5:47 PM ET Junior middleweight world titleholder Jaime Munguia and mandatory challenger Liam “Beefy” Smith will square off on July 21 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The fight, announced by Golden Boy Promotions on Friday, will headline a “Boxing After Dark” card on HBO beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs),
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Jun 20, 2018 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 Martin Murray hopes that victory over Roberto Garcia on Saturday will move him closer to a fifth world title shot. Murray (36-4-1, 17 KOs)
2:53 PM ET Former middleweight interim titlist Martin Murray returns to the ring for the first time in nine months to face Roberto Garcia; the fight will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday from The O2 Arena in London. Murray (36-4-1, 17 KOs), who won the WBA middleweight
1:47 PM ET Abner Mares has accomplished so much during his 13-year professional boxing career. He has fashioned a record of 31-3-1 with 15 knockouts; won world titles in three divisions (bantamweight, junior featherweight and featherweight); been involved in several major fights on the biggest stages, including his exciting rematch with Leo Santa Cruz on
8:14 AM ET UFC president Dana White has branded Eddie Hearn “very oversensitive” regarding reports of a potential $500 million deal between the UFC and Anthony Joshua. Hearn has been Joshua’s promoter since he turned professional in 2013, guiding him from his Olympic gold medal to the current unified heavyweight champion of the world. Despite
11:19 PM ET Welterweight up-and-comer Rashidi Ellis will fight Alberto Mosquera in a scheduled 10-round main event of the June 29 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday. The card will take place at the Oasis Arena in Cancun, Mexico, and will be televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes beginning
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
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