4:54 PM ET Middleweight world titlist Gennadiy Golovkin’s mandatory defense against Kamil Szeremeta remains unsettled and likely will move into at least April, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN on Wednesday. Initially, the plan was for Golovkin to defend against Szeremeta on Feb. 29, probably at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, but that was backed
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10:54 AM ET Featherweight world titleholder Josh Warrington has signed with Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing after parting ways with Hearn rival Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions. Warren said in a statement issued on Wednesday that they had ended their relationship at the conclusion of his Warrington’s promotional agreement. “I am happy to say that
Editor’s note: This story was originally published to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mike Tyson-James “Buster” Douglas fight. Although 25 years have passed since James “Buster” Douglas’ absolutely shocking, 10th-round knockout of heretofore indestructible Mike Tyson on Feb. 11, 1990 at the Tokyo Dome, it still resonates all these years later with those who
8:11 AM ET Ryan Garcia, the 2017 prospect of the year, appears to be on the verge of big things in boxing. Since being recognized as boxing’s top prospect, Garcia has moved up in weight from junior lightweight to lightweight and won six more fights in a row — four by knockout — while increasing
8:05 PM ET Tim Tszyu may be undefeated through 15 fights and one of Australian boxing’s rising stars, but many expect him to be totally overwhelmed when he faces former world champion Jeff Horn in April. Horn (20-2-1) has stepped into the ring with many world class fighters in recent years, most notably future Hall
6:08 PM ET Former unified cruiserweight world titlist Murat Gassiev, who has been out of the ring because of a shoulder injury for the past 19 months, is finally set to make his return. Gassiev, who is moving up to the heavyweight division, will take on Jerry Forrest in a 10-round bout on Feb. 29
3:53 PM ET Artis Mack, the older brother of undisputed women’s middleweight and unified junior middleweight world champion Claressa Shields, reached a plea deal on Monday in the shocking weigh-in attack on James Ali Bashir, the trainer of a Shields’ opponent. Mack, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor aggravated assault in the 67th
11:53 AM ET Will Gary Russell Jr. ever get a major fight? He did face Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2014 for a vacant featherweight world title, but that wasn’t a big fight then. In fact, it was on a Showtime undercard, where Russell took his only professional loss by clear decision. In 2015, Russell won a
6:11 AM ET Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua swapped the boxing ring for a nightclub stage on Feb. 8 as he performed a rap in front of hundreds of fans in London. Joshua, who won his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr. in Saudi Arabia in December to reclaim the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles, joined
7:22 PM ET Steve KimESPN Junior middleweight hopeful Charles Conwell scored a fifth round stoppage of Ramses Agaton at the Civic Center in Hammond, Indiana on Saturday night. For Conwell, this was his first bout since the tragic aftermath of his last fight on October 12, where Patrick Day fell into a coma after getting