10:50 AM ET Former unified light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev faces a maximum of four years in prison because of a felony assault charge. Kovalev was arrested on June 9 in connection with an incident in Big Bear Lake, California, in which he is accused of punching a woman in the face, according to

7:52 AM ET Anthony Joshua’s next opponent could be confirmed next week according to promoter Eddie Hearn, with a U.S. debut against Jarrell Miller looking increasingly likely. Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) has London’s Wembley Stadium booked on Apr. 13 for his next fight, with the plan having been to face WBC champion Deontay Wilder to

1:12 AM ET Smooth boxing stylist Demetrius Andrade retained a middleweight title with a 12th-round TKO over Artur Akavov at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Friday night. Andrade was originally scheduled to fight Billy Joe Saunders, but Saunders, who won a 12-round decision over Akavov in March 2016, failed a prefight drug

4:15 PM ET Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will meet Daniel Jacobs to unify their 160-pound world titles on May 4 — Cinco de Mayo weekend — at a venue to be determined, the fighters announced Thursday. The fight it is likely to be at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, site of four of his last

12:45 AM ET Steve KimESPN It was a dramatic finish to an otherwise tepid affair between heavyweights Bryant Jennings and Oscar Rivas on Friday night at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. For the better part of 11 rounds, it was a tactical bout in which neither Jennings nor Rivas really asserted himself

9:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao, fighting for the first time in the United States in 26 months, heard cheers from the thousands inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday when he came to the stage for his weigh-in for his fight against Adrien Broner, who also had many fans rooting wildly

12:00 AM ET At this point, it’s the only question worth asking: Who will win Saturday night’s welterweight title bout between Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas? Our experts make their picks. Dan RafaelESPN.com Pacquiao by decisionPacquiao may be 40 now but he still fights at a

2:44 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 WBA “regular” welterweight titleholder Manny Pacquiao defends his secondary world title against Adrien Broner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada,

10:02 PM ET Former junior middleweight world titlist Erislandy Lara, coming off a close loss in the 2018 ESPN fight of the year, will return to challenge secondary titlist Brian Castano, Premier Boxing Champions announced Thursday. The fight will take place March 2 and headline a Showtime-televised tripleheader (9 p.m. ET) at Barclays Center in

5:52 PM ET When I wrote my annual boxing wishes column for the new year two weeks ago one of the top items on my list read like this: “(For) Canelo Alvarez to line up Daniel Jacobs for his May fight and then a third fight with Gennady Golovkin for his September bout.” Well, it