Boxing

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 17, 2024, 08:44 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 Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk was detained Tuesday at Krakow Airport in

Sep 17, 2024, 07:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Anthony Joshua is preparing to fight Daniel Dubois this weekend. Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing/Getty Images Anthony Joshua has spoken about the “pain” he has endured in his professional boxing career ahead of his IBF world heavyweight title fight with Daniel Dubois at Wembley on Saturday. Joshua, 34, is

Nick ParkinsonSep 17, 2024, 07:34 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Joshua Buatsi is hoping a victory over Willy Hutchinson can set up the biggest fight of his career: either against the winner of the undisputed title clash between Dmitry

Andreas Hale, ESPNSep 16, 2024, 12:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mario “El Azteca” Barrios will defend the WBC welterweight championship against Abel Ramos on the undercard of Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Barrios (29-2, 18 KOs) won the interim 147-pound title last September when he

Sep 16, 2024, 09:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Anthony Joshua has the chance to become a three-time heavyweight world champion on Saturday when Daniel Dubois puts his IBF belt on the line at Wembley Stadium in London. Dubois — who beat Filip Hrgović in June — was awarded the title after it was vacated

Nick ParkinsonSep 16, 2024, 05:07 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions British boxing will never produce a star as bright as Anthony Joshua again, according to Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn. Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs), 34, challenge English rival Daniel Dubois

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 15, 2024, 12:35 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 LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, retained his unified

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 15, 2024, 01:51 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 LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez crashed one of his patented left

Sep 13, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez will headline a boxing card in Las Vegas for the 18th time when he puts his WBC, WBO and WBA super middleweight world titles on the line against Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night. The fight card at T-Mobile Arena also includes Erislandy Lara defending

Timothy Bradley Jr.Sep 12, 2024, 07:50 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 Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga is not the blockbuster matchup some might expect to see during the festive Mexican Independence

Sep 11, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson has pulled out of his WBC lightweight title defense against Joe Cordina on Oct. 12 because of a hand injury, Matchroom Boxing announced Wednesday. Stevenson had surgery on the hand and was expected to return to the ring in early 2025, Matchroom said. The

Sep 11, 2024, 03:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez will put his WBC, WBO and WBA super middleweight world titles on the line against Edgar Berlanga on Saturday, Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) was the undisputed champion at 168 pounds before the IBF stripped him of

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 11, 2024, 07:46 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 Many of the most powerful figures in the fight game will

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 10, 2024, 10:11 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 Mexico’s Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and England’s Chris Billam-Smith will meet in

Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 11:52 AM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Algerian boxing federation that is home to Olympic champion Imane Khelif on Tuesday joined the World Boxing group that wants to save the sport’s place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Algeria and Japan joining World Boxing increases the organization’s membership to 44

Sep 3, 2024, 09:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu will get the chance to emulate his legendary father as a multiple world champion when he takes on undefeated Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev for the IBF super-welterweight belt in Florida next month. After weeks of negotiations, Team Tszyu have agreed on Australia’s son of a

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 3, 2024, 10:21 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 The same question pops up following every Naoya Inoue victory: When

Nick ParkinsonSep 3, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Eddie Hearn has said he hopes Conor Benn’s boxing ban in the United Kingdom for testing positive for a banned substance will be over next month. The Matchroom promoter