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Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close Ben Baby ESPN Staff Writer Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 15, 2023, 02:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu made the first defense of his WBO junior middleweight title with a unanimous decision over Brian Mendoza on Sunday in Gold Coast, Australia. Tszyu (24-0, 17 KOs) took control of the 154-pound fight in Round 5 and prevailed via scores of 116-112,

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterOct 15, 2023, 12:48 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 14, 2023, 06:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Social media star Logan Paul defeated Dillon Danis via disqualification in the sixth and final round of their exhibition boxing match on Saturday in Manchester, England. The fight was the co-feature to a pro bout between Paul’s Prime energy drink business partner, KSI, and

Oct 14, 2023, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions YouTuber-turned boxer KSI takes on Tommy Fury in the main event of a boxing card that includes a co-main event between Logan Paul and Dillon Danis, many social media stars and a tag team boxing match. The show at AO Arena in Manchester, England, on Saturday

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Subriel Matias will defend his IBF junior welterweight title vs. Shohjahon Ergashev on Nov. 25 in Las Vegas on the David Benavidez-Demetrius Andrade PPV undercard, sources told ESPN on Friday. Matias, one of the sport’s most-reliable action fighters, won the vacant 140-pound title in

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An undisputed junior featherweight championship fight between Japanese star Naoya Inoue and Marlon Tapales is being planned for Dec. 26 in Tokyo, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Tapales’ manager, Sean Gibbons, said Thursday at the WBO convention in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, that

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 07:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu was in training camp for the sort of fight he’s long dreamed of, the kind of bout his father, Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu, starred in many times over. Tszyu would travel to the U.S. for his second stateside fight, a matchup

Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterOct 12, 2023, 02:54 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions

Oct 12, 2023, 06:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu has declared his world title defence against Brian Mendoza his final fight in Australia and delivered a chilling warning to his American rival. Editor’s Picks Tszyu (23-0, 17KOs) will place his WBO super-welterweight belt on the line at the Gold Coast Exhibition Centre on

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 12, 2023, 10:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The WBA said Thursday that it found no evidence that the referee erred when he ruled a fifth-round punch a low blow during heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk’s ninth-round KO victory over Daniel Dubois in August in Wroclaw, Poland. The organization denied Dubois’ appeal to

Oct 12, 2023, 05:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Logan Paul says that he’s ready for Saturday’s fight against Dillon Danis after Danis hit Paul in the head with a microphone at a news conference on Thursday in England. “Dillon can’t escape me. The fight is very much happening, the stakes just got higher,” Paul

Oct 12, 2023, 11:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tommy Fury returns to the ring for the first time since his split-decision victory over Jake Paul back in February, to face another YouTuber-turned-boxer, Olajide Olayinka Williams “JJ” Olatunji, best known as KSI, at the AO Arena in Manchester, England, on Saturday (2 p.m. on ESPN+

Oct 12, 2023, 07:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On Saturday, Janibek Alimkhanuly has a chance to take over a division that used to be one of the best in boxing. With top middleweights like Canelo Alvarez, Gennadiy Golovkin, and Erislandy Lara fighting in heavier divisions or inactive, can Alimkhanuly, already the WBO champion, become

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 02:15 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The heavyweight boxing match between WBC champion Tyson Fury and former UFC champion Francis Ngannou will air on ESPN pay-per-view in the United States, Top Rank officials told ESPN on

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. More than two dozen female fighters joined together in a statement Tuesday calling for the option to fight 12 rounds and three-minute

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 9, 2023, 02:23 PM ET Boxing trainer Brian McIntyre has been released from jail in Manchester, England, and is free to travel home to the United States, a source confirmed to ESPN. McIntyre, 53, received a 20-month suspended sentence Monday in Manchester Crown Court following two firearm charges, according to British court

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 9, 2023, 09:51 AM ET Canelo Alvarez remains the undisputed super middleweight champion after his third defense, a dominant decision win over Jermell Charlo last month in Las Vegas. Boxing’s top star has competed twice at light heavyweight but appears settled in at 168 pounds, where his past three fights have occurred.