7:24 PM 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 Daniel Dubois was crowned British heavyweight king Saturday night after another devastating display of power punching accounted for Nathan Gorman in five rounds. Dubois

6:52 PM 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 Joe Joyce maintained his unbeaten record but was taken 12 rounds for the first time as a professional in a unanimous decision win over

5:17 PM ET Unless there is a last-ditch effort to salvage negotiations for a fight between light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev and middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez, Kovalev will move on to an Aug. 24 mandatory defense against Anthony Yarde, Main Events promoter Kathy Duva, who represents Kovalev, told ESPN on Friday. With Alvarez

4:07 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 Ryota Murata regained the WBA “regular” middleweight title with a dominant performance against Rob Brant at Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan, on Friday.

9:17 AM ET Japanese national hero Ryota Murata avenged a one-sided loss and regained his secondary middleweight world title with an explosive second-round knockout of Rob Brant on Friday at Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan, in a fight streamed on ESPN+ in the United States. Murata dropped Brant midway through the second round and continued

9:14 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN NEWARK, N.J. — The first memory that comes to mind is his grandfather calling him outside. Shakur Stevenson is 10. His grandfather, Wali Moses, is ready and waiting with the gloves and the pads. The kids from the block are waiting, too. This isn’t something Shakur wants to do, but

10:01 PM ET Featherweight Shakur Stevenson, one of boxing’s top prospects, is all set for his first professional fight in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, and when he and opponent Alberto Guevara came face to face at the final pre-fight news conference on Thursday afternoon they were joined by a special guest, who made

10:37 PM ET Featherweight Shakur Stevenson, one of boxing’s top prospects, is all set for his first professional fight in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, and when he and opponent Alberto Guevara came face to face Thursday at the final prefight news conference, they were joined by a special guest, who made no secret

9:31 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Former world cruiserweight boxing champion Denis Lebedev retired on Thursday at 39 after a lengthy and colorful career. Lebedev won the interim WBA cruiserweight title in 2011 against James Toney and successfully defended it eight times to 2017. “The time has come to leave elite sport,” he said