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12:24 AM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim Jeison Rosario, a 25-to-1 underdog, stopped Julian “J Rock” Williams in the fifth round in a major upset......

Jesse Hart remembers the night of Dec. 17, 2016, well. Hart watched on television that evening as the great former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Bernard Hopkins — Hart’s mentor, close family friend and inspiration for becoming a boxer — had his legendary 28-year career come crashing to an......

Light heavyweight world titlist Jean Pascal and former titleholder Badou Jack sparred in 2014 and have been friends for years, so much so that before Pascal’s fight in August, Jack called him to wish him good luck. But whatever friendship exists between Pascal and Jack, they put it aside and......

Junior middleweight world titlist Tony Harrison and former titleholder Jermell Charlo, the man Harrison controversially won the belt from a year ago, sat across from each other at a small table inside a Los Angeles television studio a few weeks ago, and one thing was clear: Neither man wanted to......

Welterweight world titleholder Terence Crawford puts his WBO belt on the line against Egidijus Kavaliauskas and Teofimo Lopez goes for his first world title against IBF lightweight titlist Richard Commey on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET). At this point, the only question worth......

NEW YORK — A pound-for-pound star defending his world title against a hungry, unbeaten foe, a second title bout in the co-feature involving one of boxing’s hottest young fighters in a match in which nobody seems to be able to pick a winner with strong conviction, and an opening fight......

WBO welterweight world titleholder Terence Crawford faces Egidijus Kavaliauskas in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing card Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight will air live on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET, with undercard bouts on ESPN+ starting at 5:30 p.m. ET. On......

9:18 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Joseph Parker is in an ideal position to break down Saturday’s rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua,......

Six months ago Andy Ruiz Jr. authored one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history by knocking out Anthony Joshua. As a substitute opponent on a month’s notice for Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, who had been booted from the fight for failing four random drug tests, Ruiz was given virtually......

Not long after suffering a massive upset knockout loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. on June 1, Anthony Joshua got a phone call from a man to whom he will always be linked, and who knew just how he was feeling. On the other end of the line was Wladimir Klitschko,......

At this point, it’s the only question worth asking: Who will win Saturday’s heavyweight world title bout between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua at the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia? Ruiz (33-1, 22 KOs), got up from the canvas in Round 3 to defeat Joshua by seventh-round TKO in......