Boxing

10:50 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Janibek Alimkhanuly announced his arrival as a force in the middleweight division on Saturday night in Las Vegas, and he did it with thunderous force, capturing the vacant WBO interim world title with a second-round knockout of a thoroughly outclassed Danny Dignum. Alimkhanuly (12-0, 8 KOs), who is 29 and

1:19 AM ET The speed. The power. The precision. David Benavidez displayed all of those attributes on Saturday night against David Lemieux. And in front of a rocking home crowd, the undefeated Benavidez showed why he deserves another shot at a title. Benavidez bloodied and battered Lemieux and forced a third-round stoppage at the Gila

6:49 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 Chantelle Cameron hopes a successful defence of her world junior welterweight titles on Saturday sets up a megafight against either Katie Taylor or Kali

9:00 AM ET For the first time in nearly 10 years, Holly Holm is thinking about professional boxing. To be clear, Holm’s primary focus is still very much on MMA and recapturing the UFC bantamweight championship that she won in 2015 and surrendered in 2016. Holm (14-5) faces Ketlen Vieira in the main event of

8:51 AM ET David Benavidez wasn’t surprised when he saw one of the biggest boxing upsets in recent years. He had believed for years that even a prime version of Canelo Alvarez could be beaten, and it came to fruition on May 7 when Alvarez, pushing himself into a new weight class, failed to capture

7:55 AM ET Editor’s note: Chantelle Cameron will defend her WBC and IBF junior welterweight world titles on Saturday, and she hopes victory will lead to a showdown with Kali Reis, who holds the other two world titles in the weight division. Cameron (15-0, 8 KOs), 30, from Northampton, England, will fight Victoria Bustos (23-6,

11:48 AM ET The two-sport plan for WBA, WBC and IBF middleweight champion Claressa Shields over the next 18 months is starting to take shape, but it’s no longer clear whether it will include an undisputed middleweight title fight against WBO champion Savannah Marshall. Shields told ESPN on Tuesday that a possible fight with Marshall,

3:42 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Floyd Mayweather’s latest stop on his post-retirement exhibition tour has been rescheduled. The event with Don Moore will take place Saturday on a helipad in Dubai, “Money” Mayweather announced via Instagram on Tuesday. The event was postponed one week after the death of UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al

9:06 AM ET Floyd Mayweather was ready to return to the ring for an exhibition bout in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on May 14, but the event was postponed the day before due to the death of the country’s president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Since he officially retired in 2017, Mayweather has been

7:53 AM ET Britain’s former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan announced his retirement from boxing on Friday. Khan (34-6, 21 KOs), Olympic lightweight silver medallist at the 2004 Athens Games when he was 17 years old, won the WBA light-welter belt from Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnyk in 2009 and added the IBF title in 2011 when

9:55 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Josh Taylor is no longer undisputed at 140 pounds. The Scotland native was stripped of his WBA title, the organization announced Saturday, for his refusal to proceed with a mandatory defense vs. Alberto Puello. Puello, of the Dominican Republic, is now lined up to fight Ismael Barroso of Venezuela for

8:00 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN CARSON, Calif. — After 22 rounds, Jermell Charlo appears to be finished with his rivalry with Brian Castano. Charlo made the proper adjustments after their first encounter and outboxed Castano down the stretch en route to the brutal 10th-round finish following two knockdowns on Saturday. The 31-year-old from Houston can

12:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN CARSON, Calif. — Brian Castano crumbled in a heap, the product of a right hand to the body followed by a left hook to the head from Jermell Charlo in Round 10 of an instant classic Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park. Somehow, someway, Castano made it to his feet

1:40 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — With boxing’s status at the Olympics in doubt, the IOC was not impressed on Saturday with the leadership election of the sport’s governing body which was stripped of recognition in 2019. International Boxing Association members re-elected their Russian president Umar Kremlev by acclamation two days after the only

11:37 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — The Court of Arbitration for Sport refused to stop the International Boxing Association’s delayed presidential election on Friday, a day after the challenger was ruled ineligible. The court dismissed Dutch boxing federation president Boris van der Vorst’s request for an urgent ruling to block the vote, according to

2:50 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition event on Saturday in Dubai was postponed following the death of UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday. The UAE’s Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced a three-day suspension of work in all ministries and the private sector, which forced the cancelation of the event.

12:04 PM 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 Amir Khan’s announcement of his retirement aged 35 was both inevitable and a relief, delivered at the right time after a career as one

7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN With a black cowboy hat atop of his head, Brian Castano stood in his locker room in dismay. The WBO super middleweight champion thought he did enough to win, and the overwhelming majority of the public agreed. Yet after 12 grueling rounds with Jermell Charlo for the undisputed 154-pound championship,