8:10 AM ET Now that unified junior welterweight titleholders Josh Taylor (WBA and IBF) and Jose Ramirez (WBC and WBO) have gone through their respective mandatory challengers, it’s time for them to meet for the undisputed championship at 140 pounds. Whoever wins that fight will hold all four major titles in a division full of
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8:27 PM ET Steve KimESPN Ewa Brodnicka will defend her WBO female junior lightweight title against Mikaela Mayer on Oct. 31 at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Mayer (13-0, 5 KOs) has been outspoken in her wish for this title shot, and she made her case with a clear victory over Helen
8:06 AM 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 James “Jazza” Dickens’ English featherweight bout against Ryan Walsh scheduled for Wednesday has been cancelled after Dickens returned a positive test for COVID-19. Dickens
8:55 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s divisional boxing rankings. They change often based on what happened in each weight class the previous week. As a general rule, the rankings are based on what a fighter has accomplished in the weight division in which he is ranked, although his overall body of work is not entirely
6:06 AM 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 Former world featherweight champion Lee Selby will meet George Kambosos Jr. in a final eliminator for the IBF world lightweight title on Oct. 31,
8:55 PM ET Jermall Charlo defended his WBC middleweight world title with an impressive unanimous decision victory over Sergiy Derevyanchenko and solidified his place as one of the best fighters in the division. But can he get the big fights against fellow titleholders Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin? And if he does, can he beat
7:49 PM ET Steve KimESPN Luis Nery became a two-division world titlist by defeating Aaron Alameda by unanimous decision, winning the WBC 122-pound title Saturday night on the Jermell Charlo-Jeison Rosario undercard at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Nery, who has vaunted power, never came close to stopping a disciplined Alameda, who did
2:02 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jermell Charlo unified three junior middleweight world titles with an eighth-round knockout victory over Jeison Rosario on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. And the final blow was among the most unusual knockout punches you’ll ever see — a left jab to the body. Rosario (20-2-1,
10:10 PM ET Steve KimESPN Jermall Charlo retained his WBC middleweight title by outpointing Sergiy Derevyanchenko over 12 fast-paced rounds in the “first main event” of a two-part Showtime PPV card at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Saturday. At the end of the fight, all three judges had the fight for Charlo,
6:25 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 Josh Taylor left Apinun Khongsong folded up in pain from a body shot in the first round to retain his WBA-IBF world super lightweight
7:13 PM ET Steve KimESPN Mairis Briedis defeated Yuniel Dorticos by majority decision (117-111, 117-111 and 114-114) to win the IBF cruiserweight world title — and the Muhammad Ali Trophy — in the World Boxing Super Series final Saturday night at the Plazamedia Broadcast Center in Munich, Germany. The bout began with the hard-punching Dorticos
2:48 PM ET Steve KimESPN A triple-header featuring world titleholders Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman Gonzalez and Julio Cesar Martinez will take place on Oct. 23 at Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The card will be streamed on DAZN. The main event will feature Estrada (40-3, 27 KOs) defending his WBC junior bantamweight title against former
7:12 PM ET Nevada is adopting new, innovative instant-replay rules for boxing — the first of their kind in combat sports, according to an email obtained by ESPN on Friday. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) will be implementing new procedures for instant replay in boxing that include an outside-the-ring review official and a yellow
2:20 PM ET Representatives for Canelo Alvarez, Golden Boy Promotions and the streaming service DAZN met Tuesday to work through the key differences stemming from a breach-of-contract lawsuit Alvarez filed in federal court against the companies earlier this month, sources confirmed to ESPN Deportes. The Athletic first reported on the 10-hour mediation session with the
3:12 PM ET Conor McGregor said Friday afternoon on Twitter that he is “boxing Manny Pacquiao next in the Middle East.” According to McGregor’s manager, Audie Attar, who also represents Pacquaio, McGregor is in serious talks to fight the boxing legend, although the fight isn’t a done deal. The McGregor-Pacquiao match would take place in
9:46 AM ET Steve KimESPN FOR THE EIGHTH time in their careers, identical twin brothers Jermall and Jermell Charlo will appear together on the same card as they headline Saturday’s pay-per-view at Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime PPV, 7 p.m. ET). The event will be divided into two segments, separated by
9:01 AM 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 Josh Taylor’s journey to being one of boxing’s most respected world champions included a near-death experience, plenty of white-knuckle rides and heartbreak at the
8:31 AM ET Ukranian heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk will face Dereck Chisora on October 31, Matchroom confirmed on Wednesday. The fight, which was originally scheduled for May 23, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. A venue is yet to be announced. 1 Related Usyk (17-0, 13 KOs) moved to heavyweight after ending his cruiserweight spell