Aug 6, 2019 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 After former two-division world titlist Carl Frampton suffered a broken left hand in a freak, non-boxing accident on Monday and had his fight

6:05 PM ET Lightweight sensation Devin Haney’s world title elimination fight against Zaur Abdullaev will headline a card that will also include two world title bouts on Sept. 13 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Tuesday. The card (on DAZN) will also include

3:31 PM ET The WBO on Tuesday ordered a pair of mandatory world title fights: unified junior welterweight titlist Jose Ramirez against Jack Caterall and featherweights Shakur Stevenson and Joet Gonzalez to meet for the organization’s vacant featherweight belt. Ramirez, however, has two mandatory challengers on his plate so it remains to be seen which

12:05 PM ET Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has said that he needs to rediscover his “passion” for boxing, amid growing rumours of a rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr. Joshua, 29, lost his three world title belts in a seventh round knockout defeat to Ruiz at Madison Square Garden in June, crowning the challenger

6:03 PM ET Former two-division world titleholder Carl Frampton suffered a broken metacarpal in his left hand in a freak, non-boxing incident Monday, forcing him to withdraw from his fight against Emmanuel Dominguez. Frampton was due to have the first fight of his newly signed co-promotional deal with Top Rank in the 10-round featherweight main

11:04 AM ET The IBF on Monday formally ordered Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Gennady Golovkin to meet for its vacant middleweight world title. As expected, the sanctioning body sent a letter to both camps telling them to begin negotiations immediately for a fight that will fill the 160-pound world title stripped from Canelo Alvarez on Thursday,

3:05 PM ET Opening Bell: All hail the heavyweights! NEW YORK — If you had surveyed boxing fans before the fight, most of them would likely have agreed that the heavyweight matchup between rising contender Adam Kownacki and veteran three-time world title challenger Chris Arreola would be nothing less than entertaining. At their core, they

11:27 PM ET NEW YORK — Adam Kownacki’s dream is to become the first Polish fighter to win a heavyweight world title and he moved a step closer to getting his chance on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. With most in the crowd of 8,790 cheering Kownacki on, he won a unanimous decision

6:50 PM ET NEW YORK — Jean Pascal, viewed by many as a faded fighter long past his best days, ain’t done just yet. Pascal knocked Marcus Browne down three times and came away with a eighth-round technical decision victory to claim an interim light heavyweight world title on Saturday night on the Adam Kownacki-Chris