(Nov. 14, 2018) — Spain’s best-kept pugilistic secret is ready to impress American fight fans. Kerman “Revolver” Lejarraga, the big-punching welterweight with the signature rat tail hairdo, will defend the European welterweight title against longtime contender Frankie Gavin on Saturday evening from the BEC Bizkaia Arena in Bilbao, Spain.

Lejarraga-Gavin will headline a card that will stream live and exclusively in the United States beginning at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+ — the new multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment in conjunction with ESPN.

OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 14, 2018) – The WBO junior welterweight champion and native of Dallas, Texas, Maurice Hooker, is in hostile territory.

The hometown kid, Alex Saucedo, is hoping to become only the second Oklahoma City product (following Sean O’Grady, who is also co-promoting this event) to taste world championship glory.

Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook has been tentatively penciled in for March of next year, according to Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn, but he’s still not certain the fight will take place. Khan is saying he wants the Brook fight to take place in a stadium in the UK.

OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 12, 2018) – The "Red River Rivalry" — the pugilistic version — has kicked off. WBO junior welterweight champion Maurice Hooker, from Dallas, Texas, will defend his world title Friday evening against Oklahoma City native Alex Saucedo at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, home of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.

This will be the first title defense for Hooker (24-0-3, 16 KOs), who won the belt June 9 when he traveled to Manchester, England, and defeated Terry Flanagan via split decision.

Tony Bellew (30-3-1, 20 KOs) confirmed that he’s retiring following his 8th round knockout loss to IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksander Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) on Saturday night.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be coming off of a long 1 1/2 year layoff on December 1 to fight Alfredo Angulo in a 10 round bout on the undercard of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2018) — Alex "El Cholo" Saucedo grew up in Oklahoma City, a short bike ride from the Chesapeake Energy Arena. It was called the Ford Center back then, but Saucedo always dreamed of headlining a world title fight in his hometown.

Saucedo will get that chance on Friday, Nov. 16 when he challenges WBO junior welterweight champion Maurice Hooker at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. This special one-fight Top Rank on ESPN broadcast begins at midnight ET.

Tony Bellew is predicting blood & pain for his opponent IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk this Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.

Beating Usyk is going to a tremendous boost to Bellew’s legacy in the sport. It would be icing on the cake of his career. Bellew is one of those fighters that did nothing for most of his career. It’s only now in the twilight of his career that he’s accomplished a great deal, made good money and shocked a lot of boxing fans that thought he was little more than a crude domestic level slugger. Bellew still hasn’t beaten a top level cruiserweight, but that may change after Saturday if he can take Usyk’s scalp.

Tokyo—Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr said Monday he will come out of retirement to fight a Japanese kickboxer half his age, Tenshin Nasukawa, on New Year’s Eve in Saitama.

US boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., shown here posing during a weigh-in a day before his fight with MMA fighter Connor McGregor at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, said he will come out of retirement to fight a Japanese kickboxer half his age, Tenshin Nasukawa (inset), on New Year’s Eve in Saitama. AFP

Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) is confident that he’ll be facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2019 in a rematch of their 2015 fight. Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) has already mentioned wanting to fight Pacquiao.

NEW YORK CITY (Nov. 5, 2018) - Teofimo Lopez is determined to take over the lightweight division. Italian heavyweight and former amateur standout Guido Vianello, who recently signed a multi-year professional contract with Top Rank, is hoping to make a statement in his scheduled six-round pro debut against Luke Lyons (5-1-1, 2 KOs).

Lopez (10-0, 8 KOs), who hails from Brooklyn, will battle Mason Menard (34-3, 24 KOs) for the vacant NABF lightweight title in a 10-rounder on the undercard of the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Jose Pedraza lightweight world title unification bout, Dec. 8 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. revealed at a news conference on Sunday that he’ll be fighting on December 31 against Tenshin Nasukawa in the Rizin Fighting Federation at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This a place near Tokyo, Japan.

Mayweather and his opponent Tenshin Nasukawa were both announced during the Sunday news conference. Mayweather is 21-years older than the 20-year-old Nasukawa.