Boxing

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 6, 2023, 09:52 PM ET GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis told ESPN on Saturday he has signed a three-fight deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. Prograis (28-1, 24 KOs) accepted the offer over a more lucrative offer from Top Rank, sources said. The 34-year-old’s first fight with Matchroom will

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 6, 2023, 06:51 PM ET GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Canelo Alvarez returns to Mexico for the first time in more than a decade to face John Ryder in the main event at Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico, home of the Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) soccer team. A crowd of 50,000 is expected. Alvarez

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 6, 2023, 03:39 PM ET GUADALAJARA – Canelo Alvarez defends his undisputed super middleweight championship Saturday vs. John Ryder before 50,000-plus fans at Akron Stadium – his first fight in Mexico in nearly 12 years – but already, boxing’s top star is plotting his next bout. Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) plans to

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMay 5, 2023, 04:55 PM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Boxing star Gervonta Davis avoided jail time in a criminal hit-and-run case in Baltimore. According to court records, Davis was sentenced to 90 days of house

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 5, 2023, 01:37 PM ET George Kambosos will meet Maxi Hughes in a lightweight fight in July in Shawnee, Oklahoma, sources told ESPN. The former undisputed lightweight champion is now with Top Rank after agreeing to a new multiyear, co-promotional deal with Lou DiBella, and the fight vs. Hughes will headline an

May 5, 2023, 07:45 AM ET Canelo Alvarez returns to his home city of Guadalajara, Mexico for the first time in more than a decade to defend his super middleweight undisputed championship against London’s John Ryder at Akron Stadium on Saturday. Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs), is a big favorite (-2000 according to Caesars Sportsbook) to

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 5, 2023, 01:39 AM ET Erislandy Lara will defend his middleweight title vs. Danny Garcia on Aug. 5, the WBA announced Thursday. The Showtime main event is expected to take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, sources said, at a 155-pound catchweight. PBC has been planning a fight between Lara and Garcia for

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 4, 2023, 07:41 AM ET GUADALAJARA, Mexico — CANELO ALVAREZ STROLLS on Mexican soil, past the elegant horse fountain that greets visitors and inside the stable lined with his prized stallions — all 30 of them — at his ranch named Las Reinas (The Queens) for his wife and two daughters. Alvarez

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 4, 2023, 08:47 AM ET Women’s boxing star Amanda Serrano’s next fight is for high stakes against an old rival. Serrano will put her undisputed featherweight title on the line against Heather Hardy in the co-main event of the Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz card Aug. 5 in Dallas, officials

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMay 3, 2023, 05:20 PM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate A California jury has issued a verdict against former eight-time champion Manny Pacquiao regarding a breach of contract. The jury in the civil case filed in

Nick ParkinsonMay 3, 2023, 02:04 PM ET 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 has taken an undulating route to Saturday’s world title fight against Canelo Alvarez, overcoming a series of setbacks to arrive

2:14 PM ET Former heavyweight boxing world champion Deontay Wilder was arrested early Tuesday in Los Angeles for possession of a concealed weapon. The Los Angeles Police Department announced that Wilder, 37, was taken into custody at 1:15 a.m. local time Tuesday morning. He was released on a bond of $35,000 approximately five hours later.

10:51 PM ET Light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is not eligible to fight for the WBC title because of ongoing sanctions for Russian and Belarusian fighters, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN on Monday. The WBC, like other sanctioning bodies in the sport, have chosen not to recognize champions or rank fighters from those countries

1:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Star boxer Ryan Garcia and trainer Joe Goossen have parted ways in the aftermath of the seventh-round KO loss to Gervonta Davis in Las Vegas last month, sources told ESPN on Monday. No decision has been made on Garcia’s next trainer, sources said, as he looks to continue his quest

11:44 AM ET Nate Diaz turned himself in to the New Orleans Police Department on Thursday morning and was booked into custody on a charge of felony second-degree battery. Diaz, the 38-year-old former UFC star, was issued an arrest warrant Monday stemming from a street brawl last weekend involving multiple people following the Misfits Boxing

11:53 AM ET Jake Paul and his promotions team are launching a new boxing series called Most Valuable Prospects that will highlight top up-and-coming fighters. The series will begin with a card on May 26 in Orlando, Florida, and it will be headlined by rising star Ashton Sylve, officials told ESPN on Thursday. There will

12:16 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Robeisy Ramirez will make the first defense of his WBO featherweight title vs. Satoshi Shimizu on July 25 in Tokyo, promoter Top Rank announced on Thursday. The 126-pound title bout will serve as chief support on ESPN+ for the highly anticipated showdown between Stephen Fulton and Naoya Inoue for Fulton’s

6:40 AM ET The International Boxing Association has filed an official complaint to the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit against the individuals and entities involved in the creation of a new world boxing federation, it said Wednesday. Earlier this month, a group including the United States and Britain announced a new world boxing federation in a