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Heavyweight contender Johnathon Banks was getting ready to face Seth Mitchell in a rematch on Feb. 16 when he broke his right thumb in a sparring session two weeks before the fight. Ultimately, Banks had to postpone the bout, but he had to be conv...

The Miami Heat's epic win against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Finals in overtime on Tuesday night was as exciting as anything I've seen in sports in a long time. And it got me thinking -- what if the insanity that often prevails in the...

Anselmo Moreno will meet southpaw William Urina of Colombia on Aug. 10 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Panama City, Panama.

The light heavyweight division is one of boxing's hotter divisions. It boasts Adonis Stevenson, whose electrifying one-punch knockout of Chad Dawson on June 8 to become the champion sent shockwaves through the 175-pound weight class. There's th...

A few notes from around the boxing world: • Super middleweight champion Andre Ward is seeking to end his promotional contract with career-long promoter Dan Goossen for unspecified reasons. Ward (26-0, 14 KOs) recently asked the Californ...

Light heavyweight contender Sergey Kovalev and promoter Main Events are in a great spot. They have two quality options in the wake of Kovalev's third-round destruction of Cornelius White last week. The knockout win made Kovalev the mandatory chall...

Boxing schedule for 2013

Fighters carrying on past their primes is nothing new. It's a time-honored, albeit sad, tradition. It has happened with more fighters than I care to count. Of recent vintage, Roy Jones Jr., Evander Holyfield and James Toney, to name just three, ha...

A world title doubleheader headlined by featherweight titlist Abner Mares defending against former titleholder Jhonny Gonzalez is close to being finalized for Aug. 24, Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com on Tuesday night.

Before pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez meet to unify their junior middleweight world titles, they will hit the road for an 11-city, two-country media and fan tour to promote the year's biggest fight.

Junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade, a 2008 U.S. Olympian and former world amateur champion from Providence, R.I., is headed to Ukraine for his first world title shot this summer.

Welterweight contender Kell Brook believes his injury issues are behind him and he is looking forward to returning to action when he faces Carson Jones in a rematch on July 13 at the outdoor Craven Park rugby stadium in Hull, England. England's Br...

Former two-time welterweight titlist Andre Berto has hired a new trainer -- 2011 trainer of the year Virgil Hunter -- and has been working out with him at his Oakland, Calif.-area gym for the past few weeks. "I know I have all the talent in world....

Light heavyweight titlist Bernard Hopkins was ordered on Monday to face new mandatory challenger Sergey Kovalev in his next fight.

There were doubts about the viability of the Mikey Garcia-Juan Manuel Lopez matchup before Saturday's fight. Then Garcia showed us why with a virtuoso performance against a diminished former champ.

The excitement of Adonis Stevenson's one-punch highlight-reel knockout of Chad Dawson on June 8 has yet to wear off, but Dan Rafael is ready to look forward at the immediate prospects for the new light heavyweight titlist. Watch the video above for m...