4:12 PM ET The WBA on Tuesday ordered what amounts to an undisputed title fight at junior lightweight between Hyun-Mi Choi and Alycia Baumgardner. The teams for Choi, the WBA champion, and Baumgardner, the mandatory challenger who has the WBO, IBF and WBC belts, have 30 days to negotiate and reach an agreement on the

3:31 PM ET The incredible rise of Natasha Jonas in professional boxing took another big step Saturday when the Liverpool fighter fought for the third time in 2022 — and picked up her third world title. Jonas beat Marie-Eve Dicaire by unanimous decision to now claim the IBF, WBC and WBO junior middleweight belts. Her

8:26 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 The WBC’s recent announcement of mandatory world title fights and eliminators has produced some solid matchups to look forward to. Some of those fights

5:44 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Floyd Mayweather Jr. stopped YouTube star Deji Olatunji in the sixth round of an exhibition boxing match on Monday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mayweather, after playfully throwing punches at Olatunji’s body over the first two rounds, began to deliver shots with slightly more power in Round 3. Mayweather played

1:26 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Janibek Alimkhanuly retained his WBO middleweight title with a far-tougher-than-expected unanimous decision over Denzel Bentley on Saturday in Las Vegas. The scores: 116-112, 116-112 and 118-110. Alimkhanuly, a 20-1 favorite, jumped to an early lead as he peppered Bentley with straight lefts before the Londoner came alive in Round 5.

7:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence Jr. could defend his unified welterweight championship against Keith Thurman next after the WBC ordered the mandatory title fight on Wednesday at its convention in Mexico. Spence, 32, who holds the WBC, WBA and IBF belts at 147 pounds, was in advanced talks to fight Terence Crawford, but

5:42 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Junior welterweight contender Jose Zepeda has been accused of punching a 40-year-old man at a boxing gym on Tuesday, Lieutenant Josh Hendricks of the Baldwin Park (Calif.) Police Department told ESPN. No charges have been filed, Hendricks said, who added there was no video surveillance footage and no independent witnesses

3:34 PM ET Chantelle Cameron became the undisputed junior welterweight champion Saturday, defending two belts and picking up two others when she beat Jessica McCaskill — giving the undisputed welterweight champion her first loss since 2017. Cameron (17-0, 8 KO) looked impressive in victory, and solidified her place at the top of the junior welterweight

Nov 9, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Russian and Belarusian boxers will be removed from the WBC rankings and therefore won’t be eligible to fight for any of the organization’s titles because of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman announced on Tuesday during the sanctioning body’s convention in Acapulco, Mexico. The measure will last

9:00 AM ET Dmitry Bivol defended his WBA light heavyweight title with an impressive unanimous-decision victory over Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and positioned himself as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters currently in boxing. With the victory, Bivol moved from No. 8 to No. 7, while also creating a gap between him and fellow 175-pound champion