Boxing

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 12:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia admitted his fight with Oscar Duarte on Saturday in Houston was “very tough.” After all, Garcia was competing for the first time since his April TKO loss to Gervonta Davis, and Duarte was a tougher-than-usual comeback opponent. Duarte (26-2-1, 21 KOs) was

Ignored for this year’s World Championships and Asian Games, boxer Amit Panghal stamped his authority in the 51kg weight class as he clinched the national title with a comprehensive win in Shillong on Friday. The 2019 worlds silver medallist defeated Chandigarh’s Anshul Punia 5-0. Panghal had lost his place in the Indian squad for this

Ryan Garcia looks on during a news conference on Thursday at Toyota Center in Houston. Ryan Garcia wouldn’t have lost to Gervonta Davis in their much-hyped bout in April if he hadn’t called Davis out and pushed hard to make the match happen. As it stands, that bout is the biggest of the year in

Nick ParkinsonNov 30, 2023, 07:53 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions This year has been good to boxing fans. A lot of big fights took place, including Terence Crawford‘s epic

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Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 26, 2023, 02:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Fight after fight, David Benavidez has asked, lobbied and downright demanded that boxing’s top star finally meet him in the ring. With a brutal beatdown of Demetrius Andrade on Saturday at Mandalay Bay, Benavidez made his biggest statement yet that he

Getty Images In a super middleweight division where the shadow of undisputed champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez looms large, David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade will battle to move one step closer to a crack at the champ. The fight goes down on Saturday night from Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas and airs on Showtime Pay-Per-View.

Timothy Bradley Jr. Nov 22, 2023, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sugar Ray Robinson is still widely regarded by many as the greatest male boxer ever, winning titles in two divisions (welterweight and middleweight) and recapturing the middleweight title five times throughout his career. However, when it comes to the most remarkable women fighter

Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports Question: How much should entertainment factor into pound-for-pound voting in the sport of boxing?  In many ways, it shouldn’t at all. In a sport that largely doubles as an entertainment product, where elements like popularity and trash talk can get you ahead, the P4P list has always been a place where

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 16, 2023, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson faces Edwin De Los Santos in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, (ESPN/ESPN+, 10:30 p.m. ET). The 12-round fight is for the vacant WBC lightweight world title. In the co-main

Shakur Stevenson lands a punch on Edwin De Los Santos during his WBC world lightweight title victory on Thursday (Steve Marcus) Undefeated American fighter Shakur Stevenson labored to a unanimous-decision victory over Edwin De Los Santos of the Dominican Republic to claim the vacant WBC world lightweight crown on Thursday. The unbeaten 26-year-old improved to

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk got into it at their news conference. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images) (DANIEL LEAL via Getty Images) The selling has started for the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk heavyweight unification fight. Fury, the WBC heavyweight champ, and Usyk, the holder of the WBA, IBF and WBO titles, squared off at

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 15, 2023, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Shakur Stevenson wasn’t in your typical run down, sweaty boxing gym. Staring at a black ring with ZUFFA BOXING emblazoned on the mat, he had a familiar thought run through his head prior to his sparring session. On a massage table

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 10, 2023, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford was stripped of his IBF title months after he won the 147-pound belt from Errol Spence Jr. in July. The ninth-round TKO victory crowned Crawford as the undisputed welterweight champion and cemented his place as ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer. Crawford, 36,

Callum Walsh (L) won a unanimous decision over Ismael Villarreal on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. He posed after the fight with promoter Tom Loeffler. (Lina Baker/360 Promotions) ((Lina Baker/360 Promotions)) NEW YORK — The hype surrounding Callum Walsh, was overwhelming. And the Irish super welterweight prospect faced plenty of scrutiny Thursday in his bout

Terence Crawford is down a belt, and will likely need at least two wins to get it back. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) (Al Bello via Getty Images) Terence Crawford’s run as undisputed welterweight champion lasted about three months. And zero title defenses. The boxer was stripped of his IBF welterweight title Thursday for failing

Nov 9, 2023, 07:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Here’s a surprise. Jake Paul could end 2023 with a better record than many of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters, including Terence Crawford, Dmitry Bivol, Tyson Fury, and Oleksandr Usyk. But to get that win, Paul needs to face his first real professional boxer. Is it

Jake Paul poses for a photo after defeating Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Center on Aug. 5, 2023, in Dallas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images) (Sam Hodde via Getty Images) If Jake Paul really wants to be taken seriously as a boxer, he took a step in the right direction Wednesday. Paul announced that