Boxing

James Regan Oct 27, 2024, 04:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Through sheer will and determination, Jack Catterall has forced himself into a junior welterweight world title fight. It hasn’t been easy. Two brutal bouts with Josh Taylor and multiple injuries have steered Catterall (30-1 13 KOs) down the long road, but

James Regan Oct 26, 2024, 06:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Catterall beat Regis Prograis on Saturday. Alex Livesey/Getty Images MANCHESTER — Jack Catterall beat Regis Prograis via unanimous decision in Manchester on Saturday, coming through a tense fight to put himself in the frame for a junior welterweight world title fight. All three judges

James Regan Oct 25, 2024, 09:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Regis Prograis has a vision of the headlines after his junior welterweight fight against Jack Catterall on Saturday: “Prograis beats Catterall in his own backyard.” Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena, which will host the hotly anticipated clash, is less than an hour’s drive from Catterall’s

Oct 25, 2024, 08:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lawrence Okolie has signed with Queensberry promotions. Andrzej Iwanczuk/NurPhoto via Getty Images Former cruiserweight world champion Lawrence Okolie has signed with Frank Warren and Queensberry as he eyes a move to the heavyweight division. Okolie (20-1 15 KOs) won the WBO cruiserweight title in 2020 and the

Oct 24, 2024, 08:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ​​There was a chance Sebastian Fundora would face Tim Tszyu in his next fight, a rematch of last year’s bloody decision victory, but with Tszyu losing by TKO to Bakhram Murtazaliev on Saturday, Fundora has his eyes on a different opponent: Errol Spence Jr. Spence, a

Nick ParkinsonOct 23, 2024, 03:45 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Jack Catterall sees a victory over Regis Prograis on Saturday as a stepping stone to a junior welterweight title shot, rather than take a third fight with Josh Taylor.

Oct 24, 2024, 06:55 AM ET Oleksandr Usyk (L) and Tyson Fury in London on Wednesday. Andrew Redington/Getty Images Tyson Fury has revealed his wife, Paris, suffered a miscarriage on the eve of his heavyweight title fight against Oleksandr Usyk in May. Paris Fury was six months pregnant with the couple’s eighth child and did not

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 23, 2024, 05:39 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 Undisputed minimumweight champion Seniesa Estrada announced her retirement from boxing Wednesday

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 23, 2024, 04:19 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 Tyson Fury vows to be “more focused” during his unified heavyweight

James Regan Oct 23, 2024, 02:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Oleksandr Usyk cut a formidable figure at the pre-fight news conference with Tyson Fury at London’s Guildhall on Thursday, dressed as Agent 47 from the movie “Hitman.” While he didn’t engage in any verbal sparring and repeatedly delivered one-word responses, Usyk —

Jake Michaels, Senior WriterOct 20, 2024, 12:09 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer. He has been with ESPN since 2013, covering everything from AFL to Formula One, basketball to boxing, and tennis, both in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions Tim Tsyzu’s boxing career has been left in tatters

Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu returns to the ring for the first time since his bloody defeat by Sebastian Fundora, the Aussie taking on Bakhram Murtazaliev for the IBF super welterweight title at the Caribe Royale Orlando Resort. And for the first time since Tszyu made his debut in 2016, the Sydneysider’s father and all-time

James Regan Oct 19, 2024, 05:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Adam Azim beat Ohara Davies via knockout in London. Chris Dean/Boxxer LONDON — Adam Azim’s march up the junior welterweight ranks continued on Saturday as he beat Ohara Davies via knockout in London. At just 22 years old, it’s another impressive victory for Azim against

Nick ParkinsonOct 18, 2024, 05:01 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Junior welterweight contender Adam Azim said living with ADHD is like having a superpower as a professional boxer but acknowledged his struggles as a child and the diligence required

Oct 17, 2024, 10:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions With 14 heartfelt words, the great Kostya Tszyu has buried the myth that he has been estranged from his sons for more than a decade as Australian boxing’s royal family finally came together in Florida. Tszyu was a surprising and conspicuous presence after gatecrashing the official

Andreas Hale, ESPNOct 17, 2024, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Most Valuable Promotions announced the three-fight preliminary card for Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Shadasia Green (14-1, 11 KOs) will face undefeated Melinda Watpool (7-0, 2 KOs) for the vacant WBO super middleweight title. Green

Oct 17, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Artur Beterbiev became the first undisputed light heavyweight champion in the four-belt era with a majority-decision victory over Dmitry Bivol on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Beterbiev won by scorecards of 114-114, 115-113 and 116-112 to add the WBA belt to his WBC, WBO and IBF

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 14, 2024, 08:29 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 Junto Nakatani retained his WBC bantamweight title with a sixth-round TKO