12:29 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — After what Mikey Garcia called “a horrible performance” in his first fight in the welterweight division last March, he knew he had to answer an important question in his encore: He had won world titles in four smaller divisions, but was he a viable contender at 147 pounds? Garcia

5:38 PM ET Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez def. Kal Yafai vby ninth-round TKO— Fight recap coming up … Martinez outslugs Harris WBC flyweight world titlist Julio Cesar Martinez, left, needed all 12 rounds to defeat Jay Harris by unanimous decision. Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxing USA Julio Cesar Martinez retained his flyweight world title by unanimous decision in an

12:57 PM ET Former two-time junior bantamweight world titlist Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will return from a one-year layoff on April 4 in his first fight since losing his belt. Sor Rungvisai, a Thailand national hero, will take on former flyweight titlist and countryman Amnat Ruenroeng at Workpoint Studios in Bangkok, Thailand, WP Boxing has announced.

9:53 PM ET Undisputed women’s welterweight world champion Cecilia Braekhus will defend her belts in a potentially history-making fight against unified junior welterweight titlist Jessica McCaskill on April 17, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday. The bout will be part of the DAZN card headlined by the fight between former junior welterweight titleholders

9:22 PM ET Former heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder said Friday that he has decided to keep careerlong co-trainer Mark Breland as part of his team. Wilder suffered a seventh-round knockout loss in his rematch with Tyson Fury last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas when Breland threw in the

1:15 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Finalizing a deal for the fight between unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua and mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev to meet this summer is down to the sides agreeing on “silly things,” Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN. Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, and Pulev co-promoters Top Rank and Epic Sports

1:31 PM ET Josh Taylor is heading home to Scotland to fight for the first time since unifying two junior welterweight world titles. Taylor will defend against mandatory challenger‎ Apinun Khongsong on May 2 (ESPN+) at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, Top Rank announced on Thursday. Taylor will headline at the arena for the

11:21 AM ET Forget winning the WBC heavyweight title. Tyson Fury’s TKO victory over Deontay Wilder in their rematch resulted in another accomplishment that Tyson Fury had never achieved: a spot in the top 10 of our pound-for-pound list. Fury broke through in the rankings of a number of our panelists, including that of former

8:21 AM ET Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez had reached the heights of boxing. The protégé of the late, great Hall of Famer Alexis Arguello was atop the pound-for-pound rankings, an unheard of position for a fighter all of 115 pounds, and he would break the legend’s record as the first fighter from Nicaragua to win world

11:53 PM ET The Japan Boxing Commission and the Japan Professional Boxing Association announced Wednesday that all cards scheduled in March would be called off due to the government’s call for the cancellation or postponement of sporting and cultural events in order to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. The bouts scheduled in March