5:23 PM ET Super middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., a former middleweight world titlist and the son of the legendary Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., plans to return to the ring after a more than two-year layoff. Zanfer Promotions announced on Tuesday that Chavez will return to face Evert Bravo on Aug. 10

3:31 PM ET The International Boxing Hall of Fame on Tuesday unveiled various amendments to its balloting procedures, including the creation of two women’s categories and the reduction of time a boxer has to be retired to appear on the ballot from five years to three years. The changes, approved by the Hall of Fame’s

3:39 AM ET Promoter Eddie Hearn has said that Cardiff is the “frontrunner” to host the rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua on Dec.14. Ruiz knocked out Joshua at Madison Square Garden to win the WBA, WBO and IBF world titles in June with one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. Neither

3:28 PM ET Opening Bell: Pacquiao a living legend LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao, already one of the greatest fighters to ever put on gloves, added yet another remarkable chapter to his legendary career by beating Keith Thurman and taking his welterweight world title on Saturday night. Pacquiao, 40, hasn’t made it this far —

7:59 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 Manny Pacquiao added another impressive notch to his belt by beating the previously undefeated Keith Thurman on Saturday night. While the verdict was

8:13 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN OXON HILL, MD. – At the end of the 11th round, Buddy McGirt told his fighter, “I’m going to stop it, Max.” Maxim Dadashev, 28, is from St. Petersburg, Russia. He was 281-20 as an amateur, undefeated in 13 professional fights, and the IBF’s third ranked junior welterweight. He aspired

3:33 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao is an enormous little man, the world’s smallest giant. His power begins in his softball-sized calves and emanates upward, ultimately finding freedom through his fists. When you watch him set his feet and throw his hands like bludgeons over the course of a 12-round fight, it begins

1:52 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Super middleweight world titlist Caleb Plant and Mike Lee traded plenty of harsh words during the lead-up to their fight, with Plant ultimately promising to teach Lee the kinds of lessons he never learned on his way to a finance degree from Notre Dame. Did he ever. Plant dominated

8:53 AM ET A yellowing copy of a newspaper article hangs on the wall of St. Pete Boxing Club. The headline reads: “Young boxer navigating a narrow path.” This follows: “Keith Thurman, 15, is focused on being one of the few to reach the Olympics, school a lower priority.” Thurman is 30 years old now,

1:24 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao, the all-time boxing legend, aimed to prove that he could still take care of business against an elite opponent at age 40. He did just that as he added yet another enormous victory to his storied 24-year-year career by defeating Keith Thurman, a man 10 years his