7:00 AM ET Unified lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, the pound-for-pound king, can move a step closer to becoming the undisputed champion when he returns to the site of his second Olympic gold-medal victory. Lomachenko, the owner of two 135-pound belts, will defend those titles and compete for the belt vacated by Mikey Garcia when
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1:49 AM ET Steve KimESPN OXON HILL, Maryland — There weren’t the usual fireworks from Teofimo Lopez, but he did enough Friday night to beat the tall and lanky Masayoshi Nakatani in his first bout to go the 12-round distance. Lopez (14-0, 11 KOs) won by scores of 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109. It wasn’t a
1:01 AM ET Steve KimESPN OXON HILL, Md. — Previously undefeated Maxim Dadashev was taken to a hospital following his 11th-round loss to Subriel Matias on Friday night and will be heading into surgery due to brain swelling, a source told ESPN’s Bernardo Osuna. Doctors at UM Prince George’s Hospital Center were attempting to contact
2:34 PM ET After appearing at the final prefight news conference Wednesday, welterweight John Molina withdrew from his bout with Sergey Lipinets on Thursday night because of a back problem. “Very frustrated right now. My back went out last night,” Molina told ESPN in a text message Friday. Molina was due to fight former junior
6:10 AM ET Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has said that Mexican Andy Ruiz Jr. was not the man that he wanted to face when he lost his three world title belts in a seventh round knockout defeat at Madison Square Garden in June. Ruiz became the first fighter of Mexican descent to win
2:51 PM ET LAS VEGAS – Welterweight contender Yordenis Ugas said he has put the disappointment of losing a disputed split decision for a world title in March behind him as he looks ahead to the opportunity to earn another shot on Saturday. “I’m really happy to get a second opportunity to earn a world
11:50 AM ET Light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev is going home and could not be happier about it. When talks for a Sept. 14 title defense against middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez stalled, Kovalev’s overdue mandatory defense against Anthony Yarde was finalized and on Thursday promoter Main Events made the fight official. Los Angeles-based Kovalev
10:23 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Welterweight world titlist Keith Thurman showed off his confidence on Wednesday during the final pre-fight news conference inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena ahead of his showdown with legend Manny Pacquiao. Thurman said he will lay down bets on himself at the MGM sports book to score a knockout
3:01 PM ET Heralded two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez is set for his long-awaited professional debut. Ramirez, who defected last year after he left a Cuban national team training camp in Mexico and signed with Top Rank in May, will turn pro against an opponent to be determined on the Top Rank Boxing
6:00 PM ET Undefeated welterweight prospect Michael McKinson faces Evgeny Pavko in a 10-round battle Saturday night in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card (3 p.m. ET) at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. McKinson (16-0, 2 KOs) saw an upgrade in competition level in his last two fights. In October