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Roy Jones Jr., the former pound-for-pound king who won titles in four weight classes from middleweight to heavyweight, will fight in the cruiserweight division at a contract weight of 185 pounds, the CEO of Jones' promotional company told ESPN.com.

Montreal star and super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute has business to attend to when he defends his belt against former two-time titleholder Carl Froch in Froch's hometown of Nottingham, England on Saturday night (Epix and EpixHD.com, 6 ET), but t...

Boxing schedule for 2012

Former junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan and Danny Garcia will meet July 14 in the main event of an HBO "World Championship Boxing" doubleheader, Golden Boy told ESPN.com on Tuesday night.

Junior middleweight titlist Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, the Mexican star who has been brought along slowly with a series of fights against opponents given little chance to win, will next face a tall order: powerful 6-foot-1 southpaw Paul Williams.

At its regular meeting on Monday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission appointed officials for the Top Rank-promoted Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr. card, which takes place June 9 (HBO PPV) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas: Pacquiao-B...

It has become one of boxing's great traditions: Manny Pacquiao going on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" before he fights. Pacquiao will be back on Kimmel's couch in Hollywood, Calif., on Thursday night (ABC, 12:05 a.m. ET/PT) in advance of his welterweight ti...

Nonito Donaire agreed Tuesday to a 122-pound title unification match with Jeffrey Mathebula of South Africa.

For months, Top Rank talked about putting on a July 14 pay-per-view card at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, but now it looks like the talk is over and there won't be a show. Originally, Top Rank's Bob Arum said the card would be headlined by ...

What recent changes have been made in boxing's weight-class rankings? Dan Rafael reveals his new world standings.

David Price's impressive fourth-round destruction of Sam Sexton on Saturday, in which he scored three knockdowns to win the vacant British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles, kept him on track toward his ultimate goal: to win a world title by his 20...

Junior welterweight titlist Marcos Maidana is ready to put February's lopsided decision loss to Devon Alexander behind him. Maidana moved up to welterweight for the fight, as did Alexander, and was toyed with. Now back at junior welterweight to de...

Failure to put Mikkel Kessler away when you have the chance results in a stiff penalty. The Dane used a monstrous left hook to teach Allan Green that lesson Saturday.

Josesito Lopez will get the opportunity to fight former welterweight titlist Victor Ortiz on June 23 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as the replacement opponent for Andre Berto.

Even if it isn't the fight many of us had hoped to see at 168 pounds -- that would be Andre Ward taking on fellow titlist Lucian Bute -- ESPN.com's Dan Rafael says the May 26 super middleweight tilt between Bute and Carl Froch is likely the next-best...

Former welterweight titleholder Andre Berto has tested positive for a banned substance, and his June 23 rematch with fellow former titlist Victor Ortiz has been canceled, according to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer.