8:46 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Ryan Garcia had to be restrained at Friday’s weigh-in outside T-Mobile Arena as a raucous crowd of supporters for both boxers looked on ahead of Saturday’s superfight. After they tipped the scales under the 136-pound catchweight limit, Davis lightly shoved Garcia. Garcia responded

3:50 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury is planning a July return for a defense of his WBC heavyweight title, sources told ESPN, with London’s Wembley Stadium on hold for July 15 and July 22. Former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. is in the mix for the Fury fight, as is China’s Zhilei Zhang, sources

8:00 AM ET RYAN GARCIA DIDN’T care anymore. Didn’t care how famous he was. Didn’t care who saw him or what they thought of him. Didn’t care about much of anything as he sat hunched over a poker table in the Commerce Casino — “the most celebrated cardroom in the world,” it proclaims — one

Apr 20, 2023 Timothy Bradley Jr. Boxing fans love to predict outcomes. Project winners. And ahead of this weekend’s superfight between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, we’re sure to get plenty of wild predictions. Some will pick a winner based on the size differential or which is

7:00 AM ET WAKEFIELD, Jamaica — The boxer felt broken. Every day, he was waking up in pain. Some days, it was debilitating headaches. Other times, it was his back. Or his fists. His ribs. His nose. On top of that, he had mood swings. Depression. Anxiety. Mike Lee didn’t regret his career. He had

3:03 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Luis Collazo, who held the WBA welterweight title from 2005 to 2006, announced his retirement from boxing on Wednesday at age 41 following a sixth-round KO loss to Angel Ruiz in Plant City, Florida. “For boxing, I’m done,” said Collazo, who was dropped twice in Round 3. “This is the

10:37 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — British boxer Conor Benn has been charged with the alleged use of a prohibited substance, British anti-doping authorities said on Thursday. UK Anti-Doping said the 26-year-old Benn was charged on April 3 for using clomifene, a female fertility drug that is on the WADA’s list of banned substances

7:02 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Alberto Puello’s A-sample revealed an adverse finding for the performance-enhancing drug clomiphene and its M1 and M2 metabolites, according to a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association letter obtained by ESPN on Wednesday. Puello (21-0, 10 KOs) was scheduled to defend his WBA junior welterweight title against Rolly Romero on May 13 in

4:44 PM ET The flyweight unification fight between WBC champion Marlen Esparza and WBO champ Gabriela Celeste Alaniz has been postponed, a source confirmed to ESPN. The fight, which had been scheduled for April 29, is being held up because of a visa issue for Alaniz, who is Argentinian. The targeted date for the rescheduled

7:44 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN GERVONTA “TANK” DAVIS and Ryan Garcia stood face to face last month in Times Square, a rare — and unexpected — sight for myriad reasons. Years and years of fighting words on social media had actually led to signed contracts for a real fight inside the ring, an occurrence far