12:53 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK — Artur Beterbiev hasn’t met his match yet, and Saturday at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden was no different. Joe Smith Jr. entered the ring with a size advantage, strength and a tremendously powerful right hand, but none of it mattered. Beterbiev was too precise, his punches

Jun 18, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz is set to fight Luis Ortiz on Sept. 4 in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN on Saturday. The fight, which ESPN reported was signed in April, will be a PBC on Fox PPV, sources said. The fight will be Ruiz’s first in 15 months, and

6:32 PM ET Fifteen current and former Mexican fighters got together to teach the largest boxing class ever at the Zocalo, the main square in Mexico City on Saturday. Erik “El Terrible” Morales, Andy Ruiz Jr., Oscar Valdez, Jackie Nava, Humberto “Chiquita” González, Miguel Berchelt, Jose “Pipino” Cuevas, Alfonso Zamora, Jose Luis Bueno, Jose Antonio

7:51 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN When Joe Smith Jr. narrowly defeated Maxim Vlasov in April 2021 to win the WBO light heavyweight title, a unification bout with WBC and IBF titleholder Artur Beterbiev instantly became a can’t-miss matchup. Two of the biggest punchers in boxing will meet on Saturday at New York’s Hulu Theater at

2:51 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vergil Ortiz Jr. will fight Michael McKinson in a rescheduled welterweight bout on Aug. 6 in Fort Worth, Texas, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday. ESPN reported last month that Ortiz and David Avanesyan agreed to a deal for a fight on the same date, but according to Ortiz’s manager, Rick

12:52 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The heavyweight title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua is now set for Aug. 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The fight was originally being planned for July 23, but now Joshua will have nearly 30 more days to work with new trainer Robert Garcia.

6:41 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Edgar Berlanga is being suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission for attempting to bite Alexis Angulo on Saturday, sources tell ESPN. The length of the suspension has yet to be finalized, sources said. Berlanga is also facing a fine for his actions. The 25-year-old won a 10-round unanimous

4:27 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — After a court ruled that his election opponent was wrongly barred, International Boxing Association president Umar Kremlev said Wednesday he wants a new contest. A clean election could be key for the International Olympic Committee to consider reinstating the IBA after excluding it from organizing bouts at

7:38 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. meet on Saturday to unify three of the four major light heavyweight titles in the main event of a Top Rank card at the Hulu Theater inside Madison Square Garden in New York (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 6:30

Jun 15, 2022 WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he is willing to return to the ring for a potential unification bout against Anthony Joshua or Oleksandr Usyk but said organisers would have to dig out £500 million to tempt him out of “retirement.” Fury knocked out Dillian Whyte in April to retain his title