7:49 PM ET Heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller wasn’t much of a welcoming host when he met unified world titleholder Anthony Joshua on his turf for the kickoff news conference on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The boxing big men will fight for Joshua’s three major belts at the famed arena
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4:44 PM ET Opening Bell: Santa Cruz sweepstakes Leo Santa Cruz, as expected, easily retained his featherweight world title for the third time, outclassing late-replacement opponent Rafael Rivera on Saturday night at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Then the conversation picked back up about whom he might fight next. All three
10:05 AM ET Former middleweight world titleholder Billy Joe Saunders is moving up to super middleweight and will face Shefat Isufi for a vacant world title, promoter Frank Warren announced on Monday. The fight is scheduled to take place on April 13 at the SSE Wembley Arena in London. The fight was announced as being
7:25 AM ET Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and promoter Frank Warren have signed a deal under which Fury will be co-promoted by Top Rank, they announced Monday. Fury will have his future bouts co-promoted by Top Rank and Warren’s Queensberry Promotions with the deal calling for a minimum of two bouts per year in
8:32 PM ET The fight between secondary heavyweight world titlist Manuel Charr and mandatory challenger Fres Oquendo, already long overdue, has been canceled. The fight was on at least its third date — April 6 in Munich — but was canceled when Oquendo failed to sign the contract by Friday’s deadline, Patrick English, the attorney
2:07 AM ET Steve KimESPN Leo Santa Cruz successfully defended his WBA featherweight title by defeating the game Rafael Rivera over 12 rounds, winning on all three scorecards by a tally of 119-109 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. So what was learned on Saturday night? Santa Cruz needs challenges Leo Santa Cruz, right,
11:18 PM ET Featherweight world titlist Leo Santa Cruz came into his defense against late replacement Rafael Rivera on Saturday night as a massive favorite and talking about possible major fights he had his eyes on. But Santa Cruz also insisted he would not overlook Rivera, and that showed in his dominant performance. He put
1:47 AM ET Steve KimESPN It was a joyous homecoming for Rob Brant, who defended his WBA regular middleweight title by scoring an 11th-round stoppage of Khasan Baysangurov on Friday night at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota. The fight was the main event of a card that was broadcast live on ESPN. Not content