5:53 PM ET Former boxing star Miguel Cotto, a world champion in four divisions, has submitted a proposal through his promotions company with suggested protocols to resume professional events in his native Puerto Rico as early as August. Among the points established in the document are staging cards behind closed doors and testing boxers for

12:18 PM ET Steve KimESPN Boxing’s calendar is about to be booked up once again, according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum. Arum said during a recent interview on IFL TV that he hopes to start making announcements on an upcoming schedule starting next week. “It’ll be all fighters who have either appeared on the

5:34 PM ET Efficient coronavirus testing is a major key to the return of combat sports in earnest. The Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) is set to help unlock some of those doors. SMRTL has been “cleared and certified” to begin doing coronavirus testing for sports, lab president Dr. Daniel Eichner said Monday

9:00 AM ET Steve KimESPN Boxers will always have that fight or win that defines their career. They also have those fights where they just enjoy being in the ring, win or lose. They know their most challenging opposition and love to discuss their most satisfying victories. ESPN spoke to a number of top fighters

5:27 PM ET WBC junior lightweight champion Miguel Berchelt, WBO junior featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete and WBO junior lightweight champion Elwin Soto are among the boxers Zanfer Promotions is planning to have fight as part of a resumption of boxing in Mexico in June, organization president Fernando Beltran told ESPN. Beltran told ESPN that fans

9:49 AM ET Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua and the IBF’s mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev could face each other in front of a crowd at a Roman Amphitheatre in Croatia, the Bulgarian’s manager has said. The pair were due to meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on June 20 but the fight was

9:51 PM ET Steve KimESPN Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday that his company will begin putting on fight cards next month after being idle since February due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We are coming back in June,” Arum told ESPN. “These will be shows that will be on ESPN and ESPN+. They will

5:04 PM ET IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin said Wednesday that he doesn’t expect his first bout coming off the coronavirus pandemic to be against boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez, since Golovkin has an agreement in place to face undefeated mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta when the schedule resumes. That would open the door for Alvarez, the

4:22 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN FLINT, Mich. — Cars continue to form long lines to get free water bottles at local distribution sites here — even amid the coronavirus pandemic — because of the water crisis that has plagued the city since April 2014. So two-time super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell is trying to help

6:00 PM ET Canelo Alvarez’s trainer Eddy Reynoso confirmed Tuesday via social media that he would work with Andy Ruiz for his next fight. “Welcome to the team Andy. We are going to do well,” Reynoso captioned an Instagram post. Reynoso also trains former featherweight titlist Oscar Valdez, former bantamweight Luis Nery, and lightweight sensation