7:00 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 Luke Campbell says he will become as well-known as Anthony Joshua if he defeats Vasiliy Lomachenko at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday
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6:13 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 Steve Kim Andy Ruiz Jr, the first Mexican-American heavyweight world titleholder will face Anthony Joshua for the second time on Dec. 7 in Saudi Arabia.
7:25 PM ET Unified heavyweight world titleholder Andy Ruiz Jr. has agreed to go to Saudi Arabia to face Anthony Joshua in their much-anticipated rematch, a source with direct knowledge of the discussions confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Ruiz and his team on Wednesday night agreed to terms that will have him face Joshua again
10:22 AM ET Junior featherweight world titlist Emanuel Navarrete, fresh from defending his belt on Saturday night, will be back in action for defense No. 3 on Sept. 14 against Juan Miguel Elorde, Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN on Thursday. After Navarrete blew away Francisco De Vaca by a one-sided third-round knockout
10:08 AM ET Omar Figueroa Sr. has been a mailman for the past 23 years. After he finishes his route, he trains fighters. Like many Mexican Americans, he grew up a boxing fan with all-time great Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez as one of his idols. Omar Sr. hoped that one day, if he ever
3:42 PM ET Former super middleweight world titlist Caleb Truax tore his right Achilles tendon and on Wednesday withdrew from his rematch with “Kid Chocolate” Peter Quillin because of the injury. Truax and former middleweight world titlist Quillin were due to meet in a super middleweight world title elimination bout in the Premier Boxing Champions
12:54 PM ET With the fight finally agreed to on Tuesday night, the paperwork was signed Wednesday morning and the fight between Gennady Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko is official. It took three weeks of mostly acrimonious negotiations and arguments over numerous issues but they will meet for a vacant middleweight world title on Oct. 5
7:32 AM ET Anthony Yarde is unbeaten, untested at the top level, fighting one of boxing’s most dangerous champions away from home in front of 7,500 hostile fans and still he thinks Saturday’s fight will be easy. In the Tractor Sport Palace in Chelyabinsk, an industrial city two hours east of Moscow, on Saturday night,
Aug 18, 2019 Steve KimESPN Sergey Kovalev could be in line for a big-money fight with Canelo Alvarez if he successfully defends his WBO light heavyweight title against Anthony Yarde on Saturday. Mikey Williams/Top Rank Sergey Kovalev defends his WBO light heavyweight title on Saturday in Russia against Anthony Yarde. That fight is still days away,
10:18 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 Steve Kim On Tuesday night, Former unified middleweight world titleholder Gennady Golovkin and contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko agreed to battle for the vacant IBF title on