10:00 AM ET Steve KimESPN On Saturday afternoon, word spread quickly throughout the boxing world that Harold Lederman had died at the age of 79 after a lengthy battle with cancer. To those in the industry who had known him for years, it was like losing your favorite uncle, or your best friend — or

3:32 PM ET Opening Bell: Pacquiao-Thurman is on The great Manny Pacquiao is 40 and in the twilight of a legendary career where he has won world titles in a record eight divisions, been in many epic fights and become a global star. Who could blame him if he wanted to coast against some lesser

11:37 AM ET Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez has vacated his super middleweight world title, paving the way for it to be filled by the bout between Billy Joe Saunders and Shefat Isufi on Saturday. Ramirez sent WBO president Paco Valcarcel an email in recent days thanking him for the opportunity to hold the organization’s world title

3:24 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 Billy Joe Saunders has said training with Tyson Fury has helped give him the belief that he can salvage his career. The former WBO

12:38 AM ET Steve KimESPN TUCSON, Ariz. — Miguel Berchelt retained his WBC junior lightweight title at the Convention Center on Saturday as he once again defeated Francisco Vargas in six rounds, in an entertaining yet increasingly one-sided battle that was waved off by Vargas’ corner. Vargas (25-2-2, 18 KOs) fought gamely and at times

12:42 AM ET Steve KimESPN TUCSON, Arizona — Emanuel Navarrete defeated Isaac Dogboe by TKO in Round 12 to retain his WBO junior featherweight world title — the same belt he won in his first fight against Dogboe in December — at the Tucson Convention Center on Saturday. While Dogboe was better prepared for the

12:00 AM ET FAIRFAX, Va. — All along, Julian “J Rock” Williams said it made no difference to him that he was going to challenge Jarrett Hurd in front of his home-region fans, because they couldn’t get in the ring and help. And when the boxers were done battling for 12 hellacious rounds Saturday in

10:34 PM ET Manny Pacquiao will challenge welterweight world titleholder Keith Thurman on July 20 in the main event of a Fox pay-per-view, Premier Boxing Champions announced on Saturday night during its telecast of the Jarrett Hurd-Julian Williams junior middleweight world title fight. The fight likely will take place in Las Vegas, but no site

7:21 PM ET Harold Lederman, the International Boxing Hall of Famer who devoted his life to the sport and became one of its beloved figures as HBO’s longtime unofficial judge, died Saturday at a hospice care center in New City, New York, after a long battle with cancer, HBO confirmed. He was 79. Lederman, a

5:49 PM ET Jermall Charlo, a professional boxer since 2008, has boxed only twice in his hometown of Houston but has wanted to fight there again. Now he will have his chance when he defends his interim middleweight belt for the second time when he takes on Brandon Adams on June 29 in the main