Boxing

Nick ParkinsonJan 24, 2025, 07:26 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Undisputed world junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue stormed to a predictable fourth-round knockout win over late replacement opponent Ye-Joon Kim on Friday, to set up a fight in the

Mike CoppingerJan 23, 2025, 08:06 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis will meet in a welterweight title unification bout

Jan 23, 2025, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. will settle their differences in north London. Leigh Dawney/Getty Images The highly anticipated showdown between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. will be held on April 26 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London, it was announced Thursday. Benn and

Associated Press Jan 23, 2025, 09:35 AM ET BANGKOK — The boxer who became Thailand’s first Olympic gold medalist was convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced on Thursday to just over three years in prison. Somluck Kamsing, 52, was sentenced by the provincial court in Khon Kaen, his home province, to

Mike CoppingerJan 22, 2025, 07:17 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Naoya Inoue, ESPN’s No. 3 pound-for-pound boxer, will help usher in the 2025 title

Mike CoppingerJan 22, 2025, 09:27 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Former welterweight champion Keith Thurman will end a three-year layoff with a March 12

Mike CoppingerJan 21, 2025, 08:19 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Unified junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora and Chordale Booker are finalizing a deal for

James Regan Jan 21, 2025, 10:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price faced off at the Dorchester Hotel in London ahead of their historic bout at the Royal Albert Hall on March 7. Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images Natasha Jonas has warned British rival Lauren Price to be careful what she

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJan 20, 2025, 10:20 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Boxing star Ryan Garcia will fight Rolly Romero in his return

Jan 20, 2025, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wayne Bridge (centre) has withdrawn from his fight against KSI. Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images Former England footballer Wayne Bridge has withdrawn from his boxing fight against YouTuber KSI after their confrontation last Saturday. Bridge and KSI were set to fight on March 29, with the former Manchester

Jan 20, 2025, 09:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lawrence Okolie made his heavyweight debut in December. James Chance/Getty Images British heavyweight Lawrence Okolie is in talks to fight Cuban Luis Ortiz in the UK, sources have told ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. Okolie (21-1, 16 KOs) made his heavyweight debut in December last year with a Round

Nick ParkinsonJan 18, 2025, 06:26 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Darren Till beat Anthony Taylor via a TKO on Saturday. Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images Darren Till knocked down Anthony Taylor three times to seal a sixth-round TKO win in a

Jan 18, 2025, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KSI confirmed the fight during Darren Till’s victory over Anthony Taylor on Saturday. Richard Sellers/PA Images via Getty Images YouTuber-turned-boxing star KSI confirmed on Saturday he will face former Manchester City footballer Wayne Bridge in a boxing exhibition. KSI, who is CEO of Misfits Boxing, faced off

Open Extended Reactions Making bold predictions for the year in boxing got easier in 2025, with so many “dream” fights already on the schedule or in negotiation and close to being announced. Chances are we’ll see Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford later this year. Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia will have tune-up fights before they

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJan 16, 2025, 06:37 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions The Sebastian Fundora-Errol Spence Jr. junior middleweight title fight, planned for

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJan 15, 2025, 05:26 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia jointly asked a court Wednesday to

Jan 14, 2025, 10:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn will fight in April. Leigh Dawney/Getty Images The highly anticipated fight between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn will take place in London in April, Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, confirmed on Wednesday. ESPN reported on

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJan 15, 2025, 07:44 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions This past year was full of great fights, upsets and incredible