9:15 PM ET Heavyweight Chris Arreola, whose three stoppage losses all came in world title fights, is aiming for one more shot in the twilight of his career, but he said if he cannot defeat rising contender Adam Kownacki in their crossroads fight Saturday, he will retire from boxing. “No disrespect to anybody, no disrespect
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2:47 PM ET Heavyweight contenders Hughie Fury and Alexander Povetkin will clash on Aug. 31 at the O2 Arena in London, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Wednesday. The bout will take place on the undercard when pound-for-pound king and unified lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko defends his belts and goes for a vacant title
9:19 AM ET Steve KimESPN Heavyweight Chris Arreola, who faces Adam Kownacki on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, has a 44-fight career filled with entertaining moments. It hasn’t been perfect, but it has been memorable. Say what you want about Arreola, but he has been a trailblazer of sorts. Before there
6:11 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published in March ahead of Conlan’s fight against Ruben Garcia. BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Everybody wants to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Unless you’re a fighter. Then you always want to be Irish. It’s good business, after all. Freddie Roach — who’s, in
5:40 PM ET The WBC on Tuesday withdrew, at least temporarily, recognition of Dillian Whyte as its interim heavyweight world titleholder because of his recent positive drug test. Despite having failed a pre-fight drug test, British regulators allowed Whyte to fight last Saturday in the main event of a Matchroom Boxing card at the O2
8:41 PM ET Former two-time welterweight world titleholder Andre Berto has suffered a torn left biceps, forcing his return to the ring after a one-year layoff to be called off on Monday. Berto was due to fight Miguel Cruz in a 10-round welterweight bout in the opener of a Premier Boxing Champions tripleheader on Saturday
3:20 PM ET Opening Bell: Everything right about boxing ARLINGTON, Texas – From the negotiations that were handled quickly and professionally, to a good buildup, to a fantastic fight of the year contender, to sportsmanship and humility in the aftermath, the Jose Ramirez-Maurice Hooker junior welterweight title unification fight put everything that is right about
1:46 AM ET Steve KimESPN In what was a swift and sudden end to an incredibly entertaining battle, Jose Ramirez scored a 6th-round stoppage of Maurice Hooker to become the unified WBC and WBO junior welterweight champion. Overcoming Hooker in his hometown, Ramirez scored a statement victory. The kind that defines careers. What did we
12:38 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Junior welterweight Jose Ramirez dreamed of winning a world title as a youngster but said even beyond that, his goal was to unify belts. Ramirez realized his dream and did so in explosive fashion Saturday night in an action-packed fight, as he stopped Maurice Hooker in the sixth round
11:41 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Gervonta Davis stopped Ricardo Nunez midway through the second round to retain the WBA super featherweight title Saturday night in his first fight in his hometown in six years. After the fight, Davis referenced President Donald Trump’s critical comments about Baltimore. “It was amazing to fight in front