ARLINGTON, Texas — Junior lightweight world titlist Tevin Farmer easily took care of mandatory challenger Guillaume Frenois on Saturday night, winning a lopsided unanimous decision in the co-feature of the Maurice Hooker-Jose Ramirez junior welterweight unification fight at the College Park Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. The judges scored

1:39 PM ET WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder says Anthony Joshua should wait before fighting Andy Ruiz Jr again, while also hinting he could fight the Mexican himself at some stage. Wilder, speaking exclusively to ESPN, said he is potentially looking at facing Ruiz Jr himself should any rematch with Joshua fail to be

11:31 AM ET DALLAS – Heavyweight Dillian Whyte was allowed to fight last Saturday despite a positive drug test because he had been cleared in a previously undisclosed hearing by UK Anti-Doping, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN. Whyte survived a ninth-round knockdown and won a unanimous decision — 116-111, 115-112, 115-112 — over

8:39 AM ET DALLAS — After Terence Crawford unified the four major junior welterweight world titles in 2017, the first time that had been done in the four-belt era, he vacated them and moved up in weight to welterweight, leaving the 140-pound division wide open. Nearly two years later, the division is close to sorting

10:54 AM ET Argentine boxer Hugo Alfredo “Dinamita” Santillan died Thursday in Buenos Aires of injuries suffered in the ring after Saturday’s draw against Uruguayan fighter Eduardo Javier Abreu. He was 23. Dr. Graciela Olocco from Hospital Agudos San Felipe confirmed the death on Thursday morning to media outlets. Santillan underwent surgery for a clot

8:57 AM ET Junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker recites a recent statistic: There were 20-plus murders in the month of May in Oak Cliff, Texas, the Dallas neighborhood where he grew up. Hooker was 12 when his family’s apartment was robbed at gunpoint. He found his share of trouble during a turbulent youth. According

Jul 24, 2019 Steve KimESPN Regis Prograis, Josh Taylor, Jose Ramirez and Maurice Hooker are the four junior welterweight belt holders. The quartet, ranked 1-4 in ESPN.com’s divisional rankings, respectively, have clearly separated themselves from the rest of the pack in the division and, due to the lack of boxing’s typical political challenges, are on

5:16 PM ET When International Boxing Hall of Famer Evander Holyfield came out of the 1984 Olympics, he turned professional under the guidance of promoter Main Events, which helped lead him to the undisputed cruiserweight world title and the undisputed heavyweight world title. Thirty-five years later, Evan Holyfield, the 21-year-old son of the former four-time

11:34 AM ET Junior welterweight Maxim Dadashev died on Tuesday morning as a result of brain injuries sustained in an 11th-round knockout loss to Subriel Matias on Friday night at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. He was 28. Donatas Janusevicius, Dadashev’s strength and conditioning coach, who had been with him at UM

12:48 AM ET ESPN News Services After watching Manny Pacquiao beat Keith Thurman on Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather Jr. took to social media on Tuesday to criticize his former opponent and Pacquiao clapped back. “I find it real ironic how every time Pacquiao’s name is brought up in the media, my name is always attached