Boxing

8:00 AM ET A big celebration didn’t await Emanuel Navarrete when his life changed forever. The day after Navarrete won the WBO 122-pound title in an upset victory over Isaac Dogboe in December 2018, he got on a plane and went back to San Juan Zitlaltepec — Navarrete’s hometown, located roughly 50 miles north of

11:54 PM ET Steve Kim Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate While Thursday night’s Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card lost its main event on the day the bout was scheduled to take place, the show must

9:44 AM ET Steve KimESPN Clay Collard handed David Kaminsky his first professional loss with a split decision by the scores of 58-56, 56-58 and 58-56, in a fast-paced super middleweight contest on the Gabriel Flores Jr.- Josec Ruiz undercard at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. But while it looked close on

12:45 PM ET Steve KimESPN Thursday night’s Top Rank on ESPN main event between junior welterweights Jose Pedraza, and Mikkel LesPierre has been canceled after LesPierre’s manager, Josie Taveras, tested positive for the coronavirus. “The bottom line is the manager tested positive for COVID after the weigh-in yesterday,” Brad Jacobs, chief operating officer for Top

5:12 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez will face veteran Jayson Velez on July 21 at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. The bout will take place at 130 pounds, according to Frank Espinoza, Valdez’s manager. “The fight is done, we’re excited about it, Oscar is very happy to

11:18 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The controversial boxing promoter helping to arrange the all-British heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has been dropped as an adviser to a Bahraini sports organization that is looking to bring high-profile bouts to the region. Daniel Kinahan was recently hired as special adviser to KHK

7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence. HIS VOICE IS calm. “I need to show you something,” he says. It’s 5:31 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, at 1203 Foxtree Trail, a stucco ranch in the sleepy suburban neighborhood of Apopka, Florida, when James Martin takes a 9-inch Buck

1:31 AM ET While Joshua Greer Jr. came in with all the hype, Mike Plania was the young boxer that made the loudest statement on Top Rank’s Tuesday night card in Las Vegas. It wasn’t that hard to do, however. The first four bouts on the five-fight card didn’t see a fighter get knocked down.

5:30 PM ET Steve KimESPN Junior featherweight contender Joshua Greer Jr. takes on Mike Plania in a 10-round bout in the main event of a Top Rank boxing card at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). But before that, a few good prospects will showcase their skill

9:13 AM ET Steve KimESPN Boxing’s first week back is in the books. It began with Shakur Stevenson taking care of Felix Caraballo in six rounds and was capped off with a 10th-round disqualification victory for Jessie Magdaleno. The back-and-forth battle between young featherweights Adam Lopez and Luis Coria, which saw Lopez earn a majority

8:18 PM ET Steve KimESPN Undefeated welterweight Vergil Ortiz will be the headliner when Golden Boy Promotions returns to boxing in July. The original plan for Golden Boy was for the highly marketable and telegenic Ryan Garcia to take part in the main event on the Fouth of July. But the two sides were not

5:22 PM ET Steve KimESPN Top Rank’s Bob Arum says he expects WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford to return in the fall when he hopes spectators will be allowed back into fights. Currently, Top Rank’s events are being held in a crowdless venue at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. “We’re going to have Terence

9:29 AM ET As main-eventer Jessie Magdaleno started his walk late Thursday night, he turned a corner and saw the ring. This is usually the moment when he hears the crowd, when the energy pumps through his body. Instead, he heard nothing. He saw the giant LED screens created by Top Rank Boxing to make

12:08 AM ET Steve KimESPN Bantamweight Oscar Negrete has been ruled out of the June 25 fight against Jason Moloney (20-1, 17 KOs) because of a detached retina, multiple sources told ESPN. Negrete will be replaced by the rugged Leonardo Baez (18-2, 9 KOs), who has a six-fight winning streak. The bout is scheduled to

3:37 PM ET The follow-up coronavirus test for Mikaela Mayer came back negative on Saturday, clearing a path for the super featherweight to return to the ring. Mayer had initially been on Top Rank’s first card back to boxing Tuesday, but upon arriving in Las Vegas last Saturday, she was tested for COVID-19 and came

6:21 PM ET The Nevada State Athletic Commission is considering punishment for Yenifel Vicente after repeated low blows to Jessie Magdaleno led to Vicente’s disqualification in Thursday night’s Top Rank main event. Vicente had four points deducted for low blows throughout the fight before referee Robert Byrd stopped the fight in the middle of the

Jun 11, 2020 Associated Press U.S. Olympic team boxer Virginia Fuchs will face no punishment for failing a doping test after the U.S. Anti-Doping Association determined the violation had been caused by two substances transmitted by her boyfriend through sex. USADA announced its ruling Thursday, clearing the 32-year-old Fuchs, who will attempt to qualify for

10:32 PM ET Tyson Fury has proudly spent portions of his quarantine reliving his February seventh-round TKO over Deontay Wilder. Part of it is simple satisfaction in his work. The other part is his way to prepare for the third fight of their trilogy, which is expected to happen late this year. “I’ve watched that