2:35 PM ET Former pound-for-pound king Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez has been unable to work through a knee injury he suffered last week at his Indio, California, training camp and has withdrawn from his upcoming fight against former junior flyweight world titlist Pedro Guevara, Tom Loeffler of 360 Boxing Promotions told ESPN on Sunday. Gonzalez, a

1:04 AM ET Light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol grew up watching videos of famous HBO-televised fights, and he aspired to headline its iconic “World Championship Boxing” series. He got that opportunity in the final edition of the show and cruised to a one-sided rout of former world champion and heavy underdog Jean Pascal on Saturday

3:34 AM ET The mind games have well and truly begun ahead of next Friday’s bout between Jeff Horn and Anthony Mundine, with Horn accusing his rival of ruining his last free weekend before the fight. Horn flew from Brisbane to Sydney and back for a 10-minute press conference on Saturday, making no secret of

6:16 PM ET After welterweight contender “Mean Machine” Egidijus Kavaliauskas knocked out Roberto Arriaza in the third round Nov. 16 with world titleholder Terence Crawford watching intently at ringside, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, who promotes both of them, came to press row at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City and made his intentions clear.

1:02 PM ET The star of the show is light heavyweight world titleholder Dmitry Bivol, who has not even entered his prime but already is one of the best in the division. But former champion Jean Pascal, written off long ago by most as a shot fighter, is aiming for one last stand when he

4:14 AM ET Former world cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew has confirmed his retirement from boxing aged 35. Bellew (30-3-1, 20 KOs) was defeated in his last fight by WBA-WBO-IBF king Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) on Nov. 10 in Manchester as he attempted to become the undisputed world champion. In a video message posted on

4:14 PM ET Each fall, my ballots for the International Hall of Fame arrive, and the task of voting in the modern boxing category is not all that difficult. In most years, there are usually three new names added to the ballot, and at least a couple of them are no-brainers. Last year, for example,

3:11 PM ET Steve KimESPN As Jorge Linares looks ahead to 2019, he has two clear objectives in mind: either fight for a world title at junior welterweight or engage in a rematch with WBA lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, who stopped him in 10 rounds in May. “That would be the only fight that we

1:21 PM ET Nordine Oubaali and Rau’shee Warren will fight for a vacant bantamweight world title, and former two-division world titlist Rances Barthelemy will return from a nine-month layoff on Dec. 22, a source with knowledge of the plans told ESPN on Wednesday. Both bouts will take place on the undercard of the Premier Boxing

10:27 AM ET Steve KimESPN In August, Dmitry Bivol successfully defended his WBA light heavyweight title versus Isaac Chilemba. Bivol, who makes the first defense of his crown against Jean Pascal on Saturday at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, won rather handily on that summer night. But oftentimes in boxing, it’s