4:24 PM ET Opening Bell: Middleweight reality Most would view unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez and former unified champion Gennady Golovkin as the best fighters in the 160-pound division. But with former titlist Daniel Jacobs coming off a decision loss to Alvarez in May and planning to move up to super middleweight, that means

12:23 AM ET PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former heavyweight world titlist Joseph Parker, looking to work his way back into a title fight, got in a good workout in an utterly one-sided, 10th-round knockout of former world title challenger Alex Leapai on Saturday at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Parker, fighting in the co-feature of the Demetrius

3:44 AM ET PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Middleweight world titlist Demetrius Andrade wanted to send a message to the two major stars of the middleweight division, unified champion Canelo Alvarez and former unified champion Gennady Golovkin, that he was ready for a mega fight. “Boo Boo” did just that in a triumphant homecoming on Saturday night

1:04 AM ET Steve KimESPN TEMECULA, Calif. — IBF lightweight titleholder Richard Commey stopped veteran Ray Beltran in the eighth round Friday night at the Pechanga Resort and Casino. The fight headlined the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card. Commey (29-2, 26 KOs) overwhelmed Beltran (36-9-1, 22 KOs) with his power from the start, sending

12:03 AM ET Steve KimESPN Junior middleweight contender Carlos Adames defeated Patrick Day by unanimous decision Friday night on the undercard of the Richard Commey-Raymundo Beltran lightweight bout in Temecula, California. It was a courageous effort from Day, but at the end he was simply overwhelmed by the power and strength of the heavy-handed Adames,

11:09 AM ET Boxing fans continue to be harassed by a seemingly bottomless pit of titles. If we were in the studio audience of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” she’d point wildly at us and shout, “You get a title! And you get a title! And you get a title!” In boxing, we have super titles,

7:44 PM ET Jeff Horn’s next fight has been confirmed with the former world welterweight champion set to face compatriot Michael Zerafa in Bendigo on August 31st. Horn (19-1-1, 13 KOs), 31, became a household name when he famously defeated future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao in 2017, but has since relinquished his championship belt

12:10 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — One day after being stripped of Olympic recognition, boxing body AIBA called for fresh elections in November to help rebuild its image and relations with the IOC. AIBA executive committee member Umar Kremlev of Russia said Thursday a new president will be elected Nov. 15 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

7:24 PM ET THIS MOMENT IS the moment. It will not get any better. Yes, this large, round man will get richer, and he will get more famous. He will be recognized on more streets in more cities. But there will be more people wanting him to tell his story, and more who want to