Boxing

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 30, 2024, 02:41 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 MIAMI — Teofimo Lopez entered the night with grandiose plans. Perhaps

Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 28, 2024, 10:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Although his next two fights are against a bare-knuckle fighter and a 58-year-old former world champion, Jake Paul has made it clear that his pursuit of a world championship is still on. He plans on holding cruiserweight gold in 2025. “I believe in 2025

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 28, 2024, 07:55 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 MIAMI — Teofimo Lopez glides around the ring with palm trees

Jun 28, 2024, 06:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher will perform ahead of Anthony Joshua‘s heavyweight title fight against Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in September, promoters Matchroom boxing announced on Friday. Gallagher has forged a successful solo career since splitting from the band he formed with brother Noel, performing

Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 27, 2024, 09:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The undercard for Jake Paul’s eight-round cruiserweight boxing match with Mike Perry at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on July 20 is coming together with a few of the fighters that were slated to fight on the undercard of Paul’s originally scheduled fight

Jun 26, 2024, 11:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Daniel Dubois has vowed to become a “king slayer” as he prepares to face Anthony Joshua in an all-British IBF heavyweight title fight on Sept. 21 at Wembley Stadium. The fight was confirmed at a news conference in London on Wednesday and will be Joshua’s first

Nick ParkinsonJun 26, 2024, 12:28 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions In a post on social media Tuesday, undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk described vacating the IBF title as “my present to you [Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois] on Sept.

Timothy Bradley Jr.Jun 26, 2024, 07:52 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 It could sound like a boxing cliché, but fight fans can anticipate nonstop action on Saturday night thanks to a

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 25, 2024, 08:02 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 Former flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez was suspended for nine months

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 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 Oleksandr Usyk announced via Instagram on Tuesday that he is vacating

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 24, 2024, 01:12 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 Vergil Ortiz and Serhii Bohachuk are in the process of finalizing

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 22, 2024, 07:41 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 and Regis Prograis will meet in a 12-round junior

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 20, 2024, 09:13 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 Ryan Garcia has been suspended one year following his positive tests

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 20, 2024, 05:53 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 Ryan Garcia has been suspended for one year by the New

Jun 20, 2024, 07:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Espinoza defends his WBO featherweight title against Sergio Chirino on Friday (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET) in the main event of a Top Rank card at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Espinoza has won eight of his last 10 fights by stoppage, including an impressive majority decision over

Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 18, 2024, 11:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul will not wait for Nov. 15 to get back into a boxing ring. Paul has decided to keep the date that was slated for the blockbuster showdown with legendary heavyweight Mike Tyson and will instead face mixed martial artist and the Bare

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 16, 2024, 12:45 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 Liam Paro traveled on the road to score a major upset

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 16, 2024, 12:38 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Gervonta Davis packed a full house into the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday for his first appearance in 14 months and then set