6:40 PM 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 John Ryder claimed the WBO world interim super middleweight title after Zach Parker was forced to pull out at the end of the fourth

8:20 AM ET Nine days before Regis Prograis has his biggest fight in years, he was desperately looking for a bathroom — while driving. Part of the weight-cutting process involves drinking two gallons of water a day in order to make the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds. On this day, he pulled up to

7:43 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 When it comes to ticket sales, super middleweight contender Zach Parker admits he cannot take all the credit for those he generates. He is

9:16 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. It’s been over three months since the last ranking of each boxing division — all 17, from strawweight to heavyweight. I based the rankings on potential matchups and in some cases, mainstream talent. There have been changes in the last few months as some boxers changed weight classes for

9:15 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN At long last, after all the trash-talk exchanges, perhaps the biggest fight in all of boxing is here. Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia, two of the biggest stars in the sport, announced Thursday that they’ll meet next year in Las Vegas. The fight will be contested at a 136-pound catchweight

2:23 AM ET South Africa’s Xolisani Ndongeni (31-2-0) dominated the main event at ESPN Africa Boxing 23 with a seventh round KO victory over Thailand’s Apinun Khongsong (20-3-0) in their International Junior Welterweight Bout on Thursday. The South African was technically sound in Durban, and stuck to his trainer’s plan in order to earn the

4:50 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia announced on Instagram on Thursday that they’ll meet in a long-awaited superfight next year in Las Vegas. The fight will be contested at a 136-pound catchweight and is slated to take place on April 15, sources told ESPN. Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) tweeted that he’ll

Nov 17, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Sandor Martin has agreed to a deal to fight former lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez on Dec. 10 in New York, sources told ESPN. Martin (40-2, 13 KOs) replaces Jose Pedraza, who withdrew from the 140-pound Top Rank on ESPN bout with a non-COVID illness. Martin, a 29-year-old Spaniard, scored a

9:46 AM ET Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez said Wednesday that he will be ready to return to the ring in May and hopes to get a rematch against light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol in September. Alvarez (58-2-2, 39) made the announcement during an event in Mexico City to present his new drink brand

3:36 AM ET Oleksandr Usyk’s mandatory commitments with IBF challenger Filip Hrgovic will have no bearing on a bout against Britain’s Tyson Fury to unify the world heavyweight titles, the Ukrainian boxer’s promoter told Sky Sports. The 35-year-old retained his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles after a second consecutive win over Anthony Joshua