5:48 PM ET Former three-time light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev, who faces up to four years in prison if convicted of the felony assault charge he faces in California, has changed attorneys and had his trial delayed. At a hearing on Monday, when Kovalev’s trial date was supposed be scheduled, Judge Dwight W. Moore

4:44 PM ET Featherweight world titleholder Gary Russell Jr. will come out of his annual hibernation to take on mandatory challenger Tugstsogt “King Tug” Nyambayar on Feb. 8, Premier Boxing Champions announced on Monday. The fight, which will headline a “Showtime Championship Boxing” tripleheader (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET), will take place at the PPL Center

2:29 PM ET Steve KimESPN Canelo Alvarez’s next fight likely will be on May 2, tying in with the Cinco De Mayo holiday, which has become a traditional date for the Mexican superstar, according to Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez. “That’s his weekend,” said Gomez, who says that where they will take this event

11:33 AM ET Welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford, perhaps frustrated by his inability to land a major fight in his own division, stepped up his public outcry for a unification fight with Errol Spence Jr. on Sunday night. Spence, who has begun training for a return to the ring in May or June following a

Jan 6, 2020 Former three-division world titlist Jorge Linares, looking to continue his comeback from a disastrous 2019, got an opponent Monday for his fight on Feb. 14. Golden Boy Promotions said Linares will face Carlos Morales in a 12-round lightweight fight that will serve as the co-feature on the DAZN card headlined by the

3:33 PM ET Fresh off winning a flyweight world title in action-packed fashion, Julio Cesar Martinez will be back in the ring quickly to defend his belt for the first time Feb. 29. Martinez will square off with European champion Jay Harris on the undercard of the Mikey Garcia-Jessie Vargas welterweight fight that headlines the

1:05 PM ET While featherweight world titleholders Shakur Stevenson and Josh Warrington are on an apparent collision course to unify their belts in the spring, Stevenson could fight once more before that fight, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN on Friday. Arum, Stevenson’s promoter, and Frank Warren, who represents Warrington, are close to a

2:07 PM ET Carlos De Leon, who won the WBC cruiserweight world title four times, died on Wednesday — New Year’s Day — in Buffalo, New York. He was 60. The WBC announced his death, but the cause had not been determined. “The WBC family is sad to report the sudden passing away of one

7:31 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 After some high-profile retirees from British and Irish boxing in the last year or so, who will fill their place? James DeGale, George Groves,