Today featured the opening press conference for the upcoming junior middleweight title fight between Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov, with both fighters appearing to discuss the bout. Neither fighter is much for a lot of talking, so both were very respectful and straight to the point. Check out some of what they had to say below. “When I started pro career, fight best boxers, and now fighting best in the world pound-for-pound Terence Crawford, my favorite boxer. I like his style and then...
Terence “Bud” Crawford is set to move up to 154 lbs to face WBA titleholder Israil Madrimov on Saturday, Aug. 3, at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Today, Salvador Rodriguez of ESPN reports that there are three fights set or near set for the pay-per-view undercard: Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KO) just won the WBA super lightweight title by destroying — unless you are judge Chris Flores — Rolly Romero on Mar. 30. Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KO) is coming off of a knockout win over Chris Colbert in their rematch last...
Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia will finally face off tonight in a DAZN PPV main event, after weeks and weeks of controversy and chatter. Garcia missed weight on Friday, so the WBC super lightweight title is not on the line for him this evening. If Garcia wins, the title would go vacant. Live updates and round-by-round will start at 8 pm ET, with Wil Esco on the RBR duties, plus we’ll have live highlights, results, and more in the stream below!
Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia is the clear biggest fight of 2024 to date, but how good is it? Can we rely on Ryan Garcia to actually show up, literally, and if he does, to put on a good fight as the challenger in this 140 lb title fight? Or is Haney set up to dominate someone who shouldn’t even be there? Scott and John are back to discuss that fight, plus the pay-per-view undercard, and Jaron “Boots” Ennis moving to Matchroom Boxing and what that might mean for the top young welterweight’s future....
Heavyweight star prospect Jared Anderson returns to action tonight on ESPN, facing Ryad Merhy in a 10-round main event from Corpus Christi, Texas. The chief support will be another heavyweight battle between Efe Ajagba and Guido Vianello, which could potentially supply Anderson’s next opponent — if Anderson wins, of course — and we’ll also see Robson Conceicao in the opener. Coverage starts on ESPN+ and ESPN at 10 pm ET for the main card, and a prelim undercard stream will start at 5:40 pm ET on...