Shawn Porter hoped he would challenge welterweight world titlist Keith Thurman in a rematch this fall for a chance to avenge a close decision loss in 2016 and win a 147-pound belt for the second time. Although that fight won’t happen he landed a fight just as interesting and significant against fellow