6:41 PM ET Hard-hitting super middleweight prospect Edgar Berlanga will be featured on the undercard of featherweight world titlist Shakur Stevenson’s first defense, on March 14 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Top Rank announced on Monday. Top Rank said Berlanga’s opponent for the scheduled eight-round bout will be finalized
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11:08 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — The biggest question going into the Mikey Garcia-Jessie Vargas fight on Saturday night was: How viable Garcia is as a welterweight contender? Garcia has been one of boxing’s elite pound-for-pound fighters for the past several years, having won world titles at featherweight, junior lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight. But
5:42 AM ET Unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua is set to face mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, both fighters have confirmed. Joshua’s three major world title belts will be on the line at the north London stadium, which opened in 2019 and seats more than 60,000. “I
6:49 PM ET Former heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder has officially exercised his right to an immediate third fight with Tyson Fury. Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, Fury’s co-promoter, told ESPN on Sunday that the plan was for the fight to take place July 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the
12:56 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 FRISCO, TX — It was an entertaining night of fights at the Ford Center on Saturday night. Mikey Garcia got back to his
12:29 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — After what Mikey Garcia called “a horrible performance” in his first fight in the welterweight division last March, he knew he had to answer an important question in his encore: He had won world titles in four smaller divisions, but was he a viable contender at 147 pounds? Garcia
5:38 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez may no longer occupy the perch as the No. 1 fighter in the world pound-for-pound as he did a few years ago, but the surefire future Hall of Famer once again owns a world title. In a vintage performance, Gonzalez dominated Kal Yafai en route to
Feb 29, 2020 Former two-time junior bantamweight world titlist Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will return from a one-year layoff on April 4 in his first fight since losing his belt. Sor Rungvisai, a Thailand national hero, will take on former flyweight titlist and countryman Amnat Ruenroeng at Workpoint Studios in Bangkok, Thailand, WP Boxing has announced.
9:22 PM ET Former heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder said Friday that he has decided to keep careerlong co-trainer Mark Breland as part of his team. Wilder suffered a seventh-round knockout loss in his rematch with Tyson Fury last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas when Breland threw in the
Feb 26, 2020 Steve KimESPN There’s a running joke in boxing that if you want to get a review or a recommendation on a trainer, Jessie Vargas is the guy to ask. Chances are that the former two-division titlist has probably worked with them at some point in his career. Since he began punching for
1:31 PM ET Josh Taylor is heading home to Scotland to fight for the first time since unifying two junior welterweight world titles. Taylor will defend against mandatory challenger Apinun Khongsong on May 2 (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+) at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, Top Rank announced Thursday. Taylor will headline at the arena
11:21 AM ET Forget winning the WBC heavyweight title. Tyson Fury’s TKO victory over Deontay Wilder in their rematch resulted in another accomplishment that Tyson Fury had never achieved: a spot in the top 10 of our pound-for-pound list. Fury broke through in the rankings of a number of our panelists, including that of former
9:06 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — One year ago, then-lightweight titlist Mikey Garcia, jumped up two weight divisions to challenge welterweight titleholder Errol Spence Jr. in a really big fight. Garcia, widely hailed as one of boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighters, had called out Spence for months, and with no big fight in the offing against
7:26 AM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features DAVID FELDMAN SAT with his son in the empty bleachers of the 2,000-seat Cheyenne Ice and Events Center staring at the scene below. Within
11:53 PM ET The Japan Boxing Commission and the Japan Professional Boxing Association announced Wednesday that all cards scheduled in March would be called off due to the government’s call for the cancellation or postponement of sporting and cultural events to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. The bouts scheduled in March will be
10:30 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 Rival British promoters Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn have not given up hope of matching Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua for all four world
5:19 PM ET Steve KimESPN Tyson Fury defeated Deontay Wilder on Saturday night to claim the WBC heavyweight title and hand Wilder his first professional loss. As Fury landed at will with Wilder trapped in the corner, Mark Breland, one of Wilder’s trainers, threw in the towel, resulting in the fight being stopped. Jay Deas,
5:05 PM ET Top Rank, already loaded with top fighters in the light heavyweight division, has added another 175-pounder to its stable, announcing Tuesday that it has signed contender Umar Salamov to a multifight promotional agreement. Salamov is due to make his Top Rank debut on a date to be determined in the early summer,