LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez will headline a Mexican Independence Day weekend boxing card in Las Vegas.

The undisputed super middleweight champion will defend his titles against undefeated Edgar Berlanga on Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena.

The pay-per-view event will be available on Prime Video and DAZN.com and will go head-to-head against the UFC ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Troubled boxer Ryan Garcia was charged Thursday with vandalizing the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced.

The charge is a misdemeanor, reduced from the felony vandalism charge on which Garcia was arrested June 8 after he allegedly caused more than $400 damage to a...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Legendary broadcaster Jim Lampley has delivered many of the world’s biggest sporting events to the masses throughout his 50 years in the business.

Boxing, however, is the sport with which the North Carolina native has become synonymous. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015.

The MGM Grand Garden has...Read more

BALTIMORE — Calvin Ford addressed Gervonta “Tank” Davis’ opponent directly.

“I need you to push his buttons,” Ford said to Frank Martin, who will challenge for Davis’ World Boxing Association lightweight title Saturday night in Las Vegas. “Because I haven’t seen it yet. I know what’s under this hood. We must show the world ...Read more

The eagerly awaited showdown between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and social media star Jake Paul has a new date after being postponed last week, Most Valuable Promotions announced Friday.

The bout, initially slated for July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, has been pushed to Nov. 15. It will still be livestreamed on Netflix, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An ulcer flare-up on a plane will stop a 58-year-old Mike Tyson from fighting 27-year-old Jake Paul in July.

The legendary boxer's July 20 Netflix bout with the YouTube-influencer-turned-boxer has been postponed after he suffered a medical emergency Sunday on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles. A new date for the fight at AT&T ...Read more

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson had a medical emergency Sunday on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles, his representatives said Monday.

Tyson "became nauseous and dizzy due to an ulcer flare-up 30 minutes before landing," his representative said in a statement to The Times. "He is appreciative to the medical staff that were there ...Read more

Mike Tyson isn’t concerned about his upcoming boxing match with influencer Jake Paul — who is 30 years his junior.

The former heavyweight champ, who retired in 2005, is scheduled to duke it out with the YouTube star on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The bout will be livestreamed on Netflix.

“Anybody [is a] threat [when] ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Promoter Oscar De La Hoya threw the first punch at the pride of Canelo Álvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) after a cordial news conference with rival Jaime Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs) in Beverly Hills .

"Yesterday's press conference was boring, like Canelo's fights," De la Hoya posted on X a day after the March news conference.

Immediately ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez has accomplished everything he set out to do in two decades as a professional boxer.

Yet he doesn’t feel anywhere close to finished.

“I want to still make history with these kind of fights,” the Mexican fighter said before Saturday’s Prime Video pay-per-view main event against undefeated countryman Jaime ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez is arguably the most popular boxer in the world. But he’s not the most popular bet in Saturday’s super middleweight world title fight at T-Mobile Arena.

That distinction belongs to unbeaten fellow Mexican Jaime Munguia, a +375 underdog at the Westgate SuperBook to upset Alvarez, the undisputed champion and heavy...Read more

LAS VEGAS — There is no doubt about how Jaime Munguia feels about his opponent in Saturday night’s super middleweight world title bout at T-Mobile Arena.

“Canelo Alvarez has always been a source of pride and motivation for me,” Munguia said. “I used to say when I was coming up in the sport that I wanted to be just like him.”

Now, ...Read more