Boxing

6:26 PM ET The 130-pound division goes to have a title unification battle, as Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner have agreed to phrases for a bout later this summer season or within the fall. Mayer, the WBO and IBF champion, and Baumgardner, the WBC champion, will happen on a date and at a spot to

1:44 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Seems, it is establishment for Canelo Alvarez regardless of an surprising defeat in opposition to Dmitry Bivol. Boxing’s high star indicated on the post-fight information convention that he would train his rematch clause for a return bout with Bivol in September, however on Monday, he reversed course. “We already had

1:19 AM ET The pace. The ability. The precision. David Benavidez displayed all of these attributes on Saturday evening in opposition to David Lemieux. And in entrance of a rocking dwelling crowd, the undefeated Benavidez confirmed why he deserves one other shot at a title. Benavidez bloodied and battered Lemieux and compelled a third-round stoppage

10:50 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Janibek Alimkhanuly introduced his arrival as a power within the middleweight division on Saturday evening in Las Vegas, and he did it with thunderous power, capturing the vacant WBO interim world title with a second-round knockout of a completely outclassed Danny Dignum. Alimkhanuly (12-0, 8 KOs), who’s 29 and from

10:57 PM ET Former junior light-weight champion Jamel Herring indicated that he’ll retire following a loss to Jamaine Ortiz on Saturday evening on the Resorts World Las Vegas. “I respect all the pieces,” Herring mentioned in a tweet. “Thanks all. It is time to transfer on and revel in extra time with my household.” Herring

7:49 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Studies on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, in addition to a number of nationwide newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Seems on BoxNation’s Boxing Issues present Joshua Buatsi edged nearer to a world title shot after successful a unanimous factors choice over Craig Richards in an eliminator for

8:51 AM ET David Benavidez wasn’t shocked when he noticed one of the biggest boxing upsets in recent times. He had believed for years that even a main model of Canelo Alvarez could possibly be overwhelmed, and it got here to fruition on Might 7 when Alvarez, pushing himself into a brand new weight class,

6:49 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reviews on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, in addition to a number of nationwide newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Seems on BoxNation’s Boxing Issues present Chantelle Cameron hopes a profitable defence of her world junior welterweight titles on Saturday units up a megafight towards both Katie Taylor

7:55 AM ET Editor’s observe: Chantelle Cameron will defend her WBC and IBF junior welterweight world titles on Saturday, and he or she hopes victory will result in a showdown with Kali Reis, who holds the opposite two world titles within the weight division. Cameron (15-0, 8 KOs), 30, from Northampton, England, will battle Victoria

3:42 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Floyd Mayweather’s newest cease on his post-retirement exhibition tour has been rescheduled. The occasion with Don Moore will happen Saturday on a helipad in Dubai, “Cash” Mayweather introduced by way of Instagram on Tuesday. The occasion was postponed one week after the dying of UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed

9:06 AM ET Floyd Mayweather was able to return to the ring for an exhibition bout in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Could 14, however the occasion was postponed the day earlier than as a result of loss of life of the nation’s president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Since he formally retired in

8:00 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN CARSON, Calif. — After 22 rounds, Jermell Charlo seems to be completed together with his rivalry with Brian Castano. Charlo made the correct changes after their first encounter and outboxed Castano down the stretch en path to the brutal 10th-round finish following two knockdowns on Saturday. The 31-year-old from Houston

12:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN CARSON, Calif. — Brian Castano crumbled in a heap, the product of a proper hand to the physique adopted by a left hook to the pinnacle from Jermell Charlo in Spherical 10 of an prompt basic Saturday at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park. By some means, someway, Castano made

9:55 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Josh Taylor is now not undisputed at 140 kilos. The Scotland native was stripped of his WBA title, the group introduced Saturday, for his refusal to proceed with a compulsory protection vs. Alberto Puello. Puello, of the Dominican Republic, is now lined as much as combat Ismael Barroso of Venezuela

1:40 PM ET Related Press GENEVA — With boxing’s standing on the Olympics doubtful, the IOC was not impressed on Saturday with the management election of the game’s governing physique which was stripped of recognition in 2019. Worldwide Boxing Affiliation members re-elected their Russian president Umar Kremlev by acclamation two days after the one different

7:53 AM ET Britain’s former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan introduced his retirement from boxing on Friday. Khan (34-6, 21 KOs), Olympic light-weight silver medallist on the 2004 Athens Video games when he was 17 years previous, received the WBA light-welter belt from Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnyk in 2009 and added the IBF title in 2011

2:50 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition occasion on Saturday in Dubai was postponed following the demise of UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday. The UAE’s Ministry of Presidential Affairs introduced a three-day suspension of labor in all ministries and the non-public sector, which compelled the cancelation of the occasion.