7:47 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson are in advanced talks for a 130-pound title fight that would be staged in the fourth quarter of 2021 on ESPN/ESPN+, both boxers told ESPN. Herring (23-2, 11 KOs) successfully defended his 130-pound title for a third time in April with a career-best performance, a
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7:52 AM ET We’re at the midway point of the year, and while we unfortunately haven’t seen any of the top three heavyweights in the ring just yet, the trilogy battle between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder is right around the corner. That will be followed shortly by a compelling title tilt between Anthony Joshua
4:08 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former four-division champion Mikey Garcia and ex-titleholder Regis Prograis are in advanced talks for a fall clash at 140 pounds, both fighters and promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN. If a deal is completed, the bout would take place in the U.S., and be streamed on DAZN. Garcia, 33, is one
6:27 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Triller, the organization that delivered the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. exhibition and the Jake Paul-Ben Askren event, has agreed to a one-year deal with the Madison Square Garden company to bring a monthly, Tuesday night boxing series to New York’s Hulu Theater at MSG, Triller co-founder Ryan Kavanaugh tells ESPN.
8:12 PM ET Michael Zerafa has officially withdrawn from his highly anticipated fight against rising superstar Tim Tszyu, just seven days before the scheduled bout. Zerafa’s team cited concerns over COVID-19 restrictions between Victoria, where he resides, and New South Wales, where the bout was set to take place, as the reason he would not
7:45 AM ET Former pound-for-pound king and lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko returned to the ring for the first time since losing to Teofimo Lopez in October 2020 and reminded the boxing world that he’s still one of the best fighters in the sport. Lomachenko scored a dominant ninth-round TKO victory over Masayoshi Nakatani on June
5:42 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold looks forward to the day when she can tell her daughter that she got in the Olympic ring with sport’s highest court — and won. The 11-time national flyweight champion has won her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing her to
7:47 AM ET On Saturday, amidst a night of tremendous performances and knockouts by Gervonta Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko, news broke that Paradigm Sports Management filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Manny Pacquiao — alleging breach of contract, and attempting to obtain an injunction to stop Pacquiao from fighting Errol Spence Jr. on Aug. 21 in
7:42 PM ET Associated Press The International Boxing Association’s new president is confident his beleaguered organization will be welcomed back into the Olympic family after the Tokyo Games. Umar Kremlev said at a news conference Monday in Switzerland that AIBA is implementing the changes necessary to get back in the good graces of the International
1:43 AM ET ATLANTA — Earlier this week, in a back room of the Omni hotel in downtown Atlanta, Gervonta Davis said it could take a little while for him to get used to fighting up two weight classes. The first time he went up to 135 pounds was an adjustment, Davis said. “Saturday will