Boxing

ESPN News Services Aug 1, 2024, 07:04 AM ET Imane Khelif of Algeria won her opening Olympic boxing bout Thursday when opponent Angela Carini of Italy quit after 46 seconds. Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing an unspecified gender eligibility test, and her presence at the Paris Olympics has become a

Timothy Bradley Jr.Jul 31, 2024, 07:56 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 Terence Crawford moves up in weight once again Saturday night, this time to take on WBA junior middleweight champion Israil

Jul 31, 2024, 06:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Oleksandr Usyk has been supporting the Ukrainian boxing team. Richard Pelham/Getty Images Ukrainian boxers at the Paris Olympics have an added incentive to win medals after former undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk pledged to pay them prize money out of his own pocket if they can make

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 30, 2024, 12:33 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 Jack Catterall suffered an injury and his Aug. 24 fight vs.

Nick ParkinsonJul 30, 2024, 07:49 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Saudi Arabia’s takeover of big-time boxing extends to Los Angeles on Saturday, when Riyadh Season has its first overseas event at BMO Stadium with Terence Crawford, one of the

Nick ParkinsonJul 30, 2024, 07:10 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Oleksandr Usyk, the world’s best heavyweight, says amateur boxing is ‘rotten’ at elite level and has called for change. The 2012 Olympic Games gold medalist is in Paris to

Nick ParkinsonJul 29, 2024, 08:28 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Israil Madrimov is laser-focused on the biggest fight of his life against Terence Crawford in Los Angeles on Saturday, but he will also be following developments thousands of miles

Jul 29, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions JENNIFER LOZANO IS HOME. It has been about 18 hours since she left Santiago, Chile, where she finished second at the 2023 Pan American Games. Now, traveling from Santiago, through Atlanta and then Houston, she has returned to Laredo, Texas, as the city’s first homegrown Olympian.

Associated Press Jul 28, 2024, 12:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VILLEPINTE, France — Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Julio César La Cruz of Cuba lost his opening bout at the Paris Games on Sunday by split decision to Loren Alfonso of Azerbaijan. La Cruz won the first round of the heavyweight bout but lost

Associated Press Jul 28, 2024, 12:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Claressa Shields knocked out WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse early in the second round Saturday night, earning titles in a fourth and fifth division. Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, moved up two weight classes to fight at 175 pounds as a

James Regan Jul 27, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Derek Chisora knocked Joe Joyce down in the ninth round. Warren Little/Getty Images Derek Chisora beat Joe Joyce via unanimous decision in London on Saturday in a remarkable upset victory following 10 gruelling rounds between two British rivals. Joyce was knocked down in the ninth

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 26, 2024, 04:42 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 USA Olympic boxing team will face the same daunting task

Nick ParkinsonJul 24, 2024, 06:20 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Delicious Orie and Rosie Eccles headline the group of Team GB boxers headed out to Paris for the 2024 Olympics. Getty Team GB is the third most successful boxing team

Eric Woodyard, ESPNJul 25, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Close Eric Woodyard covers the Detroit Lions for ESPN. He joined ESPN in September 2019 as an NBA reporter dedicated to the Midwest region before switching to his current role in April 2021. The Flint, Mich. native is a graduate of Western Michigan University and has authored/co-authored

Nick ParkinsonJul 26, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Women’s boxing has seen a resurgence since the sport was allowed to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London. Since then, fighters like Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor have

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 25, 2024, 08:24 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 Canelo Alvarez is being stripped of his IBF super middleweight title

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 25, 2024, 06:44 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 Erislandy Lara will defend his WBA middleweight title against Danny Garcia

Jul 25, 2024, 05:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joe Joyce will have the chance to once again get close to a heavyweight title opportunity when he faces Derek Chisora at O2 Arena in London on Saturday (ESPN+, 3:30 p.m. ET). Joyce (16-2, 15 KOs), 38, is a former WBA and WBO mandatory challenger, but