5:44 PM ET Steve KimESPN Featherweight Edwin Palomares scored a fifth-round stoppage of Carlos Ornelas with an accumulation of punches in what has to be considered an upset Saturday night on the Emanuel Navarrete-Uriel Lopez undercard in Mexico City. A body punch in Round 5 forced Ornelas to take a knee. Soon thereafter, his corner

9:44 AM ET Steve KimESPN Clay Collard handed David Kaminsky his first professional loss with a split decision by the scores of 58-56, 56-58 and 58-56 in a fast-paced super middleweight contest on the Gabriel Flores Jr.-Josec Ruiz undercard at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. But while it looked close on the

2:10 PM ET Steve KimESPN Thompson Boxing announced on Friday that they will be staging a pay-per-view card on July 26 at the Omega Products Event Center in Corona, California. It will feature lightweight hopeful Michael Dutchover facing Jorge Marron Jr. in an eight-round bout. Hard-hitting prospect Ruben Torrres will also be on the card,

11:22 PM ET Steve KimESPN Blue-chip lightweight prospect Gabriel Flores Jr. continued his development with a one-sided unanimous decision victory over Josec Ruiz on Thursday at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. All three judges scored it 100-89 for Flores (18-0, 6 KOs), who started quickly and outboxed Ruiz (21-3-3, 14 KOs) the

11:18 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The controversial boxing promoter helping to arrange the all-British heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has been dropped as an adviser to a Bahraini sports organization that is looking to bring high-profile bouts to the region. Daniel Kinahan was recently hired as special adviser to KHK

11:54 PM ET Steve Kim Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate While Thursday night’s Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card lost its main event on the day the bout was scheduled to take place, the show must

8:16 AM ET Steve KimESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 5, 2019. The Top Rank on ESPN card in Stockton, California, on May 4 was headlined by two world titleholders, Jerwin Ancajas and Artur Beterbiev, but it was lightweight local sensation Gabriel Flores Jr. who was responsible for packing the house

12:45 PM ET Steve KimESPN Thursday night’s Top Rank on ESPN main event between junior welterweights Jose Pedraza and Mikkel LesPierre has been canceled after LesPierre’s manager, Josie Taveras, tested positive for the coronavirus. “The bottom line is the manager tested positive for COVID after the weigh-in yesterday,” Brad Jacobs, chief operating officer for Top

8:10 AM ET Up Third Avenue, down Broadway and across the uneven cobblestone streets of chic SoHo, New York City’s vibrant streets were eerily desolate. On his drive to work, Mikkel LesPierre couldn’t believe how the coronavirus turned one of the busiest cities in the world into a scene out of an apocalyptic movie. And

5:12 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez will face veteran Jayson Velez on July 21 at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. The bout will take place at 130 pounds, according to Frank Espinoza, Valdez’s manager. “The fight is done, we’re excited about it, Oscar is very happy to