Boxing

3:29 PM ET Steve KimESPN Promoter Bob Arum says he is looking into the possibility of scheduling boxing events in Florida this summer, using the WWE’s facilities, with Gov. Ron DeSantis having deemed WWE an “essential business” in the state. DeSantis’ decision, outlined in a memo Thursday from the governor’s office, freed up the possibility

8:59 AM ET Steve KimESPN As boxers worldwide are sidelined while the sports world (and almost everything else) is shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, promotional companies are doing their best to keep fighters in front of the public eye. Eddie Hearn, the head of Matchroom Sports, has been conducting a regular series of

8:54 AM ET Terence Crawford unleashes a smile as he hears another one of Errol Spence Jr.’s recent proclamations to “wash” him if the two best welterweights in the world finally face off in the ring. Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs), the WBO world titleholder, isn’t much of a talker. In a boxing world of brash

8:05 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN It was the early ’80s, at the Golden Gloves Gym on Gragson Avenue in Las Vegas. Freddie Roach was a young pro in his early twenties, but the kid who caught his eye couldn’t have been more than five or six. That kid was working the mitts with his uncle

6:11 PM ET Steve KimESPN Keith Thurman has made it clear whom he wants to line up against when the boxinschedule resumes — the man who handed him his first professional loss last summer. “Every day no one is allowed to do anything, it makes me feel like I’m one day closer to my rematch

7:32 AM ET Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said he will be “one of the best trainers in the world” and follow in the footsteps of his late uncle. Roger Mayweather, who trained Floyd Jr. for much of his career, had been ill for some time before he died in March following complications relating to his

1:28 PM ET If Canelo Alvarez meets Gennadiy Golovkin for the third time in September, the middleweight champion’s trainer believes his superstar boxer will win by knockout and settle once and for all the debate over who is better. “Without a doubt. If this fight happens, Canelo-Golovkin III, no doubt we’ll knock him out,” Eddy

8:59 AM ET Who’s the best fighter in the smaller divisions? You can make a case for Mexico’s Julio Cesar Martinez or South Africa’s Moruti Mthalane at flyweight, or Kenshiro Teraji in the junior flyweight division and the 54-0 strawweight machine Wanheng Menayothin. With no live boxing for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus

5:35 PM ET Four-time world titleholder Erik Morales will donate three months’ salary to be used on groceries for communities in need in his native Baja California during the COVID-19 pandemic. Morales, of Mexico, said he began distributing groceries in Mexicali, Tecate, Ensenada and Rosarito on Monday, and he hopes to expand to more affected

9:00 AM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim There have been attempts at tournaments in boxing through the years, to varying degrees of success. Over the past 20 years, a few

12:18 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN As favored nephew and apprentice of the late, great trainer, Emanuel Steward, SugarHill Steward had been prepared for just about any measure of absurdity boxing could offer – except this: A magic carpet. No. Really. It seemed to come out of the ceiling, enshrouded in smoke, at the old Joe

5:34 PM ET Steve KimESPN WBC/IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence said Monday he is hoping to return to the ring by September or October and would like to fight Manny Pacquiao or Terence Crawford. Spence, 29, has been sidelined since he was involved in a horrific, one-car accident on Oct. 10. He crashed his Ferrari

9:17 AM ET For the next few months, there won’t be any boxing as the coronavirus pandemic has essentially brought this once non-stop sport to a halt. During this lull in the action, Dan Rafael takes a look at the bantamweight and junior bantamweight divisions. Bantamweight What’s the biggest question you have about this division?

2:16 PM ET The IBF’s mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev said he will donate half of his purse from the world heavyweight title fight against Briton Anthony Joshua to help medical workers fight the “devilish” coronavirus. The 38-year-old Bulgarian is expected to earn around $5 million from the fight, which has been postponed due to the

9:04 AM ET Brought together in a virtual setting on Facebook Live by the WBC because of the coronavirus pandemic, six legendary fighters opened up from their homes with stories about their favorite boxers, best fights, worst nights and various other topics. It’s interesting to discover how Latin American boxing legends such as Roberto Duran,

4:25 PM ET British light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde, whose father died on Sunday due to the coronavirus, has now also lost his grandmother to COVID-19. Yarde said Friday on social media that his grandmother died on Thursday. “We have now lost my nana to this virus,” Yarde wrote. “My dad and his mother have

9:05 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic has brought the boxing world to a halt. Fight cards have been cancelled through May and more postponements are expected to be announced as there isn’t a clear end in sight. For a year-round sport that never has an offseason, this is a first. As we continue to take

12:00 PM ET Anthony Joshua’s mandatory heavyweight world title defense against Kubrat Pulev was formally postponed on Friday due to the coronavirus pandemic, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced. England’s Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs), who holds three of the four major heavyweight world titles, and Pulev (28-1, 14 KOs), of Bulgaria, were due to meet