7:55 AM ET Steve KimESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko and Luke Campbell square off on Saturday (ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET) for three of boxing’s four lightweight world titles. It’s a battle between two Olympic champions, with each looking to further secure his legacy. Jorge Linares and Timothy Bradley Jr. are two men who have unique viewpoints on
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9:22 PM ET Bantamweight world titleholder Naoya “Monster” Inoue has long admired Nonito Donaire, the four-division world titleholder and likely International Boxing Hall of Famer after he hangs up his boxing gloves. So when the eight-man World Boxing Super Series featuring most of the best 118-pounders kicked off last fall, tournament favorite Inoue hoped that
4:24 PM ET Top Rank on Monday announced the fights that will take place on the undercard of lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s fight with Otto Wallin on Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card (ESPN+, 11 p.m. ET) will also include junior featherweight world titlist Emanuel Navarrete making his third
10:21 AM ET England’s Anthony Yarde (18-1, 17 KOs), 28, had never faced a serious opponent in his four-year pro career, which followed a very brief 12-fight amateur stint, but he left it all in the ring Saturday in a valiant effort against light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs). Kovalev’s vast experience
11:47 PM ET Junior bantamweight world champion Juan Francisco Estrada knocked out Dewayne Beamon in the ninth round in a homecoming fight on Saturday night at the Centro de Usos Multiples in Hermosillo, Mexico. Estrada had not boxed in his hometown since winning a nontitle fight there in 2014, and his fans filled the arena
3:53 PM ET Is Canelo Alvarez next for light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev? He just might be. Kovalev retained his 175-pound belt for the first time in a homecoming fight by knocking out Anthony Yarde with one shot in the 11th round on Saturday on ESPN+ at the Traktor Sport Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
4:22 PM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today 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
12:56 PM ET Former middleweight world titlist “Kid Chocolate” Peter Quillin wasn’t without a fight for long. He will face brawler Alfredo Angulo in a 12-round super middleweight bout that will headline a Premier Boxing Champions card on Sept. 21 (Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes, 10:30 p.m. ET) at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, California,
6:46 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 Vasiliy Lomachenko will try to add a third world lightweight title to his collection when he faces Luke Campbell at the O2 Arena in
3:48 PM ET After Sergey Kovalev lost his light heavyweight world title by seventh-round knockout to Eleider “Storm” Alvarez last August, many thought it was the end of the “Krusher” as a top-flight fighter. Then Kovalev exercised his right to an immediate rematch with Alvarez and changed trainers, linking up with Buddy McGirt. Skeptics remained