4:17 PM ET Oleksandr Usyk, who was crowned the undisputed cruiserweight world champion, has been voted winner of the 2018 Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award in balloting results announced by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs), who was also the ESPN and Ring magazine fighter of the year

2:34 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN OXNARD, Calif. — After watching a former stablemate earn a decision at the Nassau Coliseum, Andre Ward returned to his hotel room late on the night of Aug. 4. Friends were already blowing up his phone. Did you see? They asked, somewhat gleefully. In fact, the video clips — Sergey

8:18 PM ET Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has made an offer to heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller to challenge unified world titleholder Anthony Joshua in June, Miller co-promoter Greg Cohen told ESPN on Monday. Cohen said the offer is for Brooklyn, New York’s Miller to face Joshua on June 1 or June 8

6:19 PM ET Fast-rising junior welterweight prospect Mario Barrios will fight Richard Zamora in a 10-round bout announced on Monday. It will serve as the co-feature of the “Showtime Championship Boxing” card on Feb. 9 at the Dignity Health Sports Park, formerly the StubHub Center, in Carson, California. Showtime also announced that the tripleheader (10

5:01 PM ET Opening Bell: Thurman back in business NEW YORK — After a 22-month layoff because of right elbow surgery followed by a left hand injury, welterweight world titlist Keith Thurman finally returned and is back in a business in a major way. In a highly entertaining fight, Thurman retained his belt for the

9:46 AM ET Although former super middleweight world titleholder George Groves still had the prospect of major fights, he announced his retirement from boxing on Monday. “After taking a little time to reflect on the recent events in my career, I have decided that it is time for me to retire as a professional fighter,”

10:22 AM ET Anthony Joshua has admitted he would love to fight Tyson Fury and has talked up the possibility of a huge all-British heavyweight contest between the pair. The WBO-WBA-IBF-IBO world heavyweight champion is expected to make a decision about his next title defence this weekend with a range of possible opponents on the

1:37 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jaime Munguia successfully defended his WBO junior middleweight title by outpointing a game Takeshi Inoue over an entertaining 12 rounds in the main event of an action-packed card Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston. While the scores were wide — 120-108, 120-108 and 119-109, all for Munguia —

11:02 PM ET NEW YORK — After 22 months out of the ring because of injuries, welterweight world titleholder Keith Thurman made a triumphant — but sometimes difficult — return to the ring on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Thurman looked sharp, fast and powerful for most of the fight but had some