Mike Coppinger Paul Gutierrez Close Paul Gutierrez ESPN Staff Writer Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and serves as its Las Vegas Raiders reporter. He has a multi-platform role – writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, and podcast and radio appearances. Before coming to ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area as
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Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterMar 30, 2024, 11:08 PM ET Close Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and serves as its Las Vegas Raiders reporter. He has a multi-platform role – writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, and podcast and radio appearances. Before coming to ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 30, 2024, 01:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Oscar Valdez stopped Liam Wilson in Round 7 on Friday evening in Glendale, Arizona, to claim the interim WBO junior lightweight title. Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs) jumped off the stool and blasted Wilson with a series of shots along the ropes to open the
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 29, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will attempt to become the heaviest Mexican champion of all time when he challenges Armenia’s Arsen Goulamirian for the WBA cruiserweight title Saturday in Inglewood, California. Ramirez (27-0, 19 KOs) is a former 168-pound titleholder who will compete at the 200-pound
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 29, 2024, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson and Artem Harutyunyan are finalizing a deal for a July 6 fight in Newark, New Jersey, for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title, sources told ESPN. The bout will mark the final fight of Stevenson’s promotional deal with Top Rank before he enters free
James Regan Mar 29, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As Ben Whittaker steps into the ring at London’s Bronx Boxing Gym ahead of his media workout on Thursday, heads instantly turn to get a glimpse of England’s latest rising star. Whittaker (6-0 5 KOs) is used to turning heads now. His last fight
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 29, 2024, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Teofimo Lopez and Steve Claggett are finalizing a deal for a June 29 fight in Miami for Lopez’s WBO junior welterweight title, sources told ESPN. The 140-pound title fight will headline Top Rank Boxing on ESPN. Lopez (20-1, 13 KOs) made the first defense
Mar 29, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has informed the IBF that he’s relinquishing his flyweight title ahead of his fight against WBC junior bantamweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada on June 29 in Glendale, Arizona. Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KOs), 2023 ESPN’s No. 1 fighter under the age of 25, defeated
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 28, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Tim Tszyu shadowboxes at the Split T Boxing Club just off The Strip on a Friday morning in February, seven weeks before his name flashes all over the marquee in the fight capital of the world. That Tszyu surname is a
Mar 27, 2024, 02:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erika Cruz will defend her WBA junior featherweight title against Nazarena Romero on Saturday, May 11, promoter Matchroom Boxing announced Wednesday. The fight at the Palenque de la Feria National de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico, will be the co-main event of Eduardo Hernandez’s junior lightweight
James Regan Mar 27, 2024, 09:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith has said a clash between the UK’s Dalton Smith and American Regis Prograis is one of several “amazing fights” they’re looking to make after the Sheffield boxer’s win over Jose Zepeda on Saturday. Smith (16-0, 12 KOs) beat Zepeda
Nick ParkinsonMar 26, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Oscar Valdez is listing Mexican boxing icons, and with each name, his excitement grows. And then he starts wondering what it will take for people to one day mention
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 24, 2024, 03:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jose Ramirez will fight Rances Barthelemy on April 27 in Fresno, California, while Vergil Ortiz Jr. will meet Thomas Dulorme in the DAZN co-feature, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The event will mark Ramirez’s Golden Boy debut after the former junior welterweight champion parted
Nick ParkinsonMar 23, 2024, 08:05 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Dalton Smith took a step closer to more prominent fights at the junior welterweight level by stopping Jose Zepeda with a crushing body shot in Round 5 on Saturday
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 22, 2024, 01:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang are in the process of finalizing a deal for a June 1 fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN. The heavyweight clash between two of boxing’s most dangerous punchers will take place on the undercard of the Artur
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 21, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jared Anderson told ESPN he’s “beyond blessed … to come away without any injuries” and acknowledged “it was a mistake,” after police said he led them on a 6-plus-mile car chase last month with speeds exceeding 130 mph. The heavyweight contender was charged with
Associated Press Mar 19, 2024, 08:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — For 13 straight bouts over seven consecutive years, Canelo Álvarez refused to fight another Mexican. The biggest star in boxing said he respected his nation and its top talents too much to deliver any setbacks to their careers. Álvarez has
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 19, 2024, 04:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Juan Francisco Estrada and Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez are finalizing a June 29 fight in Glendale, Arizona, for Estrada’s WBC junior bantamweight title, sources told ESPN. Rodriguez, a unified champion at 112 pounds, is returning to 115 for a shot at the future Hall of