Boxing

Nikhat Zareen became the fifth Indian to win a gold medal at the Women’s World Boxing Championship when she defeated Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas 5-0 in the fly-weight (52kg) final in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday. Nikhat was in top form as she used her technical acumen and covered the court well to outwit her nimble-footed opponent.

Showtime Former world champions clash on Saturday night when David Benavidez takes on David Lemieux with the interim WBC super middleweight championship on the line. The action from Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona and airs live on Showtime starting at 10 p.m. ET. The winner of the fight also becomes one of several mandatory

7:55 AM ET Editor’s note: Chantelle Cameron will defend her WBC and IBF junior welterweight world titles on Saturday, and she hopes victory will lead to a showdown with Kali Reis, who holds the other two world titles in the weight division. Cameron (15-0, 8 KOs), 30, from Northampton, England, will fight Victoria Bustos (23-6,

Nikhat Zareen (52kg), Manisha (57kg) and Parveen (63kg) continued their stellar run at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul on Monday by advancing to the semifinals but five other Indians bowed out after suffering quarterfinal losses. Confirming their first World Championships medals with a place in the semifinals, Nikhat out-punched England’s Charley-Sian Davison

Showtime Jermell Charlo became the first four-belt undisputed champion at 154 pounds on Saturday after knocking out Brian Castano in the 10th round of their thrilling rematch at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.   Nearly one year after fighting to a disputed draw that most felt he had won, Castano (17-1-2, 12 KOs)

12:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN CARSON, Calif. — Brian Castano crumbled in a heap, the product of a right hand to the body followed by a left hook to the head from Jermell Charlo in Round 10 of an instant classic Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park. Somehow, someway, Castano made it to his feet

Jermell Charlo and Brian Castaño‘s first fight for the undisputed title at 154 pounds last July ended with a split draw and nobody very happy. Saturday’s rematch was a much different story as Charlo and Castaño brought the fans at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, out of their seats several times ahead of

Evander Holyfield’s son Evan just suffered the first loss of his young boxing career, and it wasn’t pretty. The younger Holyfield entered Saturday’s Trillerverz 5 event with a 9-0 record. To say he was the favorite against Jurmain McDonald was an understatement; some books had Holyfield as a -10000 favorite. Here’s how that ended up

Brian Castaño could easily have won his fight with Jermell Charlo last July, despite fighting on Charlo’s turf, despite giving up five inches in height and six inches in reach, despite being significantly less experienced and despite being nearly a 3-1 underdog. Castaño rocked Charlo several times and forced Charlo to mount a desperate late

CBS Sports Illustration Pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez’s “daring to be great” tour hit a snag last Saturday when his bid to challenge unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol ended in a unanimous decision loss.   Alvarez, 31, who has won titles in four divisions, failed in the end to one-up his incredible 2021 campaign

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

Please don’t attribute what happened to Canelo Alvarez in the ring at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday at the hands of Dmitry Bivol to Bivol’s advantage in size. That would be wrong. Size didn’t have an impact on this fight. Bivol retained his WBA light heavyweight title because, on this night at least, he was the

Canelo Alvarez dared to be great, but so did Dmitry Bivol. Bivol was surprisingly active, throwing far more punches than the Mexican superstar, and successfully retained his light heavyweight title in a shocking upset. Bivol won a unanimous decision Saturday at T-Mobile Arena Saturday, outworking, outlanding and outboxing Alvarez to retain his WBA championship. All

Indian men’s boxing team High Performance Director Santiago Nieva has stepped down from his role.© Twitter Indian men’s boxing team High Performance Director Santiago Nieva has stepped down from his role after serving for five years, the national federation said on Saturday. Nieva, who took charge of the national team in 2017, will take up

Getty Images Over the past seven years, in the immediate aftermath of former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather’s retirement, boxing fans have become so accustomed to Canelo Alvarez daring to be great in terms of his matchmaking that his opponents can often get lumped together.   Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs), whose lone pro defeat came against

LAS VEGAS — There are, as they say in the parlance, plenty of good seats still available for the WBA light heavyweight title fight on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena between Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol. That’s largely due to the lack of awareness Bivol has with the American fan base. Alvarez is one of the

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

LAS VEGAS — The script in nearly every Canelo Alvarez fight over the last several years is identical: He launches a withering body assault early in the fight. His opponent, fighting the biggest fight of his life, battles back hard. Eventually, the body shots begin to take their toll and Alvarez then targets the head.