12:36 PM ET Former junior welterweight world titleholder Johnny Bumphus died Monday due to cardiac arrest in his hometown of Tacoma, Washington. He was 59. Bumphus, nicknamed “Bump City,” was a skillful southpaw who boxed professionally from 1980 to 1987 but whose career was cut short by drug addiction. Bumphus, who was born in Nashville
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11:17 AM ET Former heavyweight world titlist Joseph Parker, long on the hunt for an opponent for his next bout, now officially has one: Shawndell Winters. Parker will square off with Winters in a 10-round bout on the Mikey Garcia-Jessie Vargas card on Feb. 29 (DAZN) at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco,
2:40 AM ET The much anticipated super welterweight fight between Jeff Horn and Tim Tszyu, which is set to determine Australia’s No. 1 boxer, will take place on Wednesday, April 22. Both camps agreed to the date after weeks of negotiations, however a location is still to be confirmed. The venue believed to be leading
4:22 AM ET Carlo Pamintuan Filipino boxing champion John Riel Casimero believes that his upcoming fight against Japan’s Naoya Inoue in Las Vegas is the one that will finally allow him to break the glass ceiling and be a star in boxing. Although he is a three-division champion who currently holds the World Boxing Organization
5:44 PM ET Lightweight world titlist Gervonta Davis was charged with simple battery domestic violence in Coral Gables, Florida, on Tuesday following an incident with the mother of his daughter at a charity basketball game on Sunday in Miami. The Coral Gables Police Department said that Davis was charged after he turned himself in to
2:55 PM ET Top Rank is taking over the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York for back-to-back boxing cards three days apart next month. The company announced the featured fights on both shows on Tuesday and, as expected, Shakur Stevenson and Michael Conlan will take center stage. Stevenson will make his first
1:56 PM ET Joet Gonzalez, Lamont Roach and Marlen Esparza, all coming off decision losses in world title bouts, will return on the same card, Golden Boy Promotions announced Monday. They will box on Golden Boy’s “Thursday Night Fights” series (DAZN/RingTV.com, 10 p.m. ET) on March 19 at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. Gonzalez (23-1,
Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder has become one of the most gregarious and charismatic figures in boxing — and one of the most vocal. In a recent interview with ESPN in Los Angeles, Wilder candidly discussed myriad topics, from his rematch with lineal champion Tyson Fury to his thoughts about other elite heavyweights — as
5:40 PM ET For the second time in less than a month, Top Rank will take over the promotion of a world title fight after the winner of a purse bid defaulted. Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing defaulted on his winning bid of $1.32 million to stage the fight between unified junior welterweight world
5:28 PM ET Two-belt bantamweight world titleholder Naoya Inoue announced at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday that his unification bout with John Riel Casimero is set for April 25 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The fight will be broadcast on ESPN platforms as part of the deal between the network and Top