Boxing

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 07:49 PM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Seniesa Estrada’s next fight will have to wait — for a week. Multiple sources told ESPN that Estrada’s return to the ring has been moved back

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 8, 2023, 04:32 PM ET Joe Joyce has exercised the rematch clause for a return bout with Zhilei Zhang, Joyce’s manager, Adam Morallee, told ESPN on Monday. The 40-year-old Zhang scored a massive upset when he stopped Joyce in the sixth round of their heavyweight bout last month in London. Zhang, an

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 8, 2023, 12:24 PM ET Liam Smith suffered an injury in training camp and his June 17 middleweight rematch vs. Chris Eubank Jr. in Manchester, England, has been postponed, sources told ESPN. The injury is minor, sources said, and the fight could be rescheduled as soon as July 1. Smith (33-3-1, 20

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 7, 2023, 12:25 AM ET GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Against the backdrop of 51,000-plus passionate fans who waited nearly 12 years for their hero to return, Canelo Alvarez retained his undisputed super middleweight championship with a unanimous-decision victory over England’s John Ryder on Saturday at Akron Stadium. Canelo, boxing’s top star, battered and

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 7, 2023, 02:33 AM ET GUADALAJARA, Mexico — A full mariachi band, with 25-plus members on each side of the massive entrance ramp, serenaded Canelo Alvarez to the ring. It was a hero’s welcome for the boxing star’s first fight in his native country in nearly 12 years. Fireworks lit up the

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 6, 2023, 06:51 PM ET GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Against the backdrop of 51,000-plus passionate fans who waited nearly 12 years for their hero to return, Canelo Alvarez retained his undisputed super middleweight championship with a unanimous-decision victory over England’s John Ryder on Saturday at Akron Stadium. Canelo, boxing’s top star, battered and

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.