11:57 AM ET Featherweight world titlist Gary Russell Jr. will once again come off of a year of inactivity to defend his belt. Russell will face former junior featherweight world titlist Kiko Martinez on May 18 (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Premier Boxing Champions announced on Friday. The fight

7:46 PM ET Former unified cruiserweight word titlist Murat Gassiev is moving up to the heavyweight division and will get started in June after signing a co-promotional agreement with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn on Thursday. Gassiev, a devastating puncher, brought on Matchroom Boxing to co-promote him along with Ural Boxing and Warriors Boxing and

9:24 AM ET It’s strange how some memories fade away like forgotten ghosts and others seem eternally lodged in the hippocampus. That would certainly account for Terence “Bud” Crawford’s vivid recollection of his first trip to a boxing gym almost 25 years ago, when he was 7. He didn’t realize it at the time, but

9:38 AM ET At this point, it’s the only question worth asking: Who will win Saturday night’s welterweight title bout between Terence Crawford and Amir Khan at Madison Square Garden in New York? Our experts make their picks. Dan RafaelESPN.com Crawford by KOCrawford can be a slow starter and Khan still has speed and power,

10:10 PM ET Welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford and Amir Khan both were offered lucrative fights to face opponents that surely would pose less risk than they face by fighting each other, but both wanted the challenge. And so they met on Wednesday at the final prefight news conference at Madison Square Garden in New

5:46 PM ET Former middleweight world titleholder David Lemieux, due to move up to the super middleweight division on May 4, has suffered a right hand injury, causing his 12-round bout with John Ryder to be canceled, Golden Boy Promotions announced Wednesday. The Lemieux-Ryder bout was supposed to serve as the co-feature on the DAZN

9:32 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — LeBron James is getting into the boxing business. James is an executive producer of “40 Days,” a documentary series about the buildup to big fights that will debut with a focus on the middleweight unification bout between Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs. The series is a partnership

1:03 AM ET Ricardo “Hindu” Espinoza and John Riel Casimero will meet for a vacant interim bantamweight world title on Saturday after the WBO ruled in favor of the petition filed trying to force the bout last week. The WBO ruled on Tuesday that Espinoza (23-2, 20 KOs), 21, of Mexico, and Casimero (26-4, 17

6:04 PM ET Gennady Golovkin’s ring return is set. The former unified middleweight world champion will take on unbeaten — but largely unknown — Steve Rolls on June 8 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight, a 12-rounder at a contract weight of 164 pounds, was officially announced on Tuesday and will be

10:28 AM ET Another women’s undisputed world championship fight has been finalized. Katie Taylor, who holds three lightweight belts, will take on titlist Delfine Persoon for the undisputed women’s lightweight world championship on June 1 (DAZN) at Madison Square Garden in New York, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Tuesday. The bout, which comes