12:58 PM ET Steve KimESPN On Tuesday, Canelo Alvarez filed a lawsuit against his promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, and his broadcast partner, DAZN, alleging breach of contract and seeking a minimum of $280 million in damages. Two years ago, Alvarez and DAZN agreed to the richest deal in boxing history. Alvarez would fight on DAZN
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11:49 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 Former undisputed world middleweight champion Alan Minter has died aged 69. Minter, from Sussex in England, won the WBC-WBA world middleweight titles with a
8:42 PM ET Steve KimESPN The trilogy fight between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder is being targeted for Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Dec. 19, according to Top Rank’s Bob Arum. “That’s what we’re moving ahead on, on all fronts, with the security, with the virus, and everything,” Arum said. “We’re
Sep 11, 2020 Steve KimESPN While the past month has seen multiple boxing cards every weekend, this Saturday has one event of note. Coming from the bubble at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, Top Rank’s card features a pair of fighters looking to get back in the mix after tough losses. And
6:54 PM ET Steve KimESPN The proposed bout between WBO junior lightweight world titleholder Jamel Herring and former two-division world champion Carl Frampton will now take place in January. “The timeline apparently now is that they’re looking at January,” Herring told ESPN on Thursday afternoon. “I actually wanted to come back in December.” The originally
4:16 PM ET The WBC has scheduled a purse bid for Sept. 21 on the ordered bout between Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim for its super middleweight belt, though the organization has kept open a negotiation period until then. The news comes days after Alvarez filed a federal lawsuit against the streaming service DAZN and
9:03 AM ET Steve KimESPN After a long hiatus, boxing returned in the early summer months with a series of fight cards designed to get the business going. Those cards featured a handful of recognizable names and a few solid, if not spectacular fights. Heading into the fall, it’s time for the marquee events to
9:28 AM ET Steve Kim 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 Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, welterweight contender Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas and unified bantamweight world titlist Naoya Inoue are a few of the
1:31 AM ET Steve KimESPN Canelo Alvarez filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court against DAZN and Golden Boy Promotions and its CEO, Oscar De La Hoya, alleging that the parties have not lived up to the terms of an 11-fight, $365 million deal that was agreed upon in 2018. Alvarez is seeking at least
1:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN The World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight finals between Yuniel Dorticos and Mairis Briedis has been rescheduled for Sept. 26 at the Plazamedia broadcasting center in Munich, Germany, according to Kalle Sauerland, chief boxing officer for the WBSS. The fight, which matches ESPN’s top two rated cruiserweights, has been postponed twice