Boxing

9:00 AM ET Kris Terzievski sneaks a punch through the guard of Paul Gallen, . Mark Evans/Getty Images Unheralded Kris Terzievski is the new Australian heavyweight boxing champion after outlasting Paul Gallen and likely ending the veteran warrior’s decorated sporting career in an epic 10-round battle in Newcastle. Terzievski dominated for much of the encounter but

7:50 AM ET Dmitry Bivol has officially entered the pound-for-pound conversation. Bivol scored a big upset on Saturday in Las Vegas, defeating former No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter Canelo Alvarez. He retained his WBA “super” light heavyweight world title and also earned a spot in ESPN’s top-10 list for the first time in his career. Alvarez

5:50 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Terence “Bud” Crawford — who has yet to lose a fight in his professional career (38-0, 29

3:54 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia is inching closer to his first title shot. The WBC on Tuesday ordered a lightweight title eliminator between Garcia and Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, according to a letter sent to the fighters that was obtained by ESPN. If no deal is struck between Garcia’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya’s

12:48 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Mike Tyson won’t be charged in connection with an incident on an airplane last month, the San Mateo County (California) District Attorney announced Tuesday. “We have reviewed the police reports of the San Francisco Police Department and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and have viewed the various videos collected

9:47 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Dmitry Bivol pinned Canelo Alvarez on the ropes in Round 5 on Saturday and unleashed a six-punch combination, most of which landed flush. This was a rare sight, the pound-for-pound king vulnerable and in real trouble. It’s dangerous to throw that many punches in succession against such

May 8, 2022 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 After years of yearning for a fight against Amir Khan, Kell Brook realised that in the afterglow of the most satisfying win of his

1:07 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Dmitry Bivol, in one of the biggest boxing upsets in recent memory, scored a unanimous decision over the sport’s top star, Canelo Alvarez, on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. All three judges score the fight 115-113, but the bout wasn’t nearly that close. Still, Bivol needed to win

3:19 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, sunglasses covering some of the redness and welts that peppered his face, found himself in unfamiliar territory. For the first time since a 2013 loss to Floyd Mayweather at age 23, Alvarez sat on the dais afterward and explained how — and why — he

1:28 AM ET Brianna Williams Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs) and Canelo Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) had T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas rocking on Saturday night. In just his second fight at 175 pounds, Alvarez moved up in weight to challenge light heavyweight champion Bivol for his WBA world title. Alvarez was the favorite to

5:48 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The quest for greatness continues for four-division champion Canelo Alvarez. After defeating Caleb Plant by 11th-round TKO in November to become the first fighter in the four-belt era to unify all the major super middleweight world titles, Alvarez is facing WBA light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol with the goal of

10:39 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Kell Brook is retiring from boxing. The 36-year-old British fighter, who was world welterweight champion from 2014 to 2017, said in an interview with the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph: “It’s over for me. I’ll never box again.” His last fight, therefore, was his win over longtime rival

4:33 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez stood on the scale Friday outside T-Mobile Arena adorned by a wave of red-white-and-green flags as mariachis blared in full force. For the first time in three years, Alvarez is set to compete in Las Vegas on Cinco De Mayo Weekend — the date and

8:00 AM ET Super middleweight undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez moves up in weight to challenge light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol for his WBA world title on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (DAZN PPV, 9 p.m. ET). This will be Alvarez’s second fight at 175 pounds. In November 2019, Alvarez defeated Sergey Kovalev

7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez stood in the center of the ring draped with four world titles. At long last, he was the undisputed super middleweight champion, accomplishing the goal he set out when he commenced his 168-pound campaign in December 2020. The 11th-round TKO victory over Caleb Plant in

11:53 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Since Canelo Alvarez narrowly defeated Gennadiy Golovkin in 2018, he’s rarely lost a round. The one fight that was a genuine challenge came at a career-high weight of 174.5 pounds when Alvarez met Sergey Kovalev in 2019. The bout was even on one scorecard entering Round 11

7:49 AM ET Katie Taylor continues to lead the way in the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings. But the battle for No. 2 continues after a great weekend of boxing. Taylor (21-0, 6 KOs) defeated Amanda Serrano (42-2-1, 30 KOs) by split decision in one of the best fights of the year. A back-and-forth battle in

12:14 AM ET Brianna Williams Undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor’s face-off against seven-division champ Amanda Serrano was regarded as one of the biggest fights in women’s boxing history before either of them stepped foot in the ring. The bout at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night lived up to the hype as