Boxing

May 29, 2024, 05:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Boxing becomes the second Olympic sport to award prize money at the Paris Olympics this summer. Gao Jing/Xinhua via Getty Images The International Boxing Association (IBA) will offer prize money to all those who become Olympic champions and medallists at this year’s Paris Games, the body announced
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Andreas Hale, ESPNMay 27, 2024, 10:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The World Boxing Council announced Monday that Terence Crawford has been downgraded to “champion in recess” in the welterweight division just a few months ahead of Crawford’s debut at super welterweight against WBA 154-pound champion Israel Madrimov on August 3. “The WBC Board of
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James Regan May 25, 2024, 07:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEEDS, England — Jack Catterall got the revenge he has craved for so long, beating Josh Taylor by unanimous decision in their junior welterweight rematch in Leeds on Saturday night. After losing the first fight in controversial fashion in February 2022 in Scotland, Catterall
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 24, 2024, 01:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sebastian Fundora and Errol Spence Jr. have agreed to a deal for a WBC junior middleweight title fight in October in Dallas, sources told ESPN. PBC’s hope is to stage the Prime Video PPV event at AT&T Stadium if the finalized date fits into
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James Regan May 24, 2024, 09:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Catterall weighed in 0.2 pounds heavier than Josh Taylor. Paul Devlin/SNS Group via Getty Images LEEDS, England — Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall faced off for the last time before their highly anticipated rematch at an emotionally charged weigh-in on Friday. Taylor topped the
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 23, 2024, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Star boxer Ryan Garcia’s B-sample returned an adverse finding for the banned substance ostarine, per a Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory report viewed by ESPN. The A-sample, which was collected the day before and the day of his upset win over Devin Haney
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James Regan May 23, 2024, 09:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Catterall wants to knock out Josh Taylor after he was controversially judged to have lost their first fight. Tim Markland/PA Images via Getty Images LEEDS, England — Jack Catterall has predicted he will earn a knockout victory over Josh Taylor in their junior welterweight
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May 22, 2024, 12:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora will fight in London in July. James Fearn/Getty Images British heavyweights Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora will face off at London’s O2 Arena on July 27, Queensberry promotions announced on Wednesday. The pair have been on a collision course for some time,
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Andreas Hale, ESPNMay 21, 2024, 07:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The first international signee of Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions will debut on the undercard of Paul’s July 20 showdown with Mike Tyson, officials confirmed with ESPN on Tuesday. India’s Neeraj Goyat (18-4-2, 8 KOs) will compete for the first time under the MVP
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 18, 2024, 07:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — There hadn’t been an undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in a rematch of all-time greats in November 1999 in Las Vegas. Halfway around the world — and nearly 25 years later — another undisputed champion in
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Jeff Wagenheim May 19, 2024, 01:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Denys Berinchyk put a bow on the greatest day in Ukrainian boxing history, upsetting Emanuel Navarrete by split decision on Saturday in San Diego to capture the vacant WBO lightweight championship. It was not a pretty bow, as the fighters spent all 12 rounds
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