12:11 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Featherweight world titleholder Oscar Valdez made a triumphant return to the ring on Saturday night following an 11-month layoff because of a badly broken jaw suffered in his last bout. Valdez scored four and pounded Carmine Tommasone en route to a seventh-round knockout to retain his 126-pound belt for
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11:05 AM ET Former light heavyweight world title challenger Callum Johnson and Seanie Monaghan, both coming off losses to top opponents, will look to get back on track against each other. Johnson and Monaghan will meet in a 10-round fight on March 9 (DAZN) at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, Matchroom
7:53 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Super middleweight world titleholder Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez told ESPN that he will be moving up to the light heavyweight division for his next fight. “I am looking for another belt. That’s why I am moving up. Also, last time I fought it was a little bit hard to make
1:36 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — When Eleider “Storm” Alvarez won a majority decision against Isaac Chilemba on Nov. 28, 2015, he became the mandatory challenger for then-light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson, but it would be a long wait for him to fulfill his world title dreams. Although Stevenson’s mandatory obligation was not yet
9:18 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Former light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev has stuck to his talking points throughout the buildup to his rematch with titlist Eleider “Storm” Alvarez. Alvarez was trailing on all three scorecards when he rallied to score three knockdowns in the seventh round for an upset knockout victory to take
8:19 PM ET Although newly crowned super middleweight world titleholder Caleb Plant lives in Las Vegas, he grew up in Ashland City, Tennessee, which gave him a hero’s welcome on Thursday and honored him with the key to the city and various proclamations to celebrate his title victory. Plant (18-0, 10 KOs), 26, scored a
Jan 29, 2019 WBO light heavyweight world titleholder Eleider Alvarez of Colombia will face Russia’s Sergey Kovalev in a rematch of their August bout on Saturday. The fight will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at midnight ET from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs) won
10:39 PM ET Dave McWater, the manager for junior welterweight world titleholder Ivan Baranchyk, told ESPN on Wednesday that the fighter is withdrawing from the World Boxing Super Series tournament because they are frustrated over financial issues they have with tournament organizers and a lack of communication over when and where the semifinals — which
2:52 PM ET Former three-division world titleholder Abner Mares suffered a right elbow injury during a sparring session Friday and, unable to overcome it, withdrew Wednesday from his shot next week against junior lightweight world titlist Gervonta Davis. Davis was supposed to make the first defense of his second 130-pound title reign against Mares on