12:17 AM ET Women’s unified middleweight champion, Claressa Shields was originally scheduled to have a showdown with the undefeated Christina Hammer this fall. But that fight was scrapped as Hammer fell ill and pulled out of the bout. But the 23-year old Shields (7-0, 2 KOs), a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was able to add

6:00 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Several factors motivate boxers at specific points in their careers. What is driving Canelo Alvarez to make history for his Dec. 15 super middleweight fight against Rocky Fielding is having the privilege to fight for the first time — and win — at the mecca of boxing known as

Nov 14, 2018 Steve KimESPN After getting knocked out by Danny Garcia in February, former lightweight world titleholder Brandon Rios announced his retirement from boxing. Yet this Saturday night, he will be facing Ramon Alvarez at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. And if he had it his way, this will be far from

1:06 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker was a successful road warrior again on Friday night. Hooker, in the hometown of mandatory challenger Alex Saucedo, survived a hard knockdown in the second round and came back to stop Saucedo in the seventh of a wild action-packed fight as he retained

12:16 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The eventual big prize is a fight with welterweight world titleholder Terence Crawford, but first the “Mean Machine” Egidijus Kavaliauskas had to get through Roberto Arriaza, and he did just that. Kavaliauskas, with blood pouring down the right side of his face and Crawford watching intently from ringside, knocked

2:52 PM ET Jarrell Miller, left, made quick work of Tomasz Adamek just last month, and he’s already back to building his heavyweight résumé. Ed Mulholland/DAZN Heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller does not have anything against the undefeated Bogdan Dinu and was cordial and complimentary to him when they met face-to-face at a news conference

1:43 PM ET When lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury returned to the ring in June following a 31-month layoff caused by a slew of personal problems he did so having made a major change to his corner. Gone was his uncle and trainer Peter Fury, who was replaced by the heretofore unknown Ben Davison, who

10:20 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Vikas Krishan, a two-time Olympian and the most decorated amateur boxer in Indian history, signed a multiyear promotional agreement on Thursday to turn pro with Top Rank. Krishan — “The Indian Tank” — is on hand for Friday night’s Maurice Hooker-Alex Saucedo junior welterweight world title fight that headlines

Nov 15, 2018 Hughie Fury has been ordered to defend his British Heavyweight title against unbeaten challenger Joe Joyce. Hughie — the brother of Tyson Fury, who challenges Deontay Wilder for the WBC world heavyweight title on Dec. 1 — lost out to Kubrat Pulev in a final eliminator for the IBF heavyweight title last

12:40 PM ET Former world titleholders David Lemieux and Sadam Ali will highlight the undercard of the Canelo Alvarez-Rocky Fielding undercard, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday. Former middleweight titlist Lemieux will face Tureano Johnson in the 12-round co-feature on the card on Dec. 15 (DAZN) at Madison Square Garden in New York. Ali will face