Boxing

Associated Press Apr 11, 2024, 12:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RENENS, Switzerland — Breakaway governing body World Boxing says it is holding talks with 25 to 30 prospective new member nations as it seeks to be the International Olympic Committee’s preferred partner to run boxing tournaments at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. World

Apr 10, 2024, 08:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury said he could beat Oleksandr Usyk with no training and after “sinking 15 pints of Peroni” the night before in a news conference on Wednesday ahead of their title fight next month. WBC champion Fury and Usyk, who holds the IBF, WBA and WBO

Nick ParkinsonApr 8, 2024, 07:41 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions The NCAA basketball tournament and knockout stages of soccer’s Champions League are dominating sports fans’ attention around the world. Boxing rarely does brackets or tournaments for various reasons like

Timothy Bradley Jr.Apr 4, 2024, 07:43 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions There’s boxing to be found on television almost every weekend. After all, Saturday night’s alright for fighting. If you’re into

Apr 3, 2024, 06:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The International Boxing Association (IBA) said on Wednesday it is analyzing a decision by global sport’s top court to dismiss its appeal against the withdrawal of its Olympic recognition and it may take the case to the Swiss Federal Tribunal. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided

Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld the IOC decision to remove the International Boxing Association from the Olympic family. The court announced Tuesday that it dismissed the IBA appeal because the organization “had not complied with the conditions set

Mar 31, 2024, 06:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fabio Wardley finished the fight stumbling with exhaustion and with a mask of blood from a busted nose, but he held on to his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles after a split points draw with Frazer Clarke on Sunday. Judges saw the brutal and bloody battle

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 31, 2024, 12:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In one of the bloodiest fights in recent memory, Sebastian Fundora scored the upset with a split-decision victory over Tim Tszyu to capture the WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles. One judge scored the fight 116-112 for Tszyu but was overruled by scores of

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

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