6:50 PM ET In progress: Title fight: Marcus Brown vs. Jean Pascal, 12 rounds, for Brown’s WBA interim light heavyweight title Omotoso knocks out Stevens Junior middleweight “Lucky Boy” Wale Omotoso scored three knockdowns in a third-round knockout of Curtis Stevens in an action-packed bout. Omotoso came into the fight 2-3 in his last five

8:01 PM ET Steve KimESPN Michael Conlan continued his march toward a featherweight title shot by stopping Diego Alberto Ruiz in the ninth round Saturday at Falls Park in Conlan’s hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The 10-round bout was the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card. Conlan (12-0, 7 KOs), 27, sent

10:31 PM ET Middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez claimed on Friday that he was unaware of the deal his promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, made with the IBF that ultimately cost him one of his 160-pound title belts. “I’m very upset and ashamed with my fans, to be unfairly stripped of my belt by the IBF,

6:17 PM ET William Weinbaum A lawsuit filed in 2014 by the family of disabled boxer Magomed Abdusalamov against referee Benjy Esteves Jr. over the bout that left Abdusalamov with permanent brain damage was settled Friday. The Abdusalamovs dropped their suit in New York State Supreme Court after Esteves, a professional ref for more than

1:56 PM ET Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Otto Wallin have come to terms to meet on Sept. 14, Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN on Friday. The fight, which will headline a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card, will take place at an MGM property in Las Vegas, meaning the MGM

2:31 AM ET Steve KimESPN The featherweight title run of Oscar Valdez has come to an end, as Valdez has announced his intention to move up to junior lightweight. “It’s time! I’ve always wanted to become a multi-division champion,” said Valdez (26-0, 20 KOs). “I think I would feel more comfortable at that weight too.

8:39 PM ET Former welterweight world champion Carlos Baldomir was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday in his native Argentina after being found guilty of sexually abusing one of his daughters for a two-year period when she was between 7 and 9. Baldomir, 48, was initially arrested in 2016 and spent three years

8:28 PM ET Middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez is in the market again for a fall opponent after negotiations for one of his mandatory defenses against Sergiy Derevyanchenko ended with no deal on Thursday afternoon and resulted in his being stripped of the IBF 160-pound title. The IBF already had allowed for multiple postponements of

6:16 PM ET Flyweight world titleholder Charlie Edwards will make his mandatory defense against Julio Cesar Martinez on Aug. 31 at the O2 Arena in London, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Thursday. The bout, Edwards’ second title defense, will be part of the card headlined by pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko defending his unified lightweight

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 Michael Conlan will go from fighting at the iconic Madison Square Garden to a public park on Saturday (Aug. 3), but for the Irish