Boxing

Nick ParkinsonJul 26, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Women’s boxing has seen a resurgence since the sport was allowed to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London. Since then, fighters like Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor have

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 25, 2024, 08:24 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 Canelo Alvarez is being stripped of his IBF super middleweight title

Jul 25, 2024, 05:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joe Joyce will have the chance to once again get close to a heavyweight title opportunity when he faces Derek Chisora at O2 Arena in London on Saturday (ESPN+, 3:30 p.m. ET). Joyce (16-2, 15 KOs), 38, is a former WBA and WBO mandatory challenger, but

Eric Woodyard, ESPNJul 25, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Close Eric Woodyard covers the Detroit Lions for ESPN. He joined ESPN in September 2019 as an NBA reporter dedicated to the Midwest region before switching to his current role in April 2021. The Flint, Mich. native is a graduate of Western Michigan University and has authored/co-authored

Nick ParkinsonJul 25, 2024, 07:05 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Boxing has a long history of great champions, stars and celebrated Hall of Famers. Since the creation of the Marquess of Queensberry rules in 1867, almost every generation has

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 24, 2024, 05:43 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 Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, is set to defend his super

Nick ParkinsonJul 24, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Joe Joyce ruefully sighs when he considers the IBF world heavyweight title fight between his English rivals Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua on Sep. 21. Joyce was the WBA

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 23, 2024, 08:35 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 Jaime Munguia has signed a multifight co-promotional deal with Top Rank

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 23, 2024, 01:54 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 Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, is in the process of finalizing

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 22, 2024, 11:06 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 Caleb Plant was set to fight Trevor McCumby on Aug. 17

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 21, 2024, 01:42 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 Jake Paul scored a sixth-round TKO victory over bare-knuckle fighter Mike

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 20, 2024, 01:22 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 Talks between Gervonta Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko have broken off, an

Nick ParkinsonJul 20, 2024, 08:26 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Junto Nakatani sent out a chilling warning to his rival bantamweight champions after a body shot knocked out Vincent Astrolabio in the first round of his first defense of

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 19, 2024, 10:36 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 Kosei Tanaka’s WBO junior bantamweight title defense was scrapped Friday after

Jul 19, 2024, 09:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Robert Helenius has been banned for two years due to anti-doping rule violations for using a prohibited substance for his bout against Anthony Joshua in August 2023, UK Anti-Doping said Friday. Former heavyweight world champion Joshua beat stand-in Helenius with a seventh-round, single-punch knockout at the

Jul 18, 2024, 02:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ESPN’s No. 1 bantamweight Junto Nakatani steps in the ring for the second time this year to defend his WBC world title against Vincent Astrolabio in Tokyo on Saturday (ESPN+, 5 a.m. ET). Nakatani (27-0, 20 KOs), of Kanagawa, Japan, has won eight of his last

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 18, 2024, 02:17 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 Boxing star Ryan Garcia was formally charged with one misdemeanor count

Jul 17, 2024, 08:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford moves up to junior middleweight to challenge WBA champion Israil Madrimov on Saturday, Aug. 3, at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. (ESPN+ PPV). The WBO interim title will also be on the line. Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs), of Omaha, Nebraska, is a two-division undisputed