Boxing

Nick ParkinsonJul 13, 2024, 12:00 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions From the return of former pound-for-pound king Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, to title defenses by Skye Nicolson and Jaron “Boots” Ennis, there are some big fights around the world this

Jul 11, 2024, 07:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A young fighter has been making noise in the last couple of years, taking over different weight classes and moving up the ranks. And with his performance against future Hall of Famer Juan Francisco Estrada on June 29, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez earned high praise from our

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 10, 2024, 03:48 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 Star Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed junior featherweight

Nick ParkinsonJul 10, 2024, 08:03 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions From the return of former pound-for-pound king Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, to title defenses by Janibek Alimkhanuly, Skye Nicolson and Jaron “Boots” Ennis, there are some big fights around the

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJul 7, 2024, 10:21 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions It took almost five years, but Nate Diaz finally got his revenge over Jorge Masvidal in a professional boxing ring Saturday. Diaz defeated Masvidal by majority decision

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 7, 2024, 02:35 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 Shakur Stevenson captured Olympic silver at the 2016 Games in Rio

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 7, 2024, 12:49 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 Shakur Stevenson retained his WBC lightweight title with a unanimous decision

ESPN News Services Jul 5, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Boxing star Ryan Garcia apologized Friday for his use of racial slurs against Black people and disparaging comments he made about Muslims during a recent livestream on social media. “I take all responsibility for my words,” Garcia wrote in a post on X. “Sorry everyone that

ESPN News Services Jul 4, 2024, 09:37 PM ET The WBC has expelled boxing star Ryan Garcia from any activity with the organization after he repeatedly used racial slurs against Black people and disparaged Muslims in comments livestreamed on social media. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman announced the penalty Thursday on the social media platform X.

Jul 4, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson returns to the ring on Saturday to defend his WBC lightweight title against Artem Harutyunyan. The fight at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey (ESPN/ESPN+, 8:30 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 6:10 p.m. ET), will be the main event of a

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 30, 2024, 01:17 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 retained his WBO junior welterweight title with

Jun 30, 2024, 01:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez knocked out Juan Francisco Estrada in the seventh round to win the WBC junior bantamweight title Saturday night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix in a candidate for fight of the year. Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KOs), who entered the fight as a -550

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