6:00 PM ET LONDON — It is a mark of Anthony Joshua’s unwavering self-belief and champion quality that as he stood in the ring post-fight — while Alexander Povetkin sat, catching breath and taking stock — the focus was already on April 13 next year, and a potential unification fight with Deontay Wilder. There was

Sep 22, 2018 Tyson Fury has said Anthony Joshua is avoiding him after the WBA, WBO and IBF champion declared that Deontay Wilder is his “number one” next opponent. Joshua was speaking in the ring following his knockout victory against Alexander Povetkin on Saturday night and said that he didn’t want to talk about anyone

Sep 21, 2018 Long before football became the go-to sport for Nigerians, long before an Africa Cup of Nations title and Olympic gold made legends of the Super Eagles, there was a Nigerian world champion. A boxing world champion. Hogan “Kid” Bassey became the first Nigerian international boxing star when he won the world featherweight

11:06 PM ET Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and former world champion Tyson Fury finalized their deal Friday night, and Premier Boxing Champions announced the fight would take place Dec. 1. It was a highly unusual announcement with a news release touting that “the contracts are signed and the fight is on,” and that the

7:15 PM ET In 2009 and 2010, then-featherweight world titleholder Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez, a junior featherweight world titlist who would move up in weight to win a featherweight belt, were rising pound-for-pound stars on a collision course boxing fans were salivating over. However, with both seeking big money that was not

1:11 PM ET For several weeks over the summer it looked as though boxing fans would get their wish, a fall fight between the world’s top two heavyweights — undefeated knockout artists Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder — for the undisputed title. Great Britain’s Anthony Joshua takes on Russian Alexander Povetkin in a huge world

7:28 PM ET Middleweight Diego Pacheco, a 17-year-old, eight-time amateur national champion from Los Angeles and much sought-after prospect, is turning pro. Unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua went through the paces of a public workout on Wednesday at York Hall in London, just days before he will make his sixth defense against Alexander Povetkin.

11:43 AM ET Manuel Charr, who was due to defend his secondary heavyweight world title against Fres Oquendo in a mandatory fight on Sept. 29 in Cologne, Germany, has tested positive for two banned substances, the anabolic steroids epitrenbolone and drostanolone, and the fight has been canceled. On Wednesday night, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, which

Sep 17, 2018 Eddie Hearn has claimed Deontay Wilder’s (40-0, 39 KOs) camp are refusing to respond to his emails over a potential fight against Anthony Joshua, joking that they use “carrier pigeons or smoke signals” instead. Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), who Hearn represents via Matchroom, is scheduled to defend his titles on April 13

12:21 AM ET Unified middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez might be back in the ring in short order following his narrow majority decision win to claim the world title from Gennady Golovkin in the year’s biggest fight on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez eked out the victory 115-113, 115-113 and 114-114 in