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
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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
5:35 PM ET ESPN staff Deontay Wilder has taunted Eddie Hearn and Anthony Joshua, as a potential heavyweight unification fight between the two is yet to be confirmed. In a video posted on social media, Wilder insisted he called Hearn’s and Joshua’s bluff when the American offered $50 million to face Anthony Joshua to fight
2:02 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Win or lose, junior featherweight world titlist Danny Roman could not lose his belt because Moises “Chucky” Flores failed to make weight and was stripped of his interim title at Friday’s weigh-in. But the fight went on anyway after the camps made a deal for Flores to pay Roman
11:57 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr. wanted to dazzle in his first hometown title defense against mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo. He also wanted to send a message to the rest to the top fighters in the deep 147-pound division that he is the man to beat. But the fight
1:52 PM ET 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 believes Billy Joe Saunders faked injury to pull out of fighting him on June 23. Saunders postponed a scheduled defence of his