3:34 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez put an end to Gennady Golovkin’s historic middleweight title reign on Saturday, in a majority decision victory at T-Mobile Arena. Golovkin’s WBC and WBA belts were on the line, in a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s controversial draw. The second fight lived up to the hype,

12:15 AM ET LAS VEGAS — When Canelo Alvarez was awarded a surprising draw when he challenged Gennady Golovkin for the unified middleweight championship on this Mexican Independence Day weekend last year, there was heavy controversy. This time, in another hard-fought battle, Alvarez claimed a majority decision victory in the year’s biggest fight to take

Sep 11, 2018 With the much-anticipated Sept. 15 Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez rematch almost upon us, one of the best ways to put the bout into historical perspective is by reviewing the middleweight division’s history since the beginning of the 21st century. While this span of time has produced no Sugar Ray Robinson, Carlos Monzon or

8:53 AM ET Floyd Mayweather Jr. says a rematch of his much-hyped 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao will take place this year. Mayweather posted on Instagram on Saturday, saying, “I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year another 9 figure pay day on the way.” Mayweather made about $220 million from his May 2015

3:11 AM ET Local hero Jose Ramirez defended his junior welterweight title via unanimous 12-round decision on Friday in a sensational fight with Antonio Orozco that featured sizzling two-way action in every round. The roaring crowds inside Save Mark Arena in Fresno, California, and ESPN’s TV audience was treated to one of the best fights

7:26 PM ET Gennady Golovkin is a solid favorite in his rematch with Canelo Alvarez on Saturday in Las Vegas, but the bulk of the early action at sportsbooks, including some of the largest bets, have been on the underdog. After an unsatisfying decision in their first fight, a canceled rematch and rising tensions between

11:44 AM ET Undisputed cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk will put all four of the main cruiserweight titles on the line when he takes on Tony Bellew at Manchester Arena on Nov. 10 in what will be the first four-belt unification fight to take place in the UK. Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs) comprehensively defeated Murat Gassiev

11:34 PM ET When the fight between Pablo Cesar Cano and Ruslan Madyiev was stopped between the fifth and sixth rounds, Cano sure looked like the loser. His face was slathered in blood pouring from a deep gash on his forehead, but the Mexican veteran was actually the winner. The scheduled 10-round junior welterweight bout

8:15 PM ET LAS VEGAS — While unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin has made his views on Canelo Alvarez and the two performance-enhancing drug tests he failed in February well known, GGG has been somewhat measured, though pointed, in his comments. The same cannot be said for Abel Sanchez, Golovkin’s longtime trainer, who has

9:00 AM ET 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 Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez meet Saturday in a rematch for Golovkin’s WBA and WBC world middleweight titles at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.