8:40 PM ET Amateur boxing star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez abandoned the Cuban national team during a training camp this week in Aguascalientes, Mexico, a possible step toward his defection in pursuit of a professional career. The Cuban Sports Institute reported the information on its website on Thursday, saying Ramirez, whose whereabouts
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2:12 PM ET Chris Eubank Jr. has been confirmed as the reserve fighter for the World Boxing Super Series super-middleweight final between George Groves and Callum Smith. Groves (28-3, 20 KOs), who will be defending his WBA world title against Smith, beat Eubank Jr. in their semifinal encounter back in Feb. 2018 via unianimous points
9:51 PM ET Former four-time, two-division world titleholder Orlando Salido was elected as a state deputy in Mexico in Sunday’s election. Salido won election in Sonora’s state legislature in a district that includes his hometown of Ciudad Obregon. He ran in the same party of Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. “It’s time to get
7:32 PM ET Canadian promoter Yvon Michel’s purse bid has been ratified by the WBC as the winner for the right to promote the light heavyweight world championship fight between Adonis Stevenson and Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Michel, who promotes longtime champion Stevenson, bid $2.101 for the promotional rights at the purse bid on Monday in Manhattan
1:24 PM ET Devon Alexander and Andre Berto, both former welterweight world titleholders, will fight each other hoping to earn a bigger bout in one of boxing’s deepest divisions. Alexander and Berto will meet in a scheduled 12-round bout on Aug. 4 in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card (Fox and Fox
10:46 AM ET Former four-division world titleholder Nonito Donaire is returning to the bantamweight division he has not boxed in since 2011. Donaire has joined the field for the World Boxing Super Series 118-pound tournament that is scheduled to begin this fall, tournament organizers announced Thursday. Donaire, who has won world titles at flyweight, bantamweight,
6:00 AM ET ESPN staff Anthony Joshua’s next two fights will be staged at London’s Wembley Stadium, promoters Matchroom Boxing have confirmed. IBF-WBA-WBO world champion Joshua’s next fight will take place on Sept. 22 against an as yet unnamed opponent while he will also fight Apr. 13 next year at the National Stadium. WBA mandatory
12:25 PM ET James DeGale vacated his super middleweight world title on Wednesday. “No world champion easily gives up their world title that they’ve earned the hard way in the ring, and I’ve proudly held the IBF world title in two reigns with pride and distinction which is why it makes it very hard decision
1:34 AM ET After a deal was made for unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez to meet on May 5 in a rematch of their heavily disputed draw last September, the fighters and their promoters pulled out all the stops at an elaborate outdoor news conference/fan rally in downtown Los Angeles to kick
7:01 PM ET The fight between No. 1 junior welterweight Regis Prograis and Juan Jose Velasco gained more significance on Tuesday. World Boxing Super Series organizers announced that the winner of the bout will secure a slot in the eight-man tournament that begins in September. Prograis (21-0, 18 KOs), 29, and Velasco (20-0, 12 KOs),