9:17 AM ET Steve KimESPN The fight receiving most of attention this weekend is the battle between YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul at Staples Center in Los Angeles. In August 2018, the two social media mavens met at Manchester Arena in England and fought to a six-round majority draw. The broadcast produced a huge online

10:46 PM ET Heavyweight sensation Daniel Dubois, fast rising up the rankings, will return to the ring to face Kyotaro Fujimoto on Dec. 21 in the main event of a card that Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions has dubbed “The Fight Before Christmas” at the Copper Box Arena in London. Dubois and Fujimoto will meet

4:10 PM ET The string of Mexican boxers testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol has included superstar Canelo Alvarez, Luis Nery, Francisco Vargas and, in recent days, Rey Vargas and Julio Cesar Martinez. On Thursday, the WBC announced that it will begin acknowledging the increased allowable threshold for the drug established earlier this year

11:25 AM ET “The Monster” Naoya Inoue, the No. 1 seed in the World Boxing Super Series eight-man bantamweight tournament, lived up to his billing as he outpointed four-division world titlist Nonito Donaire to unify 118-pound titles on Thursday in Saitama, Japan. Inoue (19-0, 16 KOs), in the toughest fight of his career — and

9:01 AM ET “The Monster” Naoya Inoue has rarely faced adversity during his reign of terror through boxing’s smaller weight classes but when he finally did against Nonito Donaire, he came through like a champion in a punishing contender for fight of the year. Inoue, bleeding from a cut over his right eye and nose

Nonito Donaire is a lock to get into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. With eight titles won in four weight classes — from flyweight to junior featherweight — the “Filipino Flash” will surely gain entry on the first ballot. Throughout his career, Donaire has been a world traveler. He fought in his native Philippines

3:01 AM ET Two-time Olympic champion Nicola Adams has retired from boxing at the age of 37 over fears that she could lose her sight. Adams was the first female boxer to become a double Olympic champion when she won gold in the flyweight division at the Rio 2016 games, having previously won gold in

11:37 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Light heavyweight world titlist Dmitry Bivol had more than a passing interest in the title fight between Canelo Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev, which is why he was ringside on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. What Bivol saw was Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, move up two weight

10:04 AM ET WBO junior lightweight world titleholder Jamel Herring faces Lamont Roach Jr. in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California, on Saturday at 10 p.m. ET. The undercard will air at 6:30 p.m. ET, also on ESPN+. Herring (20-2, 10 KOs), 34, won the