Boxing

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMay 19, 2023, 11:02 AM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Former lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. has signed a co-promotional deal with Top Rank, the company announced Thursday. Kambosos inked a multifight deal with the longtime

Mark Kriegel, ESPNMay 19, 2023, 09:27 AM ET CAMARILLO, Calif. — Five years ago, when I began interviewing Vasiliy Lomachenko, he explained what he wanted from boxing. It wasn’t money, or to be found atop the pound-for-pound rankings (which, back then, he was). It wasn’t titles — or even that rare recognition that comes with

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 18, 2023, 05:05 PM ET Star boxer Ryan Garcia will train with Derrick James in Dallas ahead of his campaign for a 140-pound title, Garcia announced on social media Thursday. Garcia, 24, presented James as his trainer on Instagram, where he boasts 10.4 million followers. Garcia had parted ways with trainer Joe

Mike Coppinger May 18, 2023, 03:07 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Regis Prograis is in search of a new opponent for his June 17 homecoming title defense in New Orleans after Australia’s Liam Paro withdrew with an injury, Prograis announced Thursday. Prograis (28-1, 24 KOs) will make the first defense of

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 18, 2023, 07:48 AM ET LOS ANGELES — DEVIN HANEY ROLLED into the back of his white Mercedes-Maybach SUV, and through a massive gold grill, he reminisced on everything he and his father Bill Haney had built. His security guard, Tank, took the wheel of the $170,000 vehicle as Haney departed the

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 17, 2023, 07:58 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette For the first time as a professional boxer, Katie Taylor will step out of the bowels of 3Arena on Saturday night in Dublin. Maybe it’ll all

Timothy Bradley Jr. May 17, 2023, 07:52 AM ET Devin Haney puts his undisputed lightweight championship on the line against former unified champion Vasiliy Lomachenko in one of the most anticipated fights this year (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET, with undercards on ESPN on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET and early prelims at 6 p.m.

May 16, 2023, 01:34 PM ET Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney faces former unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing card at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET, with undercards on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET). The fight is for

Nick ParkinsonMay 16, 2023, 08:04 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 Chantelle Cameron believes her size and work-rate will help make her the most unpopular woman in Ireland this weekend. She intends to

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMay 14, 2023, 12:07 AM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Janibek Alimkhanuly put on his most impressive performance as a middleweight champion on Saturday night as a thunderous left uppercut sparked a series of knockdowns that

May 12, 2023, 08:41 AM ET The next few weeks will set the table nicely in the boxing world. As an expected big-fight summer approaches, the middleweights and featherweights will take center stage and feature a number of competitive bouts that feature some of the quickest and most powerful fighters in the world. Up first

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 11, 2023, 05:50 PM ET Vergil Ortiz Jr. will return July 8 vs. Eimantas Stanionis now that he’s recovered from rhabdomyolysis and discovered it was caused by long COVID, Ortiz told ESPN on Thursday. The 147-pound contest — Ortiz’s fourth consecutive in his native Texas — pits top-10 welterweights with plenty of

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 11, 2023, 08:07 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Ramla Ali’s life story is being made into a movie, and one of Hollywood’s biggest actresses has been cast to play the Somalian British boxer. Letitia

Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close Ben Baby ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate May 11, 2023, 07:49 AM ET Canelo Alvarez’s homecoming went according to plan on Saturday night. In front of more than 50,000 raucous fans at Akron Stadium

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 10, 2023, 12:06 PM ET Rolly Romero and Ismael Barroso will vie for the WBA’s vacant junior welterweight title on Saturday in Las Vegas, the organization announced Wednesday, after Alberto Puello was made champion in recess due to the adverse finding in his A-sample for the banned substance clomiphene. Puello (21-0, 10

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 06:39 PM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Former IBF junior lightweight champion Maiva Hamadouche, ESPN’s No. 2 junior lightweight, announced her retirement Wednesday in an Instagram post. Hamadouche, 33, wrote in French that

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 09:00 AM ET DALLAS — Jake Paul was answering a question about 35 minutes into the news conference when his forthcoming opponent, Nate Diaz, put his hat on backward, got up and walked off the stage. “Is this man leaving?” Paul asked. MMAFighting’s Ariel Helwani, who was moderating

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 10:01 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Ramla Ali’s next fight will be in the United States in June. A source told ESPN the junior featherweight will be on the Regis Prograis-Liam Paro