Boxing

7:42 AM ET Timothy Fiorvanti Fifty-four-year-old Mike Tyson will enter a boxing ring on Saturday to compete for the first time in more than 15 years. His scheduled eight-round exhibition against 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr. will elicit mixed emotions, including curiosity, concerns for safety, passion for one of the greatest heavyweights ever and anger for

7:54 AM ET It all started because of a question, an idea from his brother-in-law and an appearance by a Hollywood executive on his podcast, recorded earlier this year. To fully understand how and why Mike Tyson is getting back in the ring Saturday for the first time in 14 years — in an exhibition

7:07 AM ET Nick Parkinson 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 Joe Joyce has said his experience will help him outsmart big-punching Daniel Dubois in their all-English heavyweight fight on Saturday. Joyce, 35, is 12

8:50 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Andre Ward has mixed feelings. On one hand, the retired two-division champion is excited. On the other hand, he’s concerned. When Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. enter the ring for their eight-round exhibition bout Saturday, Ward will certainly be tuned in to witness hands get thrown between two of

4:34 PM ET GGG is back. IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin will meet mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta on Dec. 18 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, DAZN announced Tuesday. The bout was initially scheduled for February and then April, with the latter date scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The

7:00 PM ET Lewis Holman Since Daniel Dubois first stepped into a boxing gym as a child with his father, he has been touted for success and a win in Saturday’s fight against Joe Joyce will bring him one step closer. A victory against Joyce (11-0,10 KO), will bolster his reputation, unlocking a new level

8:58 AM ET It’s time. The Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., eight-round exhibition will take place on Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Tyson, 54, hasn’t fought since 2005, while Jones, 51, hasn’t won a significant fight since he defeated Antonio Tarver in November 2003. He did beat Felix Trinidad in 2008, but

3:01 PM ET Bob Bennett was sitting ringside at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for an IBF super middleweight title bout between James DeGale and Caleb Truax. It was April 7, 2018. In the third round, a bad cut opened up just above DeGale’s right eye. In the ring, referee Robert

7:24 AM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A fundraising campaign has been launched in an effort to raise enough money to renovate and reopen a museum at Muhammad Ali’s childhood home in Louisville. The nonprofit Muhammad Ali Childhood Home Museum is trying to raise $5.8 million that would be used to build a welcome

1:06 PM ET A date has been finalized for the rescheduled vacant WBC title bout between Ryan Garcia vs. Luke Campbell and the two will fight on Saturday, Jan. 2, DAZN announced Friday. Garcia and Campbell were scheduled to fight on Dec. 5 in Los Angeles, but the fight was postponed after Campbell tested positive

10:50 AM ET The most important thing that happens in boxing in 2020 might be what occurs inside the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California, on Thursday night. The fabled gym founded by Freddie Roach and occupied by many boxing greats over the years, including Manny Pacquiao, will host the first three installments of

8:52 AM ET Katie Taylor, an Olympic gold medalist, two-weight world champion and current undisputed lightweight champion of the world, is now ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter. Taylor dominated Miriam Gutierrez to score a one-sided unanimous decision victory on Nov. 14. That win impressed most of our voters and pushed her past Claressa Shields for

7:57 PM ET Andrew Moloney’s team has filed an appeal with the Nevada State Athletic Commission following a controversial conclusion in last Saturday’s boxing match with Joshua Franco in Las Vegas, Moloney’s attorney, Josh Dubin, told ESPN on Wednesday. The fight, a rematch for Franco’s WBA super flyweight title at MGM Grand, was stopped by

9:00 AM ET Terence Crawford scored his eighth consecutive stoppage victory with a tremendous fourth-round TKO of former welterweight world titlist Kell Brook to leave no doubt he’s the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Or is he? ESPN Boxing writer Ben Baby believes that until Crawford faces the elite at welterweight, there’s another fighter

Nov 13, 2020 Canelo Alvarez’s fight against Callum Smith to unify the WBA super middleweight titles will take place Saturday, Dec. 19. Alvarez and Smith agreed to the fight last Wednesday but were still looking for a date. The bout will be televised on DAZN. Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) will face “Mundo” Smith (27-0, 19

3:19 PM ET Nick Parkinson 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 Tyson Fury will have to reconsider his 2021 plans and fight Deontay Wilder if his rival wins an arbitration hearing, according to Fury’s co-promoter,

8:57 AM ET Another Terence Crawford fight, another eye-opening victory for the welterweight world titlist to solidify his spot atop the ESPN pound-for-pound rankings. But how long will fight fans have to wait for the megafights against top opponents and fellow titleholders Errol Spence Jr. and Manny Pacquiao? Former featherweight world titlist Shakur Stevenson, who

12:35 AM ET After 11 months out of action, Terence Crawford once again proved why he’s very much in the conversation as the No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world on Saturday, as he scored a TKO victory over Kell Brook in the fourth round of his WBO welterweight title defense. Crawford entered the fight