May 9, 2019 FAIRFAX, Va. — “Swift” Jarrett Hurd, the unified junior middleweight world titleholder, will be the first to admit that he’s become a homebody even though that was not always the case. When Hurd, who is from Accokeek, Maryland, turned professional in 2012, he spent the first two years of his career fighting
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1:09 PM ET Andrew Cancio’s knockout of Alberto Machado to win a junior lightweight world title will go down as one of the upsets of the year, but Machado will have a chance to avenge the defeat. Cancio will make the first defense of his 130-pound belt in a rematch with Machado, who had the
9:22 AM ET Steve KimESPN When you ask Isaac Dogboe to reflect on his December loss to Emanuel Navarrete, the former junior featherweight world titleholder has an unusual response: He’s sorry. “I’d like to apologize to all the fans who were disappointed in my performance,” said Dogboe, who until his unanimous decision loss to Navarrete
1:44 AM ET The show goes on, but with blue-chip lightweight prospect Devin Haney ascending to the main event. Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said Thursday that his card on May 25 (DAZN) will go forward and remain at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, but with Haney (21-0, 13 KOs), 20, of
1:17 PM ET Featherweight world titlist Oscar Valdez will make his sixth defense on June 8 — just not against the opponent originally anticipated. Valdez defend his 126-pound belt against Jason Sanchez in the main event of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on June 8 (ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 10 p.m. ET with
4:37 AM ET BRISBANE, Australia — It might be almost two years on, but Australian boxer Jeff Horn says he still has to deal with people telling him he should not have won his world championship fight against Manny Pacquiao. Horn (19-1-1, 13 KOs), 31, rose to prominence in July of 2017 after scoring a
3:51 AM ET Unbeaten heavyweights Daniel Dubois and Nathan Gorman will put their perfect records on the line when they fight for the British heavyweight title at the O2 Arena, London on July 13. Dubois (11-0, 10 KOs), 21, and Gorman (16-0, 11 KOs), 22, are unbeaten in the professional ranks and the winner could
8:36 AM ET WBC junior lightweight world titleholder Miguel Berchelt faces former world titlist Francisco Vargas on Saturday at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona, in a fight that airs live on ESPN in the United States at 10 p.m. ET. Berchelt (35-1, 31 KOs) won the title by defeating Vargas by KO in