1:31 PM ET When the International Boxing Hall of Fame ballot was released in late September it had swelled to 41 fighters in the modern boxer category because of tweaks made to when a fighter could be eligible for the first time. But as many greats as there were on the ballot, three first-timers stood

1:35 AM ET Steve KimESPN Andy Ruiz was a 10-1 underdog when he turned the boxing world on its head in June, stunning Anthony Joshua with a seventh-round knockout at Madison Square Garden. He took three world titles in the process and handed Joshua the first loss of his career. Ruiz stepped in as a

12:04 PM ET In the end, former featherweight world titlist Oscar Valdez made a successful debut in the junior lightweight division by stopping game Adam Lopez in the seventh round of a highly competitive fight on Saturday night. But what happened the previous day cannot be ignored. That is when Andres Gutierrez arrived at the

7:14 PM ET Middleweights Liam Williams and Alantez Fox will meet in a world title elimination bout on Dec. 21 at the Copper Box Arena in London, promoter Frank Warren said Sunday. The winner of the fight will be positioned for an eventual mandatory shot at the 160-pound world title held by Demetrius Andrade (28-0,

12:29 AM ET Former featherweight world titlist Oscar Valdez made a successful move up to the junior lightweight division — just not against the opponent he thought he would be facing – and earned a shot at a world title in a very tough fight. Valdez survived a second-round knockdown and some shaky moments to

1:23 AM ET Steve KimESPN It was certainly an eventful night of boxing at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, where a pair of former featherweight world titleholders dipped their toes into the 130-pound division and began to lay the foundation for their future plans. Both Oscar Valdez and Carl Frampton came out victorious, although Frampton

11:15 PM ET Former two-division world titlist Carl Frampton punched his way into a shot at a belt in a third weight class on Saturday night inside The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Former junior featherweight and featherweight titlist Frampton moved up to junior lightweight, dropped Tyler McCreary twice with body shots and

5:10 PM ET Steve KimESPN John Riel Casimero captured the third world title of his career as he stopped the favored Zolani Tete in three rounds in Birmingham, England to win the WBO bantamweight championship. After a relatively slow and tactical beginning to this fight, which was controlled by the long and angular southpaw from

5:53 PM ET Steve KimESPN The bout between former WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez and Andres Gutierrez, scheduled for Saturday night in Las Vegas, was canceled Friday because Gutierrez came in more than 11 pounds over the 130-pound limit set for the bout. Valdez will now face Adam Lopez, Top Rank Promotions said. The bout,

Nov 26, 2019 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 Carl Frampton is hoping a victory on his next fight catapults him into a world title fight later this year. Frampton is going up