2:13 PM ET The plan is in place for Claressa Shields, the face of women’s boxing in the United States. Now all she needs to do is execute it. She was the best female amateur boxer in the world for years, fashioning a 77-1 record (loss avenged) and becoming the only American fighter, male or
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8:53 AM ET Junior lightweight world titleholder Miguel Berchelt was born in Cancun, Mexico, but he learned his trade in his adopted hometown of Merida, where he will return to defend his belt on Saturday night at the Poliforum Zamna. Berchelt (33-1, 29 KOs), 26, who will be making his third title defense, will square
12:27 AM ET Top Rank chairman Bob Arum promotes numerous top fighters and elite prospects, but the best of the bunch are lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford, who rank Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the ESPN.com pound-for-pound rankings. On Wednesday, Arum offered an update on his two most
1:31 PM ET Promoting a hot prospect can be like walking a tightrope across Niagara Falls, one slip and all the work, money and championship dreams could be washed away in a split second. Match the prospect too tough too soon or too easy for too long, and failure is virtually guaranteed. Making the right
9:10 PM ET When Jarrett Hurd went into his junior middleweight world title unification fight with Erislandy Lara in the spring, he did so with a damaged left shoulder but still managed to win the action-packed fight of the year candidate. On Monday, Hurd announced that he had arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator
6:22 PM ET FRISCO, Texas – About an hour after welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr. demolished overmatched mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo on Saturday night, knocking him out with a wicked right hook to the rib cage in a homecoming fight at the Ford Center, attention quickly turned to what’s next for the emerging star.
2:02 PM ET Noel Zarate Many already realize that it has actually been almost a decade since Manny Pacquiao won by a stoppage. Now, he matches up against Lucas Matthysse; a younger, hungry pugilist whose last two triumphs didn’t even make it to the judges’ scorecards. Naturally, many Filipino fans are concerned that the People’s
11:42 PM ET The IBF had a busy day on Monday, canceling two purse bids because deals were made and rescheduling two others. The sanctioning organization notified its registered promoters that the purse bid scheduled to determine the promotional rights for the vacant junior welterweight title bout between Ivan “The Beast” Baranchyk and Anthony Yigit
12:50 AM ET Unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin said Monday that agreeing to a deal for a rematch with Canelo Alvarez was more about his principles than the tens of millions he will earn. Meeting the media on Monday at a downtown Los Angles steakhouse to speak about the deal and rematch for the
4:12 PM ET The WBC meted out its punishment on Monday to former bantamweight world titlist Luis Nery for failing to make weight for a March title defense, suspending him for six months from participating in any bouts the organization is involved in. Nery was due to defend his 118-pound belt in a rematch with