4:58 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos is coming home for the first defense of his undisputed lightweight championship. Kambosos’ next fight is set for June 5 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, sources told ESPN. The front-runner for the title shot, Vasiliy Lomachenko, has already agreed to a deal, sources said, that includes a

5:11 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jaron “Boots” Ennis is inching closer to a title shot. The rising star and Custio Clayton have reached a deal for an IBF welterweight title eliminator that will take place in the spring in the United States, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The winner of the PBC on Showtime bout

7:50 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The first two months of the 2022 boxing schedule featured returns for several notable fighters — Keith Thurman and Daniel Jacobs among them — but lacked marquee matchups. The next two months on the calendar are when boxing truly begins to heat up with some of the biggest names in

Feb 15, 2022 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 Amir Khan insists he is as hungry and as sharp as ever ahead of facing Kell Brook on Saturday, after benefiting from training with

7:00 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 Daniel Jacobs’ hopes of fighting for a world title again were dealt a major blow by a split decision loss to John Ryder on

7:33 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Middleweight champion boxer Jermall Charlo was arrested Friday in Texas on a felony charge of assaulting a family/household member after having a previous conviction, according to Fort Bend Jail records. Charlo, 31, was still in custody on Friday night, a jail official told ESPN. According to records, he was arrested

6:24 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 John Riel Casimero will defend his WBO world bantamweight title in front of challenger Paul Butler’s home crowd at the M&S Bank Arena in

1:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin, at long last, are on the verge of a trilogy fight. Alvarez and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing are closing in on a two-fight deal worth upward of $85 million for boxing’s top star to compete on DAZN, sources told ESPN. The first fight would pit

9:27 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tony Yoka, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist at super heavyweight, will fight Martin Bakole rather than Filip Hrgovic following a contract dispute. Yoka announced on social media Tuesday that he’ll fight Bakole on May 14 in Paris. Yoka is co-promoted by Top Rank, ensuring the fight will be streamed stateside

1:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence and Yordenis Ugas will unify welterweight titles on April 16 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Spence announced on social media. The bout will be Spence’s third at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, which is near his hometown of DeSoto; he defeated Mikey Garcia and Danny Garcia