Boxing

LAS VEGAS -- Gennadiy Golovkin was on the verge of being stripped of one of the vital endearing elements of his legacy: Whereas Canelo Alvarez was in his prime, no person fought him more durable than Golovkin, his chief rival.Then within…

7:00 AM ETEric GomezMexico author Canelo Alvarez will full one in every of this century's most enjoyable boxing trilogies when he faces Gennadiy Golovkin on Sept. 17 in Las Vegas. The rivalry options hallmarks of among the sport's…

7:47 AM ETMike CoppingerESPN One of the heated rivalries in boxing historical past will lastly attain its conclusion Saturday when Canelo Alvarez defends the undisputed tremendous middleweight championship in opposition to Gennadiy…

THE PROMOTER, TRAINER and fighter have been in a chauffeur-driven automobile heading to a press convention in London earlier this yr, and Dmitry Salita could not assist himself. He is at all times been an enormous James Brown fan, and…

Two large fights. Every may have been a important occasion on a card of its personal.When Claressa Shields faces Savannah Marshall and Mikaela Mayer fights Alycia Baumgardner on an all-female 10-fight card on the O2 Area in London on…

9:18 AM ETNick ParkinsonClose•Experiences 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 presentIt's being billed as…

9:33 AM ETMike CoppingerESPN Simply final yr, the 135-pound division was the load class to look at, as Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis all referred to as it house.Now Lopez and Garcia marketing campaign at 140…