2:27 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jose Uzcategui tested positive for the banned substance rEPO, multiple sources told ESPN, and he’s been pulled from his Nov. 13 fight with David Benavidez. Benavidez, ESPN’s No. 2 super middleweight, will face a new opponent in the Showtime main event on Nov. 13 in Phoenix, Arizona, sources said. Recombinant

7:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN When COVID took hold of the world in March 2020, it also greatly hampered sports, but perhaps none more so than boxing. After all, the fight game hinges on major live gates to deliver its truly marquee events. While the other major sports leagues experienced plenty of pauses and cancellations,

3:04 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata have agreed to a deal for a Dec. 29 middleweight title unification bout at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, multiple sources told ESPN. A formal announcement is expected next week. The fight will take place just outside Murata’s hometown, Tokyo. The Olympic gold medalist

7:18 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — British heavyweight Dillian Whyte wants his next fight to be against Tyson Fury for the world title instead of rescheduling his canceled bout with Otto Wallin. Whyte last week pulled out of his scheduled fight with Wallin for this Saturday, citing a shoulder injury. Whyte holds the WBC

8:35 PM ET Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s boxing federation on Sunday said Serbia had stopped its team entering the country to take part in the amateur world championships. Kosovo had planned to send three competitors to the Oct. 24-Nov. 6 AIBA championships. The boxers tried to cross the border with Serbia on Saturday

1:41 AM ET Shakur Stevenson talked up his intentions for weeks ahead of his title opportunity against Jamel Herring. He spoke about his goals to showcase his ability to be aggressive and do more than offer a second consecutive lackluster performance. On Saturday night, Stevenson backed up all of his talk and won the WBO

7:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson will meet in the main event of a Top Rank card on Saturday at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta (ESPN, ESPN+, 10:30 p.m. ET, with undercard fights at 7:25 p.m. ET on ESPN+). Herring (23-2, 11 KOs), 35, will defend his WBO junior lightweight

1:02 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN ATLANTA — Shakur Stevenson has heard the criticism loud and clear: not entertaining enough, not aggressive enough, not mean enough. So Stevenson peeked his head through the ropes at perhaps his loudest skeptic, former champion Timothy Bradley, with the knowledge the narrative can now be laid to rest for good.

11:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar Rivas defeated Ryan Rozicki on Friday in Montreal to become the inaugural WBC bridgerweight champion. Rivas, 222 1/4 pounds, dished out punishment on the undersized Rozicki over 12 rounds en route to the unanimous decision victory via scores of 116-111, 115-112 and 115-112. Rozicki, 203 pounds, applied pressure and