Boxing

5:46 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia explained why he parted ways with trainer Eddy Reynoso during a Friday appearance on ESPN’s “Max on Boxing” with Max Kellerman, saying Reynoso “didn’t really have time to train me.” The star boxer announced last week that he’s training with Joe Goosen ahead of his April 9 comeback

8:00 AM 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 Time has not diminished the animosity between Amir Khan and Kell Brook. After six years of talk, fight fans — specially in the United

12:36 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez has verbally agreed to a two-fight deal with Matchroom Boxing for DAZN PPV bouts on May 7 against Dmitry Bivol and Sept. 17 against Gennaidy Golovkin, sources told ESPN. Bivol, a light heavyweight titleholder, signed the contract, but talks are ongoing between Golovkin and DAZN to resolve issues,

12:06 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Isaac Cruz and Yuriorkis Gamboa have agreed to a deal for a lightweight fight on April 16 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, sources told ESPN. The bout will serve as chief support to the April 16 Showtime PPV headlined by the Errol Spence Jr.-Yordenis Ugas welterweight title unification, sources

11:04 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The wait to crown an undisputed junior middleweight champion will be a little longer — if it happens at all. Brian Castano suffered a minor right biceps tear while sparring, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, postponing the Jermell Charlo rematch on March 19 in Los Angeles for all four 154-pound

8:08 PM ET Jai Opetaia’s date with destiny has been delayed yet again as IBF world cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis recovers from COVID-19. After months of negotiations, Opetaia’s promoter Dean Lonergan had been scheduled to announce April 6 as Opetaia’s shot at Briedis on the Gold Coast. Instead, the fight has been postponed for “three

4:58 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos is coming home for the first defense of his undisputed lightweight championship. Kambosos’ next fight is set for June 5 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, sources told ESPN. The front-runner for the title shot, Vasiliy Lomachenko, has already agreed to a deal, sources said, that includes a

5:11 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jaron “Boots” Ennis is inching closer to a title shot. The rising star and Custio Clayton have reached a deal for an IBF welterweight title eliminator that will take place in the spring in the United States, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The winner of the PBC on Showtime bout

7:50 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The first two months of the 2022 boxing schedule featured returns for several notable fighters — Keith Thurman and Daniel Jacobs among them — but lacked marquee matchups. The next two months on the calendar are when boxing truly begins to heat up with some of the biggest names in

8:15 AM 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 Amir Khan insists he is as hungry and as sharp as ever ahead of facing Kell Brook on Saturday, after benefiting from training with

7:00 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 Daniel Jacobs’ hopes of fighting for a world title again were dealt a major blow by a split points loss to John Ryder on

7:33 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Middleweight champion Jermall Charlo was arrested Friday in Texas on a felony charge of assaulting a family/household member with a previous conviction, according to Fort Bend Jail records. Charlo, 31, was still in custody on Friday night, a jail official told ESPN. According to records, he was arrested at 1:29

6:24 AM 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 John Riel Casimero will defend his WBO world bantamweight title in front of challenger Paul Butler’s home crowd at the M&S Bank Arena in

1:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin, at long last, are on the verge of a trilogy fight. Canelo and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing are closing in on a two-fight deal worth upward of $85 million for boxing’s top star to compete on DAZN, sources told ESPN. The first fight of the

11:29 AM ET Want to know what fights are on the horizon? Check out the boxing schedule for 2022. For a list of the current champions in all weight classes, click here. To go directly to a particular month, click the links below: Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access. MARCH | APRIL Key dates: Feb.

9:27 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tony Yoka, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist at super heavyweight, will fight Martin Bakole rather than Filip Hrgovic following a contract dispute. Yoka announced on social media Tuesday that he’ll fight Bakole on May 14 in Paris. Yoka is co-promoted by Top Rank, ensuring the fight will be streamed stateside

1:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence and Yordenis Ugas will unify welterweight titles on April 16 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Spence announced on social media. The bout will be Spence’s third at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, which is near his hometown of DeSoto; he defeated Mikey Garcia and Danny Garcia

7:49 AM ET Mike Coppinger 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 With a pair of undisputed title fights in the next six weeks, and the calendar beyond March starting to fill up quickly,