Golden Boy Promotions has already put a hold on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for Canelo Alvarez's next bout on May 4, bur for his September 14 date, Canelo could be headed to Mexico City. Golden Boy President, Eric Gomez, told ESPN.com that Estadio Azteca -- where Julio Cesar Chavez faced Greg Haugen in front of more than 130,000 fans back in 1993 -- has contacted them about this possibility. "We're going to fly down there and have some meetings and see how realistic it is," said Gomez. This past weekend in New York, Alvarez (51-1-2, 35 KOs) stopped Rocky Fielding in three rounds in a super middleweight contest.

Steve Kim, ESPN12h ago

According to Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sports, IBF junior lightweight champion, Tevin Farmer (28-4-1, 6 KOs) will have a homecoming fight in his next title defense. "We're going to bring Tevin back to Philadelphia, that's going to be St. Patrick's Day weekend," Hearn told ESPN.com. The probable date is March 15 and this event will be held at The Liacouras Center at Temple University. A possible opponent for Farmer could be Irishman, Jono Carroll (16-0-1, 3 KOs). Last weekend Farmer defeated Francisco Fonseca (22-2-1, 16 KOs) over 12 rounds at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Steve Kim, ESPN13h ago

Showtime announced Tuesday that it has acquired the rights to the rematch between heavyweight contenders Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora and will air the fight live from the O2 Arena in London on the network and its streaming services Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET. The Showtime Boxing International broadcast will take the Sky Sports Box Office feed from the United Kingdom with the fight being called remotely by Showtime’s Brian Custer and Steve Farhood. Whyte (24-1, 17 KOs) and Chisora (29-8, 21 KOs) fought one of the best fights of 2016 with Whyte winning a split decision in a fight that included the fifth round as ESPN.com's round of the year. Whyte-Chisora II is a Matchroom Boxing event and although Matchroom has a deal with streaming service DAZN, the company’s Sky Box Office PPV events fall outside of that exclusivity and Showtime bought the rights over the weekend.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer18h ago

Promoters Top Rank and Yvon Michel have made a deal to co-promote light heavyweight world titleholder Eleider "Storm" Alvarez and are finalizing the paperwork, multiple sources told ESPN. Michel has been Alvarez’s longtime promoter but his next fight, a rematch of his upset seventh-round knockout of Sergey Kovalev to win the belt in August, is already scheduled to be the main event of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on Feb. 2 at the Ford Center at the Star – the practice facility of the Dallas Cowboys – in Frisco, Texas. Top Rank got that fight for ESPN by making a deal with for the rights with Kovalev promoter Main Events but now will also add Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs), 34, a Colombia native fighting out of Montreal, to a stable that also includes light heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk and super middleweight titlist Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, who said last week he plans to move up in weight.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer19h ago

The WBC on Monday morning ruled Willie Monroe Jr. out of challenging Jermall Charlo for its interim middleweight title on Saturday night in the main event of the Premier Boxing on Fox card because he tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone beyond the allowable limit in a WBC Clean Boxing Program test administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. “The WBC will afford Mr. Monroe the due process to which he is entitled under the WBC CBP’s protocol. While the WBC follows its protocol’s procedures, Mr. Monroe’s situation cannot not be fully and justly adjudicated on a timely fashion for him to fight for the WBC title,” the sanctioning body said in a statement. “The WBC CBP’s ultimate goal is to protect the health, safety and welfare of boxers. Accordingly, the WBC must fully investigate the specific facts surrounding Mr. Monroe’s reported adverse finding before fully adjudicating the matter.”

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer2d ago

Oscar De La Hoya said Canelo is already booked for Cinco De Mayo weekend at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena. No opponent has been picked yet.

Arash Markazi, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

Oscar De La Hoya announces Canelo-Rocky sold out Madison Square Garden with an announced attendance of 20,112.

Arash Markazi, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

It's over! Canelo Alvarez with two more knockdowns for the third-round knockout of Rocky Fielding. He wins a secondary super middleweight title and the Madison Square Garden crowd goes nuts!

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

Round 2: Canelo 10-8. Dropped Fielding with another hook to the body.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

Rd 1: Canelo 10-8. Knockdown and domination.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

Former junior middleweight world titlist Sadam Ali made a successful return to the welterweight division as he cruised to a near-shutout decision against Mauricio Herrera: 100-90, 99-91, 98-92.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

Lightweight Ryan ‘Kingry” Garcia, the 2017 ESPN.com prospect of the year, roughed up and knocked out Braulio Rodriguez in the fifth round. It was his first fight since pairing with trainer Eddy Reynoso and joining him in Canelo Alvarez’s training camp.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

Unified women’s lightweight world titleholder Katie Taylor cruised to a dominant decision win over Eva Wahlstrom to retain her belts. She won 100-90 on all three scorecards.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer3d ago

According to CompuBox, Ramirez landed 202 of 703 total punches (29%), while Hart was 102 of 525 (19%). Ramirez also was very effective in power punches, landing 179 of 507 (35%). Hart was only 87 of 344 (24%).

Andres Ferrari, ESPN Editor4d ago

As chairman of the IBF’s championship committee, Lindsey Tucker was one of the most significant figures in boxing behind the scenes when it came to sorting out IBF world title bouts and eliminators. A few weeks ago he resigned his position for undisclosed reasons. On Tuesday, IBF president Daryl Peoples appointed longtime IBF member Carlos Ortiz Jr. to replace Tucker. Ortiz has been a member of the IBF for 10 years and is also licensed as a ringside judge by the New York State Athletic Commission. He has judged more than 400 professional bouts including numerous world title bouts.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer7d ago

The first ShoBox telecast of 2019 has been set for January 11, undefeated lightweight prospect, Devin Haney (20-0, 13 KOs), will face Xolisani Ndongeni (25-0, 13 KOs) in a 10-round bout. Also featherweight, Ruben Villa (14-0, 5 KOs) takes on Carlos Vidal (14-0, 13 KOs) in a scheduled eight-round contest. There will be a third bout on this telecast on Showtime, that has yet to be finalized.

Steve Kim, ESPN7d ago

Promoter Bob Arum is bullish on the future of lightweight prospect, 21 year old, Teofimo Lopez (11-0, 9 KO), who made quite the statement by crushing Mason Menard in one round on Saturday night. Moving forward into 2019, Arum says, "We're going to step him up, the plan is for him to go in early February and then just keep moving him. I think by the second half of the year, testing him with Jose Pedraza would be really interesting." Pedraza, this past weekend went the distance in losing to Vasiliy Lomachenko in their lightweight unification bout.

Steve Kim, ESPN8d ago

Brian Castano (15-0, 11 KOs), 29, of Argentina, will defend his secondary junior middleweight belt against former longtime titleholder Erislandy Lara (25-3-2, 14 KOs), 35, a Cuban defector fighting out of Houston, in early 2019 on a Premier Boxing Champions card to be determined, Lara manager Luis DeCubas Jr. told ESPN on Monday. “We made a deal for the fight and we’re waiting on the exact details on when and where the fight will occur but it will be in the first quarter of next year,” DeCubas said. Castano made his first defense by 12th-round knockout of Cedric Vitu on Vutu’s turf in France in March but has not fought since. Lara has not boxed since April when he lost a split decision in a title unification fight a leading fight of the year candidate to Jarrett Hurd.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer9d ago

Diego Pacheco, a 17-year-old middleweight prospect and eight-time amateur national champion from Los Angeles, will make his professional debut in a four-rounder against an opponent to be determined on Zanfer Promotions’ Dec. 22 card in Tijuana, Mexico, manager Tim VanNewhouse told ESPN. The 6-foot-4 Pacheco has been sparring with super middleweight world titlist Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in preparation for his rematch with Jesse Hart on Friday. Although Pacheco signed with promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, VanNewhouse said he will also fight on some Zanfer cards due to their good relationship and the busy scheduled Pacheco intends to keep. It is also part of the effort to promote Pacheco in the U.S. and Mexico.

Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer9d ago