Boxing

Jorge Linares is predicting a victory for Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) against Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) if the fight gets made between them this year. The former three-division world champion
Linares likes the speed and the power of the 21-year-old ‘Kingry’ Ryan, but he thinks he’s going to have a difficult time against Luke.

Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas is fighting next month on September 12th against Mikaël Zewski on ESPN at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mike Coppinger is reporting the news of the fight.

Devin Haney posted on social media on Wednesday in sending out a duck message to Adrien Broner, Vasily Lomachenko, Gervonta Davis, Teofimo Lopez, and Ryan Garcia.Haney didn’t include Shakur Stevenson on his list, which could mean that he doesn’t want any smoke from him.

Trainer Mickey Bey maintains that Devin Haney will clear out both the lightweight and light welterweight divisions without any problems.

Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) is ready to take on the best, and Bey is really predicting that he’ll beat Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.

LAS VEGAS — Leave the judges at home because Eleider “Storm” Alvarez and Joe “The Beast” Smith Jr. are coming for the knockout.

Alvarez and Smith will face off in a WBO light heavyweight world title eliminator in Top Rank’s return to the MGM Grand Conference Center Saturday, Aug. 22. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), Alvarez vs. Smith and a co-feature will stream live on ESPN+ starting at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

(July 29, 2020) — Lyndon “King” Arthur will make the first defense of Commonwealth light heavyweight crown Friday, July 31, against Dec “Kid Nytro” Spelman at BT Sport Studio in London. The scheduled 12-round battle will headline a closed-door card beginning at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT live on ESPN+.

The hard-hitting Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will be fighting next Saturday night against Amnat Ruenroeng on August 1 in a contested that is being treated by Matchroom Boxing on Youtube. This fight can be seen for free.

Two of Belfast's pugilistic heroes, junior lightweight contender Carl “The Jackal” Frampton and featherweight contender Michael “Mick” Conlan, are joining forces. Frampton and Conlan will co-headline a special BT Fight Night card in separate 10-round bouts Saturday, Aug. 15, behind closed doors at BT Sport Studio in London.

Oscar Valdez was not interested in a distance fight. The former featherweight world champion, in his second fight as a junior lightweight, knocked out Jayson Velez (29-7-1, 21 KOs) with 37 seconds remaining in the 10th and final round Thursday evening at the MGM Grand Conference Center — Grand Ballroom.

Top Rank's current run in the "bubble" in Las Vegas concludes Tuesday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN) with one of their best cards to date. In the main event, Oscar Valdez takes on Jayson Velez in a junior lightweight fight that serves as the final get-right fight for Valdez before he takes on WBC champ Miguel Berchelt.

Live boxing is back on ESPN+ Saturday, July 18, with the return of undefeated heavyweight contender Agit Kabayel in a 10-rounder against Evgenios “Achilles” Lazaridis from Seebühne Elbauenpark in Magdeburg, Germany.

Former featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez, ranked No. 1 by the WBC and WBO at junior lightweight, will face former world title challenger Jayson Velez in the 10-round main event Tuesday, July 21, inside the MGM Grand Conference Center.