Boxing

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

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

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.

Nov 25, 2023, 02:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions World Boxing elected former Dutch federation head Boris van der Vorst as its first president on Saturday with the task of securing the sport’s Olympic future beyond next year’s Paris Games. The breakaway body launched in April after a long breakdown in relations between the Russian-led

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 24, 2023, 07:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MOMENTS AFTER HE shattered Billy Joe Saunders’ orbital bone in a TKO victory in May 2021, Canelo Alvarez sat in front of a microphone answering questions from media members. Out of nowhere, another boxing champion entered the room. Demetrius Andrade, wearing a shirt that

Nov 22, 2023, 02:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nikita Tszyu has captured the Australian super-welterweight title with a devastating TKO victory over Dylan Biggs to have the nation’s most famous boxing family on the precipice of an extraordinary sporting milestone. After a heated, at-times ugly build-up, the much-anticipated showdown at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre

Timothy Bradley Jr. Nov 22, 2023, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sugar Ray Robinson is still widely regarded by many as the greatest male boxer ever, winning titles in two divisions (welterweight and middleweight) and recapturing the middleweight title five times throughout his career. However, when it comes to the most remarkable women fighter

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 21, 2023, 03:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jermell Charlo vacated his IBF junior middleweight title, the organization announced Tuesday, ahead of a scheduled purse bid for a fight with No. 1 contender Bakhram Murtazaliev. Murtazaliev will fight No. 2 contender Jack Culcay for the vacant 154-pound title. Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs)

Nick ParkinsonNov 21, 2023, 07:46 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 It has been more than seven years since Katie Taylor last had to respond to defeat, but after her

Timothy Bradley Jr. Nov 20, 2023, 09:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions March 28, 1984, paved the way for a new era in boxing. The first super middleweight sanctioned bout between Murray Sutherland and Ernie Singletary took place at the Harrah’s Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sutherland claimed the first title ever

Nov 17, 2023, 03:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Flyweight women’s unified champion Marlen Esparza and fellow champion Gabriela Fundora will meet for the undisputed flyweight championship on Jan. 6 in Las Vegas, a source told ESPN’s Michael Rothstein on Friday. The fight will be on the undercard of Vergil Ortiz Jr.’s 154-pound debut against

Nick ParkinsonNov 17, 2023, 09:04 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 Boxing fans will be treated to a festive feast when heavyweight fights Deontay Wilder vs. Joseph Parker and Anthony

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 17, 2023, 02:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Shakur Stevenson picked up the vacant WBC lightweight title with a unanimous decision over Edwin De Los Santos on Thursday night at T-Mobile Arena as boos rained down throughout the bout. Stevenson prevailed via scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 116-112. Neither

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 16, 2023, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson faces Edwin De Los Santos in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, (ESPN/ESPN+, 10:30 p.m. ET). The 12-round fight is for the vacant WBC lightweight world title. In the co-main

Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 11:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The long-standing rift and ongoing legal dispute between the International Olympic Committee and the boxing governing body it ousted this year could continue at Switzerland’s supreme court. The Russian president of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, said Thursday it intends to

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 15, 2023, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Shakur Stevenson wasn’t in your typical run down, sweaty boxing gym. Staring at a black ring with ZUFFA BOXING emblazoned on the mat, he had a familiar thought run through his head prior to his sparring session. On a massage table

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 14, 2023, 02:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder will compete in separate bouts on Dec. 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN, in what could serve as a prelude to the long-awaited battle between the former heavyweight champions next year. Joshua will fight Otto Wallin, who