6:27 PM ET Blue-chip featherweight prospect Shakur Stevenson is on his third opponent in two weeks. After a second opponent dropped out, Stevenson will take on former world title challenger Alberto Guevara when Stevenson makes his hometown professional debut at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on July 13 in the main event of

9:38 AM ET We are halfway through what has already been an eventful year in boxing. There have been unforgettable moments, big fights, action-packed bouts, great knockouts and plenty more is on the way. But here’s my look back as we hit the midpoint of 2019. Biggest story: Andy Ruiz Jr. Andy Ruiz Jr., right,

3:37 PM ET Middleweight world titlist Demetrius Andrade’s campaign to get unified world champion Canelo Alvarez into the boxing ring with him just may have worked. Eric Gomez, the president of Alvarez promoter Golden Boy Promotions, exchanged messages with Andrade promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing on Tuesday and then spoke to him on the

10:38 AM ET Featherweight Michael Conlan, whose long-awaited pro rematch with amateur rival Vladimir Nikitin was scuttled last week when Nikitin suffered a torn biceps, got a replacement opponent on Wednesday. Conlan will face Diego Alberto Ruiz on Aug. 3 (ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET) in the 10-round main event of a Top Rank Boxing on

9:11 AM ET WBA “regular” middleweight titleholder Robert Brant faces former titlist Ryota Murata in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at 7 a.m. ET July 12 at the EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. Brant (25-1, 17 KOs) won the title with a unanimous decision victory over Murata in October

10:28 AM ET Steve KimESPN Rob Brant handed Ryoto Murata his second professional loss last fall, and in the process, took Murata’s secondary WBA middleweight title. They meet again in a rematch at the Edion Arena Osaka in Japan on Saturday. Brant’s second title defense offers Murata the same kind of home-field advantage Brant enjoyed

2:21 PM ET A pair of 10-round lightweight bouts have been added to the televised undercard of junior lightweight world titlist Gervonta Davis’ upcoming defense against mandatory challenger Ricardo Nunez. Mayweather Promotions announced on Tuesday that the card on July 27 (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET) at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Davis’ hometown, would

9:51 AM ET Former two-division world titleholder Carl Frampton’s fight on Aug. 10, the first of the co-promotional deal he signed with Top Rank in March, will come against Emmanuel Dominguez, Top Rank announced on Tuesday. They will meet in a scheduled 10-round featherweight in the main event of a card on ESPN+ (main card