2:50 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK — Madonna. Michael Strahan. Tracy Morgan. Every time Gervonta Davis fights, the stars come out in droves. Saturday’s lightweight event at Barclays Center was no different, as 18,970 people were in attendance to see “Tank” Davis send Rolando Romero crashing into the ropes for yet another highlight-reel finish

12:58 AM ET Brianna Williams Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Rolando “Rolly” Romero entered the ring at Barclays Center in New York on Saturday with undefeated records and dozens of knockouts between the two of them. Davis, ESPN’s third-ranked men’s lightweight, looked to defend his WBA “regular” title, while Romero ​​fought for a world title for

1:59 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gervonta “Tank” Davis has blossomed into a star with the guidance of Floyd Mayweather, but after seven years, the relationship could be reaching its end. He meets Rolando “Rolly” Romero in a lightweight bout Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn (9 p.m. ET, Showtime PPV), and Davis, 27, has stated

3:02 AM ET Just three months after claiming the SA Junior Lightweight title, Sibusiso Zingange was forced to relinquish his belt as a dislocated shoulder ended his bout against Lunga Sitemela at ESPN Africa Boxing 17. Zingange had won the title in February, also at Africa Boxing, and was on his way to defending his

1:43 PM ET Jake Paul, the YouTube-star-turned-prizefighter, is targeting Glen “Big Baby” Davis for a fight on his next boxing card in August, sources confirmed Thursday to ESPN. Davis, 36, played in the NBA for nine seasons, most recently in 2014-15 with the LA Clippers. He weighs over 300 pounds, and Paul’s team with Most

4:24 PM ET The Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall fight for the undisputed middleweight championship is expected to take place either Sept. 3 or Sept. 10 in the United Kingdom, a source confirmed to ESPN. This comes after Ben Shalom, the promoter for BOXXER, which is putting on the fight, told IFL TV on Thursday that both

May 26, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Vergil Ortiz Jr. is set for his first fight since he was hospitalized in March, and he’s not easing his way back into the ring. The rising star and David Avanesyan have struck a deal for a welterweight fight Aug. 6 on DAZN, sources tell ESPN. The bout will likely

5:45 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Gervonta Davis will defend his WBA “regular” lightweight title against Rolando Romero on Saturday in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. ET). Davis (26-0, 24 KOs), 27, of Baltimore, is coming off a decision victory

7:54 AM ET Five years after losing to Sharadene Fortuin on points in Mdantsane, Ellen ‘The Tigress’ Simwaka is out to settle the score in a rematch at Africa Boxing 17 on May 26 in Johannesburg. This time, Simwaka, whose career record stands at 9W-5L-2D, will be looking to take the International Boxing Federation [IBF]

6:26 PM ET The 130-pound division is going to have a title unification fight as Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner have agreed to terms for a bout later this summer or in the fall. Mayer, the WBO and IBF champion, and Baumgardner, the WBC champion, will take place in a date, time and place to