Errol Spence Jr., the IBF, WBA and WBC welterweight champion, can make history July 29 in Las Vegas by unifying the title against Terence Crawford.
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Devin Haney’s undisputed lightweight title defense Saturday against Vasiliy Lomachenko at the MGM Grand Garden featured several close rounds that were difficult to score.
Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins and other boxing luminaries watched Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia make the 136-pound catchweight for their showdown Saturday.
David Morrell Jr. resides in Minneapolis, but his fighting style is perfect for Las Vegas, where he’ll fight for the first time Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Now 28, Gervonta Davis is among boxing’s biggest draws, best pound-for-pound fighters — and for the first time a headliner in Sin City. Trainer Calvin Ford is the calm in his corner.
Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant will fight Nov. 6 at MGM Grand Garden for the undisputed super middleweight championship.
Yordenis Ugás worked a powerful right hand around a stiff jab to overwhelm Manny Pacquiao, who hinted throughout the promotion that the Saturday bout may be the last of his legendary career.
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao will fight unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. on Aug. 21 in Las Vegas, he announced Friday afternoon via Twitter.
Jose Ramirez is from a small farming community in Central California, where he cultivated the work ethic that has propelled him to boxing superstardom.
Porter (30-3-1, 17 knockouts) and Sebastian Formella (22-0, 10 KOs) will battle Saturday in an IBF and WBC title eliminator at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Oscar Valdez punctuated Top Rank’s 13th Las Vegas card during the coronavirus pandemic with a 10th-round technical knockout over Jayson Velez on Tuesday at the MGM Grand.
Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury’s fight Saturday night is the most marquee heavyweight boxing match in Las Vegas in at least two decades.
Former four-weight world champion Adrien Broner was arrested outside MGM Grand Garden on Friday.
The fighters concluded the promotion by weighing in ahead of their heavyweight title fight Saturday at MGM Grand Garden.
Luis Ortiz defected to the U.S. in 2009 from his native Cuba, hoping a career in pro boxing could provide better care for his daughter, Lismercedes, who has a rare skin disease.