9:21 AM ET With the messy business issues between junior welterweight world titlist Regis Prograis and the organizers of the World Boxing Super Series resolved and Prograis having rejoined the tournament, he is as confident as ever that he will win the eight-man tournament final. “I am not going to predict what round I will
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7:30 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 Tyson Fury can ill afford to have an off night against Otto Wallin on Saturday on ESPN+, as he needs a victory to set
Sep 7, 2019 “So you’re a boxing fan and you like heavyweights, you say? Well, you happen to be in an era that just might go down as a golden one — if the best fight each other.” — Me, four months ago. Back in May, the big three in the division (in whichever order
11:33 PM ET A deal was agreed to on Friday night for a vacant featherweight world title fight between unbeaten up-and-comers Shakur Stevenson and Joet Gonzalez, representatives for both fighters told ESPN. Carl Moretti, vice president of Top Rank, which promotes Stevenson, and Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez, Gonzalez’s promoter, said they have agreed
10:39 PM ET Gervonta “Tank” Davis, one of boxing’s most explosive young fighters, grew tired of waiting for a major fight at junior lightweight so he has vacated his world title to move up to the lightweight division, where he aims to win a belt in a second weight division. “I just want to move
2:08 PM ET William Weinbaum On the day jury selection was scheduled to begin, the family of disabled boxer Magomed Abdusalamov settled a multimillion-dollar medical malpractice lawsuit against three doctors who worked the 2013 bout that left him with permanent brain damage. Terms of the settlement reached late Tuesday with ring doctors Anthony Curreri, Osric
2:23 PM ET Since Andy Ruiz Jr.’s massive upset knockout victory of Anthony Joshua to win three heavyweight world title belts on June 1, he has certainly been enjoying the fruits of his labor. He has done countless interviews, was feted with a victory parade in his hometown of Imperial, California, and spent some of
11:20 AM ET Heavyweight Agit Kabayel’s reason for vacating the European title on Tuesday is now clear. Kabayel signed a co-promotional agreement with Top Rank and will come to the United States to box, it was announced Wednesday. Kabayel (19-0, 13 KOs), 26, of Germany, who is co-promoted by SES Boxing, is one of the
7:23 PM ET Junior lightweight world titlist Miguel Berchelt will make his sixth defense against former secondary titlist Jason Sosa. The fight, which is agreed to but has not yet been signed, is slated to headline a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card Nov. 2 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, Top Rank
5:16 PM ET KSI and Logan Paul, the YouTube stars who fought each other in an exhibition fight that generated more than 1 million pay-per-view buys on YouTube last year, will fight each other again — this time in an official professional fight. They will make their professional boxing debuts against each other in a