11:44 PM ET NEW YORK — Junior lightweight world titleholder Tevin Farmer said before making his second title defense that he wanted to steal the show from the Canelo Alvarez-Rocky Fielding main event and predicted he would knock out challenger Francisco Fonseca inside four rounds on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Although Farmer did

12:21 PM ET NEW YORK — Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn certainly enjoys holding court with writers, and he did just that Friday afternoon following the Canelo Alvarez-Rocky Fielding weigh-in. England’s Hearn outlined plans for his U.S. cards for the first quarter of 2019 and offered updates on other fights he hopes to make, including

12:49 AM ET Steve KimESPN In what ended up being an entertaining battle, Gilberto Ramirez barely retained his WBO super middleweight title, edging Jesse Hart in a 12-round majority decision Friday night at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Two judges scored the bout 115-113 for Ramirez, and the third scored it 114-114.

Dec 12, 2018 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 Rocky Fielding is writing his own Rocky story after a remarkable turnaround in his career this year, which he hopes to continue this weekend.

2:14 PM ET NEW YORK — It’s been an up-and-down 2018 for unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez that’s ending on the upswing. The down was when his May rematch of a controversial 2017 draw with Gennady Golovkin was canceled after Alvarez tested positive for a banned substance and he was suspended for six months.

Dec 12, 2018 Two-time world champion Canelo Alvarez ruled out fighting Gennady Golovkin for the third time in May and reiterated his interest in fighting Floyd Mayweather once again, saying that the last thing the so-called “Money” did diminished the credibility of the sport. In a talk with SportsCenter prior to his fight Saturday against

2:08 PM ET Roberto Andrade On Saturday, for the first time in a decade, Canelo Alvarez will fight outside Mexico or the United States’ southwest. The last time he fought in the east coast, it was in 2008 in Miami. Canelo looked different. That was 3 weight divisions ago. His hair-helped by his brown trunks

Dec 13, 2018 At this point, it’s the only question worth asking: Who will win Saturday night’s super middleweight world title bout between Rocky Fielding and Canelo Alvarez at Madison Square Garden in New York City? Our experts make their picks. Dan RafaelESPN.com Canelo by KOCanelo is coming off a very tough fight with GGG

3:49 PM ET WBO junior middleweights world titleholder Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez of Mexico faces Philadelphia’s Jesse Hart in a rematch of their 2017 bout. The fight will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at 10 p.m. ET on Friday from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Ramirez (38-0, 25 KOs) won

6:43 PM ET Blue chip lightweight prospect Devin Haney will kick off the new year against fellow undefeated fighter Xolisani Ndongeni in the main event of the first Showtime card of 2019. The scheduled 10-round bout will headline a “ShoBox: The New Generation” triple-header on Jan. 11 (10 p.m. ET/PT) at StageWorks of Louisiana in