11:48 PM ET Even in the weeks before Mikey Garcia unified lightweight world titles with his dominant unanimous decision against Robert Easter on July 28, he spoke openly about what he wanted to do next. Garcia was gung-ho to move up two weight classes to challenge Errol Spence Jr., who, like Garcia, is universally considered
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8:20 PM ET If the fight between heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and lineal world champion Tyson Fury is anything close to as entertaining as the 25-minute show they put on Tuesday afternoon we’re all in for a treat. Wilder and Fury were in full sell mode when they came nose to nose — several
1:10 PM ET Junior featherweight world titleholder Isaac Dogboe, the charismatic knockout puncher from Ghana, has signed a long-term promotional agreement with Top Rank, the company announced on Tuesday. “We are very, very happy to announce that we have signed Isaac Dogboe to a co-promotional agreement with Rising Star of Africa,” Top Rank chairman Bob
8:05 PM ET An undisclosed medical condition has forced unified women’s middleweight world titleholder Christina Hammer to postpone her fight with fellow two-belt titlist Claressa Shields for the undisputed championship. Shields and Hammer, who have been on a collision course for the past year, were scheduled to fight Nov. 17 in the main event of
12:11 PM ET Opening Bell: A satisfying conclusion In March 2017, organizers announced plans for something called the World Boxing Super Series, with the idea to put on two eight-man, single-elimination tournaments with the best fighters in two weight classes that they had not yet determined. In their perfect world, they would attract top fighters
8:33 PM ET Featherweight Shakur Stevenson, a 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist and one of the top prospects in boxing, will engage in his first scheduled 10-round fight when he faces Duarn Vue on Oct. 13, Top Rank announced on Monday. The fight, for a vacant regional title, will serve as the co-feature of the
8:32 AM ET Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder had to be separated as they came face-to-face during a fiery news conference in London Monday. Undefeated former heavyweight world champion Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) faces WBC titlist Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) on Dec. 1 in Los Angeles and the pair clashed after Fury challenged his opponent
12:56 AM ET Former three-division world titleholder Jorge Linares has designs on winning a belt in a fourth weight division, and he got started on that quest in explosive fashion Saturday night. In his junior welterweight debut, Linares scored two knockdowns and blew away Abner Cotto in a third-round knockout victory in the main event
4:31 PM ET Don Chargin, the beloved promoter, matchmaker and International Boxing Hall of Famer, died Friday at Sierra Vista Hospital in San Luis Obispo, California, after a brief battle with lung and brain cancer. He was 90. Until just a few months ago, Chargin was a fixture at ringside for Golden Boy Promotions events.
3:50 AM ET Ryan Songalia OAKLAND, Calif. — Jerwin Ancajas came into Oakland with a mission: To get the boxing world buzzing for unification fights with an electric performance against a hand-picked opponent. What virtually no one expected — least of all himself — is that he’d leave Oracle Arena with anything less than a