8:40 PM ET Junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker on Thursday signed to extend his co-promotional contract with Roc Nation Sports and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The announcement of the deal came two weeks after Hooker scored a ninth-round knockdown and easily outpointed Mikkel LesPierre to retain his title for the second time on March
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Mar 19, 2019 Steve KimESPN When welterweight Chris Van Heerden (26-2-1, 12 KO’s) fights this weekend at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California, he’ll have a familiar face in his corner — four-time world champion Brian Viloria. More than a year removed from his active boxing career, Viloria, 38, is back in his comfort zone
10:59 PM ET Former junior middleweight world titleholder Jermell Charlo was acquitted in a Dallas courtroom Wednesday of two counts of domestic violence against his former girlfriend. The Houston resident, who trains in Dallas, was arrested in May 2018 for allegedly trying to choke his then-girlfriend, Jazmyne Olison, pulling her hair and forcing her against
5:52 PM ET Top Rank has finally made official what has been in the works for some time — it signed light heavyweight world titleholder Artur Beterbiev to a promotional deal, and he will defend his belt for the second time against “Hot Rod” Radivoje Kalajdzic. The fight will headline the Top Rank Boxing on
12:09 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 Charlie Edwards celebrates his victory over Cristofer Rosales at London’s O2 Arena for the WBC World Flyweight Championship — Dec. 22, 2018. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
9:43 PM ET The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame unveiled its seventh annual induction class on Tuesday and it is led by all-time greats Bernard Hopkins and Juan Manuel Marquez in the non-Nevada resident category. Hopkins, the former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion, and Marquez, the legendary Mexican star who claimed titles in four
4:58 PM ET Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder, pursued by various broadcasters and offered deals worth as much as $120 million, has decided to remain with longtime broadcast partner Showtime, at least for now. Wilder and mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale, whose long-simmering acrimony will carry the promotion, were on hand at a news conference Tuesday
9:54 AM ET Featherweight world titlist Josh Warrington will make his mandatory defense against Kid Galahad, but just a little later than initially intended. Warrington and British countryman Galahad, former amateur rivals, will meet June 15 (ESPN+) at Leeds Arena in Warrington’s hometown of Leeds, England, promoter Frank Warren said on Tuesday. The fight had
1:16 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Welterweight world titlist Errol Spence Jr. had just finished with his one-sided domination of Mikey Garcia when he went to the postfight news conference in the bowels of AT&T Stadium in the wee hours of Sunday morning. It was there where Ringstar Sports promoter Richard Schaefer declared what many
3:46 PM ET Opening Bell: Daring to be great ARLINGTON, Texas — The boxing world was treated to something rare on Saturday night when welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr. squared off with Mikey Garcia: a fight between undefeated, in-their-prime titleholders who both ranked among the elite pound-for-pound fighters in the world. In the end,