3:28 PM ET One thing is clear: unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez’s next fight is pegged for Sept. 14, the Mexican Independence Day weekend on which he usually fights. Who boxing’s biggest star will fight remains up in the air however as talks for a third fight with former unified middleweight world champion Gennady
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Jun 27, 2019 The professional rematch between featherweights Michael Conlan and Vladimir Nikitin will have to wait. Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN on Thursday that Nikitin suffered a torn biceps and has withdrawn from the much-anticipated bout. The amateur rivals were scheduled to meet in a 10-round fight on Aug. 3 in
3:40 PM ET With his original opponent sidelined after being injured in an automobile accident, Amir Khan will instead face fellow former world titlist Billy Dib in a welterweight bout on July 12 at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Fight organizers made the announcement on Wednesday, one day after India’s Neeraj
2:54 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Troubled boxing body AIBA was stripped of Olympic status on Wednesday and the International Olympic Committee will now organize qualifying and final tournaments for the 2020 Tokyo Games. AIBA had created “very serious reputational, legal and financial risks” for the IOC and its stakeholders, not just the
12:51 PM ET Welterweight Vergil Ortiz, one of boxing’s elite prospects, will step up in competition when he faces former world title challenger Antonio Orozco in his next fight, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Wednesday. Ortiz and Orozco, who both have fought most of their careers as junior welterweights but have moved up in weight,
2:39 PM ET Fast-rising featherweight prospect Shakur Stevenson will take on former world title challenger Franklin Manzanilla when Stevenson makes his hometown professional debut at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on July 13. Manzanilla, announced as Stevenson’s opponent for the 10-round bout on Tuesday, replaces original opponent Hairon Socarras (22-0-3, 13 KOs), who
10:28 AM ET Junior welterweight contender Ohara Davies faces former lightweight world titlist Miguel Vazquez in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card at the legendary York Hall in London, England on Friday at 3 p.m. ET. Davies (18-2, 14 KOs) started his career with 15 straight victories, including 2 by stoppage.
11:52 AM ET IBF lightweight world titleholder Richard Commey faces former titlist Raymundo Beltran on Friday in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing card at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. The fight will air live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes in the United States at 10 p.m. ET. Commey (28-2,