Feb 23, 2020 Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. It’s been 20 years since boxing has had an undisputed heavyweight champion, Lennox Lewis. Now that Tyson Fury has beaten Deontay Wilder to claim the WBC and lineal heavyweight championships, fans, promoters and fellow fighters are clamoring

5:25 PM ET Steve KimESPN Negotiations are underway for a potential blockbuster heavyweight title unification fight between champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere on the Arabian Peninsula, sources told ESPN’s Mark Kriegel. Fury’s advisor, MTK, which is based in Dubai, is negotiating for Fury on behalf of his co-promoters Top

11:39 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 The British Boxing Board of Control hopes professional boxing will return in the UK in July — but will limit the number of fights

9:00 AM ET Steve KimESPN With the UFC set to resume on May 9 and only occasional, regional fight cards (such as the one in Nicaragua on April 25) breaking a long stretch without fights, boxing fans are all asking the same question: When will boxing’s biggest promotions return to action? Boxing could follow in

11:57 AM ET Steve KimESPN One of the more anticipated fights that was tentatively planned for the spring was the matchup between WBC junior lightweight world titlist Miguel Berchelt (who lives in Mexico) and his mandatory challenger Oscar Valdez (who lives in California). The bout was easily makeable given that both fighters are aligned with

7:35 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 When Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally jumped in the ring together five years ago on May 2, 2015, the fight became the richest

8:55 AM ET Steve KimESPN Shane Mosley landed a left jab to the body followed by a right cross to the head. Boxing commentator Bob Sheridan called it “the best punch of the fight,” just 53 seconds into the second round. The crowd rose to its feet. Mosley had rocked Floyd Mayweather. Less than a

12:08 PM ET The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of people out of work. Many have looked for alternative ways to put food on the table and that situation is no different for former world titleholder Mario Rodriguez. After the gym in which he worked was closed because of the pandemic, Rodriguez decided to open

10:24 PM ET Steve KimESPN Various sporting events have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic throughout the world, but a boxing card at the Alexis Arguello Sports Complex in Managua, Nicaragua on Saturday, promoted by former world titlist Rosendo Alvarez, was allowed to proceed — with some provisions that were put in place to