Boxing

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 14, 2024, 05:41 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 Nick Ball and Ronny Rios are in the process of finalizing

Nick ParkinsonAug 7, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions There are some big boxing fights in the next few months, including undisputed title showdowns and fascinating rematches. While the first half of the year has given us incredible

Connor O’Halloran Aug 11, 2024, 07:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif, who endured intense scrutiny about her womanhood throughout the Paris Games, has filed a formal legal complaint in which she says she was the victim of online abuse. In a statement posted Sunday to Instagram, Khelif’s

Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 06:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The nascent governing body fighting to keep boxing in the Olympics is about to get a major membership boost. World Boxing expects to expand its membership base to at least 50 national federations in the weeks after the conclusion of the Paris

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 11, 2024, 01:38 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 Angelo Leo scored a spectacular one-punch knockout of Luis Alberto Lopez

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 11, 2024, 12:36 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 Vergil Ortiz survived the first two knockdowns of his career to

Aug 8, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez defends his belt against Angelo Leo in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card at Tingley Col iseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET). Lopez’s last loss was in May 2019 and he

Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Hasanboy Dusmatov held up two fingers and let out a triumphant scream after his hand was lifted in victory on Thursday evening in Olympic boxing. The Uzbek fighter was an Olympic champion for the second time after winning a tough, back-and-forth gold

Connor O’Halloran Aug 8, 2024, 05:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The Refugee Olympic Team waited eight years for its first Olympic medal before boxer Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba guaranteed at least a bronze earlier this week. That medal has now been awarded as Ngamba lost in her women’s 75kg semifinal. The Refugee

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 07:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Oleksandr Khyzhniak was one minute away from winning an Olympic gold medal three years ago when he was rocked by one miraculous punch. Khyzhniak went down, the fight was stopped and the most fearsome boxer in Tokyo had to settle for silver.

Aug 7, 2024, 07:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford moved up in weight once again and captured a world title in a fourth division. The former undisputed junior welterweight and welterweight champion, who also held a lightweight world title, made his debut at junior middleweight on Saturday with a closely contested unanimous decision

Aug 6, 2024, 10:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu says he feels blessed after securing the chance to become a two-time world boxing champion. The International Boxing Federation has officially ordered super-welterweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev to defend his world title against the Australian son of a gun. Editor’s Picks Tszyu is the highest-ranked

ESPN News Services Aug 6, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Kellie Harrington beat Yang Wenlu of China by split decision in the final of the lightweight category at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday to retain her crown and become the first Irish boxer to win back-to-back gold medals. After clinching victory,

Aug 5, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The two female boxers at the heart of a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics will stay in the competition for as long as they keep winning because they meet all eligibility criteria, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. The IOC is in

Connor O’Halloran Aug 4, 2024, 11:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, France — After eight years of waiting, the Refugee Olympic Team will win its first medal at an Olympic Games this week. A portion of the team watched on and jumped with joy as boxer Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba fought in the women’s

Connor O’Halloran Aug 4, 2024, 06:23 AM ET SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, France — Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting has guaranteed herself a medal after securing victory over Bulgaria’s Svetlana Kamenova Staneva in the women’s 57kg quarterfinals on Sunday. Yu-ting has been the subject of an ongoing controversy in this year’s Olympic boxing event, after the International Boxing Federation

Mark Kriegel, ESPNAug 4, 2024, 04:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The secret to solving Terence Crawford, said Joel Diaz, who trains the now-former WBA junior middleweight champion, Ismail Madrimov, was the body. “Nobody ever tests him to the body,” Diaz told ESPN the other night. “But we’re going there every chance

Aug 4, 2024, 01:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford overcame a tougher than expected challenge to become a four-division champion Saturday night in Los Angeles, defeating Israil Madrimov in a close decision to win the WBA junior middleweight title. Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), fighting at 154 pounds for the first time, had some