12:45 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN ARLINGTON, Texas — Errol Spence Jr. was dazed as he peered around the ring looking for his mouthpiece. Yordenis Ugas sent it flying on Saturday after he connected with a brutal right hand in Round 6, before referee Laurence Cole slowly moved to halt the action to allow Spence to

7:03 PM ET WBC and IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. faces WBA champ Yordenis Ugas in the main event of a PBC card at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. ET, with prelims on Showtime at 7 p.m. ET). Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) is fighting for the first time

Apr 16, 2022 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 Conor Benn edged closer to the welterweight boxing elite with another display of his ruthless finishing in a two-round destruction of Chris van Heerden

6:52 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr.’s fight against Tyrone Spong, which Triller Fight Club announced would take place July 16 in Mexico City, will not proceed as planned. Ruiz, ESPN’s No. 5 heavyweight, apparently signed a contract to fight Luis Ortiz in a PBC heavyweight bout in late summer before

1:22 PM ET ARLINGTON, Tex. — Errol Spence Jr. flexed and grinned in front of a predominantly home crowd on Friday morning. In his first weigh-in since suffering a detached retina last year, Spence comfortably cleared the weight limit for Saturday’s welterweight unification title fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Spence came in at

7:53 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Errol Spence Jr. returns from a long layoff to face Yordenis Ugas in a unification fight Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. ET). Spence was supposed to face Manny Pacquiao last year, but suffered a left eye injury a few days before and

7:45 AM ET Ismael Salas remembers the first time Yordenis Ugas caught his eye. Just three weeks after Ugas started training with Salas, he had a sparring session with Gabriel Rosado, one of boxing’s top action fighters. Until that moment six years ago, Salas had never seen Ugas, who was in the midst of an

Apr 12, 2022 ESPN News Services DUBLIN — Some of the biggest figures in boxing have been urged to cut ties with a promoter who fronts an Irish organized crime gang targeted with sanctions by the American government on Tuesday. The U.S. ambassador to Ireland, Claire Cronin, said at a news conference in Dublin that

6:27 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Andy Ruiz Jr. is set for yet another comeback, but in a twist, his next bout will be promoted by Triller, not PBC. The former unified heavyweight champion will meet ex-Glory Kickboxing champion Tyrone Spong in a 10-round Triller Fight Club pay-per-view bout on July 16 at the Plaza de

3:00 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 After turning down the chance to have dinner with Yordenis Ugas, Conor Benn hopes they can meet again in the ring later this year.