1:18 AM ET Steve KimESPN COSTA MESA, Calif. — In what turned out to be an entertaining heavyweight battle Saturday, Kubrat Pulev made a successful stateside debut by stopping Bogdan Dinu in seven rounds. Pulev, rated No. 1 by the IBF, had to overcome a rough fourth round that saw him hurt and cut over

8:34 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 Sam Bowen took control in the second half of the fight and stopped Jordan McCorry in the ninth round Saturday in the first defense

8:11 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Charlie Edwards retained his WBC flyweight title by beating former sparring partner Angel Moreno by unanimous decision on Saturday at the Copper Box Arena. Edwards’ first defense of the belt he won from Cristofer Rosales three months ago was easier than expected in his home ring. Edwards outclassed

4:23 PM ET Former three-division world titleholder Abner Mares got the good news he had hoped for Thursday, when his ophthalmologist cleared him to begin training again. Mares was due to challenge junior lightweight world titleholder Gervonta Davis on Feb. 9 in a Showtime-televised main event in front of his home fans at the Dignity

1:05 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — With Olympic boxing under investigation by the International Olympic Committee, the president of the sport’s governing body said on Friday he was stepping aside to let an interim leader take charge. Gafur Rakhimov said he was not resigning as AIBA president, however, and did not call for

12:27 PM ET Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s first bout since signing a co-promotional deal with Top Rank last month will be against German prospect Tom Schwarz, a source with knowledge of the deal told ESPN. The fight will take place on June 15 and stream live on ESPN+ in the United States. Tyson Fury,

3:36 AM ET Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s first bout since signing a co-promotional deal with Top Rank last month will be against German prospect Tom Schwarz, the promotion announced Saturday night. The fight will take place on June 15 and stream live on ESPN+ in the United States. Tyson Fury, right, will fight German

11:56 AM ET Former welterweight and junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson took his time, thought things through and decided he was not quite done with boxing just yet. Fourteen months ago, Peterson boxed for only the second time since late 2015 and it did not go well. He was punished in a one-sided loss challenging

6:17 PM ET Last April, when Jarrett Hurd outpointed Erislandy Lara to unify junior middleweight world titles in the action-packed 2018 fight of the year, 154-pound contender Julian “J Rock” Williams won a decision against Nathaniel Gallimore in a title elimination bout on the undercard, a victory that secured him a mandatory shot at the