3:59 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk of Ukraine has announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 33. His manager, Egis Klimas, told ESPN that Gvozdyk (17-1, 14 KOs) was stepping away from the ring to pursue business opportunities. “He’s a very smart guy, so he thinks it’s

10:39 PM ET Steve KimESPN As expected, Shakur Stevenson dominated Felix Caraballo over six one-sided rounds at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, in what was the return of boxing to the city. Stevenson (14-0, 8 KOs) was sharp from the very beginning, muting the aggression of Caraballo (13-2-2, 9 KOs), who tried

3:32 PM ET Well before the coronavirus pandemic halted sports in the United States in March, Top Rank had to make a decision. On Jan. 23, unified junior welterweight titleholder Jose Ramirez was preparing to fly to Haikou, China, to face Viktor Postol. A call came: Stay home. The fight was off. A similar call

7:55 PM ET Steve KimESPN Shakur Stevenson will be without trainer Kay Koroma on Tuesday when he faces Felix Caraballo in the main event of Top Rank’s boxing card in Las Vegas. Although he tested negative for the coronavirus on Saturday, Koroma has been in contact with Mikaela Mayer, another fighter he trains and was

4:39 PM ET Steve KimESPN Boxing is set to return to Las Vegas on Tuesday as all 10 boxers on the five-fight card weighed in successfully. However, there was some weigh-in drama ahead of the first boxing event in the city since Feb. 22. Headliner Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) weighed in at 130 pounds,

7:34 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN For the week of April 13 — a period that coincided with the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, and the panic it engendered — nine of the top-20-rated sports shows in the country were classic fights, according to ShowBuzzDaily. The oldest dated back almost half a

3:47 PM ET Mikaela Mayer is no longer fighting in the co-feature of Tuesday night’s Top Rank boxing card in Las Vegas after testing positive for the coronavirus. Mayer, 29, announced the results of her test on Instagram on Sunday. She was scheduled to be the co-featured bout against Helen Joseph. “It came as a

Jun 6, 2020 Steve KimESPN Boxing returns to the United States this week as Top Rank promotes cards on Tuesday and Thursday night. These will be the first shows in North America in which Top Rank has been involved since the Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua rematch on Feb. 22. There were two Top Rank cards canceled

6:22 PM ET Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua described racism as a “pandemic” while addressing protesters at a Black Lives Matter march in London on Saturday. Joshua, one of Britain’s highest-profile sportsmen, joined a march through the streets of his home town of Watford before gathering in a park where he recited a poem written

3:29 PM ET Steve KimESPN Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua suffered a “slight twinge” in his left knee while training, his spokesperson said, and was seen using crutches and wearing a brace while speaking at a Black Lives Matter rally Saturday in Watford, England. Andy Bell, a spokesperson for Joshua, said the brace Is being