2:43 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin have agreed to meet in a heavyweight fight on Jan. 1 at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, multiple sources have told ESPN. The New Year’s Day clash presented by PBC pits Ortiz, ESPN’s No. 8 heavyweight, against Martin, a former heavyweight titleholder who sits

7:58 AM ET Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Terence Crawford defends his WBO welterweight championship against Shawn Porter on Saturday (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET), and Crawford, ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter, has a

1:37 AM ET The punch that could ruin everything for Jaime Munguia always seemed to be lurking around the corner. From tight angles or a fleeting blind spot, veteran Gabriel Rosado was looking to throw the big, thudding punch that could upend a rising prospect’s career. On Saturday night, Munguia didn’t just escape unharmed. The

12:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN David Benavidez is one step closer to a shot at Canelo Alvarez. The former 168-pound champion handled Kyrone Davis in punishing fashion on Saturday in Phoenix with a seventh-round TKO victory in the Showtime main event. Benavidez (24-0, 21 KOs) battered Davis, a late replacement, round after round. He pressed

7:09 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 Kid Galahad and Terri Harper surrendered their world titles in big upset losses on the same card Saturday in England. Veteran Kiko Martinez became

7:56 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The most-avoided-fighter-in-boxing label is not just a badge of honor, it’s also an unfathomable test of patience for the person who bears it. That status is earned, if you truly can earn something you don’t want, by virtue of a few different attributes. The fighter has to be immensely talented

2:16 PM ET Undisputed junior middleweight and IBF, WBA and WBC middleweight champion Claressa Shields has signed a multi-fight deal worth seven figures with European broadcast company Sky Sports and the BOXXER promotion company. The deal, which is for up to three fights, will pay Shields an undisclosed seven-figure sum over length of the contract.

7:50 AM ET Katie Taylor, Claressa Shields and Amanda Serrano continue to lead the way in the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings. But Mikaela Mayer gained some ground and solidified her spot in the top 5 with a dominant unanimous decision victory over Maiva Hamadouche to unify the WBO and IBF junior lightweight world titles. In

5:47 AM ET Tyson Fury was “badly injured” before his action-packed victory over Deontay Wilder last month and has since had a six-hour surgery to correct the problem, his father, John, has said. Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) retained his WBC heavyweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when he scored a highlight-reel knockout

8:37 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 Kid Galahad is looking forward to making a first world title defence in front of his home city fans in Sheffield, England, on Saturday,