Is there boxing on ESPN Tonight?
There is no boxing on ESPN tonight, the next card will be on Sunday when Naoya Inoue is set to fight Ramon Cardenas live on ESPN+ on US TV. The fighters are expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which is around 4:00 AM BST in the UK. Inoue will be making his 3rd defense of the The Ring Junior Featherweight Championship. He won this belt against Marlon Tapales in December 2023. He had held this belt for 1 year, 4 months and 1 day. He will also be making his 5th defense of the WBO World Junior Featherweight Championship. He won this belt against Stephen Fulton in July 2023. He has held this title for 1 year, 9 months and 2 days. Also, on the line will be his 4th defense of the IBF World Junior Featherweight Championship. He won this belt against Marlon Tapales in December 2023. He has been recognised as this champion for 1 year, 4 months and 1 day. In addition, he will be making his 5th defense of the WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship. He won this belt against Stephen Fulton in July 2023. He has been WBC champion for 1 year, 9 months and 2 days. Finally, he will be making his 4th defense of the WBA Super World Super Bantamweight Championship. He won this belt against Marlon Tapales in December 2023. He has been WBA champion for 1 year, 4 months and 1 day. The undercard is set to feature the clash of Espinoza vs Vazquez for the WBO World Featherweight championship.
What time does the fight start on ESPN Tonight?
Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas are expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST on Sunday. The TV broadcast of the main card starts on ESPN+ at 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST.
What are some upcoming fights on ESPN’s boxing schedule?
Emanuel Navarrete will face the challenge of Charly Suarez on Saturday, May 10th , at Pechanga Arena, San Diego live on ESPN on US TV. The fighters are expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States, which is around 4:00 AM BST in the UK. Navarrete will be making his 4th defense of the WBO World Junior Lightweight Championship. He won this belt against Liam Wilson in February 2023. He had held this belt for 2 years, 2 months and 24 days. The undercard is set to feature the clash of Muratalla vs Abdullaev.
Yoshiki Takei is set to face Yuttapong Tongdee on Wednesday, May 28th , at Yokohama Buntai, Yokohama live on ESPN+. The main event is expected to start at around 10:00 AM UTC at Yokohama Buntai, Yokohama, Japan, which is 11:00 AM BST in the UK. Takei will be making his 2nd defense of the WBO World Bantamweight Championship. He won this belt against Jason Moloney in May 2024. He had held this belt for 11 months and 21 days. Also on the undercard will be Eduardo Nunez's and Masanori Rikiishi's contest for the IBF World Junior Lightweight championship, and Tsubasa Narai's and Yuna Hara's bout.
Keyshawn Davis is set to take on Edwin De Los Santos on Saturday, June 7th , at Scope Arena, Norfolk live on ESPN. Both fighters are scheduled to make their way to the ring at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Scope Arena, Norfolk, United States, which is around 4:00 AM BST in the UK. Davis will be defending his WBO World Lightweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Denys Berinchyk in February 2025. He had held this belt for 2 months and 13 days. The undercard is set to feature the clash of Mason vs Nakathila.
Junto Nakatani will fight Ryosuke Nishida on Sunday, June 8th , at Ariake Arena, Tokyo live on ESPN+. The fighters are expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan, which is 12:00 PM BST in the UK. Nakatani will be making his 4th defense of the WBC World Bantamweight Championship. He won this belt against Alejandro Santiago in February 2024. He had held this belt for 1 year, 2 months and 3 days. Nishida will be making his 2nd defense of the IBF World Bantamweight Championship. He won this belt against Emmanuel Rodriguez in May 2024. He had held this belt for 11 months and 23 days. Featuring on the undercard will be Tenshin Nasukawa's and Victor Santillan's contest, and Van Thao Tran's and Tomoya Tsuboi's bout.
Brian Norman Jr is set to face the challenge of Jin Sasaki on Thursday, June 19th , at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo live on ESPN+. The main event is expected to start at around 12:00 PM UTC at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, which is 1:00 PM BST in the UK. Norman Jr will be making his 2nd defense of the WBO World Welterweight Championship. He was promoted from a secondary belt in August 2024. He has held this belt for a total of 258 days (8 months and 15 days). The undercard is set to feature the clash of Araneta vs Simsri for the IBF World Junior Flyweight championship.
Vito Mielnicki Jr will square off against Kamil Gardzielik on Saturday, June 21st , at Prudential Center, Newark live on ESPN+. Both fighters are scheduled to make their way to the ring at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Prudential Center, Newark, United States, which is around 4:00 AM BST in the UK. The undercard is set to feature the clash of Tucker vs Simpson.
Christian Mbilli will fight Maciej Sulecki on Friday, June 27th , at Centre Videotron, Quebec City live on ESPN+. The fighters are expected to ringwalk at around 3:00 AM UTC at Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Canada, which is 4:00 AM BST in the UK.
The ESPN channels have regularly shown a wide variety of sports events, with boxing among their specialties. Back in 1998, they began airing "Friday Night Fights" on television which featured up-and-comers in the ring. They've changed the format and promotions that they work with over time. The network has continued to show fights on TV, but have also added the ability to watch live streaming cards using computers, mobile phones, and other devices.
Between 1980 and 1986 the sports network first started showing fights exclusively from Top Rank promotions. That weekly show was known as "Top Rank Boxing." They continued to work with Top Rank ever since then, providing great fights for fans to watch that included Terence Crawford vs. Julius Indongo and Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Miguel Marriage.
Their "Friday Night Fights" program officially ended in March 2015. However, the network announced a major deal two years later when they connected with Golden Boy Promotions. The network signed a two-year deal to present Golden Boy Boxing shows which included a total of 42 cards from the Golden Boy promotion. A total of 18 of those were seen in 2017, with the other 24 shown in 2018.
Since their channel's original launch, the network has featured a number of popular boxing stars that have appeared on their programming over the years. They've included Julio Cesar Gonzalez, Zab Judah, Nate Campbell, and "Irish" Micky Ward. Newer stars signed on for fights with the channel have included Terrence Crawford, Jeff Horn, Amir Kahn, and Vasyl Lomachenko. The trend of featuring world class boxers will continue as fans will get to see all sorts of exciting cards featuring the up-and-coming stars of the sport.
In August 2017, the sports network inked another major deal with Top Rank to become the exclusive broadcaster for their bouts. With this deal, the channel will show their boxing events via the various networks, digital platforms, and the newer ESPN+ (plus) subscription service, as well as through pay-per-view specials. That gives fans a lot of options to see great boxing events all year long.
How to View ESPN
The popular sports network offers multiple channels across cable and satellite packages. There will be different channels that correspond for the ESPN channel that one needs to watch. Cable and satellite customers can find these channels easily via their DVR, the cable/satellite provider's website, or other programming guide.
For example, ESPN is channel 140 on the DISH Network, and channel 206 on DIRECTV. Optimum TV offers the sports network on channel 36. For some cable services, customers will have a different channel based on their zip code, so it's best to consult the official cable provider's website or on-screen guide.
Streaming ESPN
Many cable and satellite customers will have access to WatchESPN/ESPN3. These are available on different platforms for computers including Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX, as well as iOS and Android mobile. In addition, the network's streaming app or channel is available on devices such as Apple TV, Amazon's Fire TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, and select video game platforms. To use the sports network's streaming customers will need a valid login via cable or satellite to use with an app or web browser.
There are also live streaming apps or channels offered as part of popular channel streaming services. They include SlingTV, fubo TV, DirecTV Now, Google TV, and Hulu with Live TV. These services have different costs for subscribers depending on which channel package and/or extras one has ordered.
There is also the newer subscription service known as ESPN+ which was released in April 2018. This service has a low monthly cost, which was around $4.99 a month, or $49.99 for a year. It includes a variety of different sports content which includes baseball, hockey, soccer, tennis, and boxing. More details are available through the Plus.ESPN.com website.
