Boxing

Nick ParkinsonOct 13, 2024, 11:44 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Fabio Wardley claimed he was ready for a world heavyweight title shot after his savage first-round destruction of Frazer Clarke despite his relative lack of experience compared to his

Nick ParkinsonOct 13, 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 Seiya Tsutsumi’s relentless pressure earned him a unanimous points decision victory over Takuma Inoue for the WBA world bantamweight title in Tokyo on Sunday. The 28-year-old Inoue (20-2, 5

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 12, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Artur Beterbiev captured the undisputed light heavyweight championship with a majority

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 12, 2024, 08:28 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol was a fight seven years in

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 12, 2024, 05:20 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will meet in a rare match

Oct 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron became tangled and fell over the top rope during their fight in Riyadh. Richard Pelham/Getty Images The fight between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ended in bizarre circumstances on Saturday as the contest had to be ended following

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 11, 2024, 04:02 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions A pair of title-fight rematches will take place Dec. 7 in

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 11, 2024, 07:50 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions THERE ARE UNDISPUTED championship boxing fights, and then there are genuine

Oct 11, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will fight on Saturday for the chance to become the first ever undisputed light heavyweight champion in the four-belt era. The last time the division had a three-belt undisputed champion was in 2000 (Roy Jones Jr.). The fight at Kingdom Arena,

Andreas Hale, ESPNOct 10, 2024, 03:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Even at age 58, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson isn’t expecting to work overtime in a boxing ring. Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) will face Jake Paul (10-1, 7 KOs) on Nov. 15 in his first professional boxing match in nearly two

Timothy Bradley Jr.Oct 10, 2024, 07:49 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 Call him Mr. Perfect. With a 20-0 record, and all 20 of those victories coming by knockout, Artur Beterbiev strikes

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 9, 2024, 07:28 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa will meet in a featherweight rematch

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 9, 2024, 06:48 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Teofimo Lopez, in a legal letter sent to Top Rank on

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 9, 2024, 03:59 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Bruce Carrington will fight on the Nov. 15 Mike Tyson-Jake Paul

Nick ParkinsonOct 9, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Saturday brings another stacked boxing card in Saudi Arabia, headlined by the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol matchup for the undisputed light heavyweight championship. It’s a fight of rare

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 8, 2024, 06:29 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions David Benavidez will meet David Morrell in a high-stakes light heavyweight

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 8, 2024, 02:55 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions The vandalism charge against boxing star Ryan Garcia was dismissed Tuesday

Nick ParkinsonOct 8, 2024, 07:46 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Once upon a time, Frazer Clarke got paid for stopping fights rather than being in them. Clarke, who challenges Fabio Wardley for the British heavyweight title in a rematch