Dec 24, 2018 LONDON — It was a repeat for Dillian Whyte as he produced an emphatic knockout of rival Dereck Chisora in Round 11 on Saturday night in London to set up a big 2019 that could potentially see a shot at unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua. It was a back-and-forth battle at

1:00 PM ET Middleweight world titleholder Daniel Jacobs, the second-most coveted boxing free agent behind former unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, has made the rounds and will soon decide on his landing spot. “Danny and I have had several meetings over the last few weeks discussing his next move. All major platforms have shown great

6:04 PM ET Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn will kick off his 2019 slate of American-based cards for sports streaming service DAZN on Jan. 18 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York with middleweight world titleholder Demetrius Andrade in the main event, he made official on Friday. Andrade (26-0, 16 KOs),

10:14 AM ET Steve KimESPN As word began to circulate in the boxing world last weekend that Willie Monroe Jr. — who was scheduled to face WBC interim middleweight titleholder Jermall Charlo on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York — might have failed a drug test, organizers of the event quickly scrambled for

12:32 PM ET Junior welterweight world titleholder Jose Ramirez will make his second defense against contender Jose Zepeda on Feb. 10 at the Save Mart Center, the arena in Ramirez’s hometown of Fresno, California, where he has drawn sellout crowds. Top Rank on Friday announced the bout which will headline Top Rank Boxing on ESPN

1:01 AM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The promoter for Adonis Stevenson says the boxer remains unconscious and has not improved since doctors sedated him and put him on a ventilator after a Dec. 1 knockout loss. Promoter Yvon Michel said Thursday “doctors do not venture an opinion on what lies ahead” for the 41-year-old

7:21 PM ET When heavyweight contenders Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora met at the final pre-fight news conference ahead of their first fight two years ago this month, it degenerated into a mess. They had harsh words for each other and it ended with Chisora picking up a section of the head table and launching

11:20 AM ET Light heavyweight world titleholder Eleider “Storm” Alvarez has joined the Top Rank stable. The company on Thursday announced that it has entered into a multiyear agreement with Yvon Michel, Alvarez’s longtime promoter, to co-promote Alvarez. The first bout of the deal will be Alvarez’s rematch with former world titlist Sergey Kovalev in

7:31 PM ET The much-discussed fight between junior lightweight world titleholder Gervonta “Tank” Davis and former three-division world titlist Abner Mares is on. Mares will move up in weight from the featherweight division to challenge Davis for his belt in a Showtime-televised main event on Feb. 9 at the Dignity Health Sports Park — the

6:08 PM ET An already significant Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on Feb. 2 headlined by the Eleider “Storm” Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev light heavyweight title rematch was expanded to a four-fight show on Wednesday that will play out over the main network as well as ESPN+. Top Rank announced on Wednesday that the card will