Boxing

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 2, 2023, 11:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia was troubled by Oscar Duarte’s mauling tactics but found the fight-ending shot in Round 8, a check left hook followed by a barrage of punches that earned him the knockout victory Saturday night in Houston. Garcia, in his first fight since an

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jaime Munguia and John Ryder will meet in a super middleweight bout on Jan. 27 in Phoenix, it was announced Saturday. Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs), a native of Mexico, is coming off a career-best victory, a unanimous-decision win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko in June. Munguia,

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 12:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia admitted his fight with Oscar Duarte on Saturday in Houston was “very tough.” After all, Garcia was competing for the first time since his April TKO loss to Gervonta Davis, and Duarte was a tougher-than-usual comeback opponent. Duarte (26-2-1, 21 KOs) was

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 1, 2023, 06:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Emanuel Navarrete underwent left hand surgery on Friday at Hospital Mexico Americano in Guadalajara, Mexico, the junior lightweight champion announced on Instagram. Navarrete, ESPN’s No. 1 boxer at 130 pounds, referred to the surgery as minor and said it was an old injury that

Dec 1, 2023, 01:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ebanie Bridges has a new opponent for her defense of the IBF bantamweight title. Bridges will face former junior bantamweight champion Miyo Yoshida on Dec. 9 on the Regis Prograis-Devin Haney DAZN PPV at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Bridges announced Friday on her Instagram

Dec 1, 2023, 01:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bantamweight contender Avril Mathie suffered an undisclosed injury and is out of her title fight against IBF champion Ebanie Bridges, a source told ESPN’s Mike Rothstein on Friday. According to the source, promoter Matchroom is looking for a replacement opponent for Bridges. The fight between the

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 1, 2023, 11:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The WBA has joined the WBC with an 18th weight class following Friday’s introduction of a super cruiserweight division for boxers between 200 and 224 pounds. The WBC created the bridgerweight division (190 to 224 pounds) in 2020 and was met with harsh criticism

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 1, 2023, 07:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia, WEARING an open black shirt with sparkles that revealed his chest and an oversized gold cross pendant, stood at the dais and answered questions, one after another. With media members glued to every word, he attempted to explain why he couldn’t beat

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 30, 2023, 05:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Junior welterweight contender Ryan Garcia claimed at Thursday’s news conference that Hall of Fame fighters Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins, his promoters at Golden Boy, are “backing” his opponent, Oscar Duarte, to defeat him Saturday in Houston. Duarte (26-1-1, 21 KOs) is

Nick ParkinsonNov 30, 2023, 07:53 AM ET Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Open Extended Reactions This year has been good to boxing fans. A lot of big fights took place, including Terence Crawford‘s epic

Nov 29, 2023, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder is part of a diverse investment group that has joined forces to buy the United States SailGP Team, the global sailing league said on Wednesday. Former WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder is part of an investment group that

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 29, 2023, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney told ESPN he is vacating all four of his titles ahead of his Dec. 9 junior welterweight championship fight against Regis Prograis. Haney, 25, most recently retained his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO belts at 135 pounds after he

Nov 29, 2023, 07:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Katie Taylor avenged her loss to Chantelle Cameron on Saturday to become the undisputed junior welterweight champion in front of her fans at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs), scored a majority decision victory over Cameron (18-1, 8 KOs). In their first fight back

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 26, 2023, 12:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — David Benavidez, with each punishing left and right hand, left no doubt: He has earned a shot at Canelo Alvarez. In another thrilling performance for the undefeated fighter, Benavidez defeated Demetrius Andrade when Andrade’s corner stopped the super middleweight bout following

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 26, 2023, 02:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Fight after fight, David Benavidez has asked, lobbied and downright demanded that boxing’s top star finally meet him in the ring. With a brutal beatdown of Demetrius Andrade on Saturday at Mandalay Bay, Benavidez made his biggest statement yet that he

Katie Taylor produced a career-best performance to avenge her only professional defeat, beating Chantelle Cameron by majority decision to capture the undisputed world junior welterweight title Saturday. With the victory, Taylor joins Claressa Shields as the only female boxers to become undisputed champion in two weight classes. She also is undisputed in the lightweight division.

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 25, 2023, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former super middleweight champion David Benavidez faces two-division champ Demetrius Andrade on Saturday night at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, with a potential fight against 168-pound undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez on the line. Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs), 26, is coming off a unanimous

Nick ParkinsonNov 25, 2023, 08:19 PM ET Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Open Extended Reactions Talks that Katie Taylor wasn’t the same great fighter after losing to Chantelle Cameron by majority decision six months