England's Tyson Fury, the former WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion, has confirmed his next fight will be against Germany's Tom Schwarz at the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, on June 15. Fury held WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder to a split decision draw in December, but the pair could not agree terms on an immediate rematch.

Nick Parkinson2d ago

Per the California State Athletic Commision, official contract purses for the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on Saturday night in Costa Mesa, California: Kubrat Pulev $250k, Bogdan Dinu $80,500, Jessie Magdaleno $75k, Rico Ramos $50k, Maxim Dadashev $25k, Ricky Sismundo $10k, Erick DeLeon $20k, Jose Luis Gallegos $10k, Javier Molina $20k, Abdiel Ramirez $11k, Chris vanHeerden $21k, Mahonry Montes $2k, Tyler McCreary $7,500, Roberto Castenada $3k, Bobirzhan Mominov $7,500, Jonathan Steele $8k, David Kiminsky $3k, Estevan Payan $2k, Eric Puente $3k, Alejandro Lopez $2,200, Tervel Pulev $1k, Mitch Williams $8k

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer2d ago

Junior welterweight Arthur Biyarslanov, 23, Canada’s only 2016 Olympic boxer who was 85-13 as an amateur, has signed with manager Keith Connolly. Biyarslanov (2-0, 2 KOs), who fled Chechnya with his family at age 10 and settled in Toronto, has been a sought-after prospect since winning a 2015 Pan American Games gold medal. Connolly, who also manages middleweight titlist Daniel Jacobs, interim light heavyweight titlist Marcus Browne, middleweight contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko, former junior welterweight titlist Chris Algieri and heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki, said he is fielding offers from promoters for Biyarslanov, who plans to drop down to lightweight.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

Former super middleweight world titlist Sakio Bika, scheduled for his first fight since October 2017 on Sunday night’s Premier Boxing Champions card headlined by Lamont Peterson versus Sergey Lipinets at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, was removed from the show on Friday. Bika, 39, of Australia, was supposed to face Lionell Thompson, 35, of Buffalo, but according to PBC, Bika was taken off the show after the Maryland State Athletic Commission discovered Bika had an undisclosed medical issue during his pre-fight examination. As a result, the eight-rounder between unbeaten junior lightweight prospect Cobia Breedy and Fernando Fuentes will now open the FS1 telecast at 6 p.m. ET.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

According to Sean Gibbons, matchmaker for MP Promotions, and close confidant to eight-division world champion, Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino icon could be back in the ring by the summer. "He's looking to return to the ring in July and he's reviewing all possibilities," Gibbons told ESPN.com. On January 19, Pacquiao defeated Adrien Broner over 12 one-sided rounds.

Steve Kim, ESPN4d ago

Unified junior middleweight world titlist Jarrett Hurd will get the home region fight he has wanted when he defends against Julian "J Rock" Williams in the main event of the Premier Boxing Champions card on Fox on May 11. The fight, multiple sources told ESPN, will take place at the EagleBank Arena on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, a short ride from Hurd's hometown of Accokeek, Maryland.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer4d ago

Plans are being finalized for Japan’s Masayuki Ito to make his second junior lightweight world title defense against Jamel Herring on May 25 (ESPN) at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, the same venue where he outpointed Christopher Diaz to win the 130-pound belt in July, Top Rank’s Bob Arum told ESPN on Tuesday. Ito returned to Japan for his first defense against Evgeny Chuprakov in December but will return to the United States to put the belt on the line against Herring, a 2012 U.S. Olympian, who is getting his first world title shot.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer6d ago

Official: Deontay Wilder vs. Dominic Breazeale on May 18 at Baclays Center live on Showtime -- NOT on PPV.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer6d ago

Undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk is planning to move up to heavyweight in May, so the process of his titles being vacated or stripped has seemingly begun. The WBA has ordered Usyk to make a mandatory defense against former titlist Denis Lebedev and on Tuesday scheduled a purse bid for the bout for March 28 at the WBA offices in Panama City. Minimum bid is $400,000 with Usyk entitled to 75 percent of the winning bid and Lebedev 25 percent. However, it is unlikely the Usyk team will participate because of his impending rise in weight.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer6d ago

Lightweight Devin Haney, 20, of Las Vegas, one of boxing's best prospects, has been self-promoted but that could change. Haney was in Philadelphia on Friday to meet with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, who has a DAZN card there, about a possible deal. Haney is coming off an impressive rout of then-undefeated Xolisani Ndongeni in January.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer10d ago

A trial is now scheduled for July 16 in the medical malpractice lawsuit of Magomed Abdusalamov and his family against three ring doctors from the 2013 bout that left the heavyweight with permanent brain damage. Last month, as ESPN's Outside the Lines reported, a NY State Supreme Court judge reinstated Gerard Varlotta as a defendant, with Anthony Curreri and Osric King.

William Weinbaum, ESPN11d ago