Boxing

8:36 PM ET Steve KimESPN IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez has made it clear that a showdown with Vasiliy Lomachenko (who holds the WBO, WBA and WBC ‘franchise’ title) is the fight he is targeting. The target date was May 30 at Madison Square Garden in New York, but with sporting events all around the

8:55 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 Controversial decisions in boxing have long been a common occurrence. The judges, or maybe just one or two of them, will see a

7:38 PM ET Although it comes as no surprise, Golden Boy Promotions on Tuesday canceled the April 25 boxing card because of the coronavirus pandemic. The show, due to include four world title fights and be headlined by former three-time light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev taking on former world title challenger Sullivan Barrera in

6:05 PM ET Roger Mayweather, a two-time world champion who also found success as a trainer, died Tuesday after years of declining health and complications from diabetes. He was 58. He was part of one of boxing’s most famous families as the uncle of superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr., whom he trained for much of his

3:15 PM ET Bitter rivals Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will meet for a third time, but just not right away, sources have told ESPN. After weeks of arduous negotiations that nearly collapsed multiple times, a deal was finally completed under which Alvarez would face Billy Joe Saunders on May 2 with the stipulation that

Mar 17, 2020 Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, following the guidelines announced by the British government and the British Boxing Board of Control, has followed other United Kingdom promoters and, as of Tuesday, postponed its upcoming events. “Queensberry Promotions feel it would be inappropriate to proceed with any forthcoming boxing promotions in front of live audiences

5:13 PM 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 It was a hard deal to get done, but Canelo Alvarez has agreed to square off against middleweight titlist Gennadiy Golovkin for the

12:19 PM ET Steve KimESPN While boxing events throughout the United States were being postponed and cancelled this past weekend amid the growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, one nationally televised card did take place this past Friday night at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota — the latest installment of “ShoBox”, which

8:29 AM ET The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) has cancelled all public boxing under its jurisdiction until at least early April. This includes the European welterweight title fight between Russia’s David Avanesyan and England’s Josh Kelly at London’s O2 Arena on March 28, as well as the British light-heavyweight title fight between Shakan

7:39 PM ET Promoters of the April 22nd Jeff Horn vs. Tim Tszyu fight have postponed the event, hours after communicating it was going ahead as scheduled. The U-turn comes as the coronavirus pandemic grips the world and just two days after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison banned mass gathering of 500 or more people

2:09 PM ET The slew of boxing postponements and cancellations because of the coronavirus pandemic, including multiple world title fights, continued Monday. Top Rank postponed three events, most notably an ESPN card due to take place on March 28 at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada, headlined by unified light heavyweight world champion Artur

9:13 AM ET Steve KimESPN A full slate of boxing cards scheduled over the next couple of weeks was wiped clean in a few days as various commissions decided to cancel events throughout the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. As of now, nobody really knows when fight cards will resume in the United States.

5:55 PM ET The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) on Saturday voted to suspend all combat sports events in the state until March 25. The emergency meeting was called in order to address the coronavirus outbreak that has affected many sports worldwide. The next NSAC meeting is scheduled for March 25, and that is when

1:19 PM ET Steve KimESPN The troubles continue for former four-time world champion Adrien Broner, who was arrested on Friday night in Miami on DUI charges. TMZ.com first reported that the 30-year-old Broner was pulled over at 8:45 p.m. and arrested by police who believed he was under the influence. He was taken into custody

1:33 PM ET In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Boxing Super Series on Saturday announced that the final of its second-season cruiserweight tournament has been postponed. World titleholder Yunier Dorticos and former world titlist Mairis Briedis were due to meet in the already long-delayed final of the eight-man tournament on March 21 in

Mar 14, 2020 Belgium’s Defline Persoon, who returned to amateur boxing so she could compete in Tokyo 2020, has lost her opening bout in the European qualifying tournament in London to Nikoleta Peta. One of the most successful women’s professional boxers of recent years — Persoon narrowly lost her professional world title to Katie Taylor

10:07 PM ET After initially planning to go through with boxing cards on Saturday and Tuesday nights in New York but without spectators, Top Rank on Thursday night canceled both events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, citing a lack of access to tests. “We were going to be guided by the recommendation of the athlete

Mar 11, 2020 Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville will be the venue to host the much anticipated Jeff Horn vs. Tim Tszyu super welterweight fight on Wednesday, April 22nd, sources have told ESPN. The North Queensland location has beaten out Sydney’s Bankwest Stadium, Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne and Perth’s RAC Arena in what