Mar 6, 2020 NEW YORK — Blue-chip heavyweight prospect Efe Ajagba faced perhaps his toughest and most experienced opponent in former world title challenger Razvan Cojanu, and Ajagba laid a beating on him on Saturday night. Ajagba scored two knockdowns and stopped Cojanu in the ninth round of the co-feature of the Premier Boxing Champions

6:31 PM 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 Jono Carroll dominated former world champion Scott Quigg in a non-title junior lightweight bout on Saturday, which left Quigg considering retirement. Carroll was too

4:41 PM ET Lightweight contenders George Kambosos Jr. and Lee Selby will meet in a world title elimination fight on May 9 at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Friday. The winner of the fight, which will stream on DAZN in the United States and headline on Sky Sports in

1:29 PM ET Top Rank has finalized the undercard for popular Irish featherweight Michael Conlan’s annual St. Patrick’s Day bout on March 17 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Before Conlan takes on Belmar Preciado and junior lightweight Mikaela Mayer fights Melissa Hernandez on the main card of the Top

8:15 AM ET The Japan Boxing Commission and the Japan Professional Boxing Association announced jointly on Thursday that it has extended its cancellation and postponement of all boxing events in the country until at least April 15 due to the coronavirus outbreak. On Feb. 26, they that said all cards scheduled in March would be

7:57 AM ET Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, two of the pound-for-pound best in women’s boxing, have been on a collision course for the past few years and now their long-awaited bout, perhaps the most significant that could currently be made on the women’s side of the sport, is finally on. Taylor, the undisputed lightweight

6:53 PM ET Steve KimESPN With the coronavirus spreading across the world, the boxing industry is taking precautions with their upcoming events. “Obviously, everybody in boxing who does international fights is concerned,” said Bob Arum, who’s company, Top Rank, has fights that are taking place abroad and also involve boxers who are flying in from

3:33 PM ET Middleweight up-and-comer Janibek Alimkhanuly will face Issah Samir in a 10-round battle of unbeaten fighters on March 28 in the co-feature of unified light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev’s mandatory defense against Meng Fanlong, Top Rank announced on Thursday. Both fights will be on the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card (ESPN

2:23 PM ET Canelo Alvarez will fight WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders in the traditional Cinco de Mayo weekend boxing slate on May 2, sources told ESPN Deportes’ Salvador Rodriguez. The announcement of the 168-pound unification fight could be made official in the next 24 hours or even sooner, the sources said. Alvarez

11:19 PM ET Former three-time light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev will return to the ring on April 25 to fight for the first time since Canelo Alvarez brutally knocked him out and took his belt last fall. Kovalev will face longtime light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera in a 12-round cruiserweight fight contracted at 180