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Artur Beterbiev and Anthony Yarde went to-to-toe Saturday in a war. (Photo by Mark Robison/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) There are few, if any, boxers in the light heavyweight division who could survive a prolonged firefight with unified champion Artur Beterbiev. Anthony Yarde gave it an admirable shot on Saturday at Wembley Arena in

Queensberry Promotions As far as skilled boxers who possess an equal level of danger and knockout threat, there are very few on the planet as well-rounded and dynamic as Artur Beterbiev. Conversely, it would be difficult to find a champion this accomplished who flies so far under the radar in terms of crossover appeal.  That reality

11:15 AM ET 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 Having been threatened by guns and knives growing up, Anthony Yarde insists he has no fear or anxiety going into Saturday’s world light heavyweight

A woman in New York state has filed a civil suit against Mike Tyson, accusing the former boxing champion of raping her in a limousine in the early 1990s, according to court filings. The woman, who asked the court to remain anonymous, filed her complaint in early January under a temporary New York state law

Chris Eubank Jr has called on boxing to be more inclusive after Liam Smith was accused of homophobia in the build up to their middleweight clash on Saturday in Manchester. Smith made unsubstantiated claims questioning Eubank’s sexuality during a pre-fight press conference on Thursday. Eubank, son of former world champion Chris Eubank, wore a rainbow

5:00 AM ET Chris Eubank Jr. and Liam Smith have apologised for their comments in a news conference which descended into ugly scenes on Thursday ahead of their middleweight bout on Saturday. Eubank was subjected to anti-gay comments while Smith was subjected to taunts about social class. When the organisers tried to halt the chaos

Plan your fight nights ahead with our UFC fight schedule. Included below are all of the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night cards and pay-per-events with announced bouts. We’ll also include any odds that are posted at BetMGM. Check back often as this list will be updated as new fights are scheduled. Here are the major scheduled

Barring any unexpected late snags, Ryan Garcia (above with trainer Joe Goossen) will fight Gervonta Davis on April 15 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Tom Hogan/Golden Boy Promotions via Getty Images) On Nov. 17, both Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia took to social media to announce that they’d agreed to fight each other in what

Jan 13, 2023 It was the first major women’s fight of 2023 — and by the end of the year, it might be remembered as one of the best, too. Jessica Nery Plata, who entered the fight as the WBA junior flyweight champion, left the ring as the unified champion after beating WBC titleholder Kim

Gerrie Coetzee (left), who defeated Michael Dokes in 1983 for the WBA heavyweight title, died Thursday in South Africa at 67. (Photo by Getty Images) Gerrie Coetzee, a hard-punching South African who won a share of the heavyweight championship in 1983 when he knocked out Michael “Dynamite” Dokes, died Thursday following a short battle with

Getty Images Boxing is set to kick off 2023 with high hopes for some epic showdowns. Many think this is finally the year that we see some of the most highly anticipated matchups of this era, which includes unification bouts at welterweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. But even beyond those matchups, there are other clashes

Gervonta Davis celebrates after defeating Hector Luis Garcia at Capital One Arena on Jan. 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) There are always a lot of complaints surrounding the business of boxing, and on Saturday’s Showtime Pay-Per-View card in Washington, D.C., there was another glaring example of the type of things

5:15 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence Jr.’s next fight won’t come against Terence Crawford, and it won’t even take place for Spence’s three welterweight titles. Instead, Spence will meet Keith Thurman in a junior middleweight bout that’s expected to take place in April, sources told ESPN. A matchup between Spence and Thurman was highly

Getty Images After a somewhat cool close to 202 where many of boxing’s top stars featured their talents in stay-busy fights, the New Year begins with hopes of some of the top stars facing off against other top opposition over the next 12 months. At least one fighter cleared his initial hurdle toward the biggest

Gervonta Davis handed Hector Garcia the first loss of his career Saturday at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Hector Garcia fought Gervonta Davis about as well as anyone has fought him and he didn’t come close to winning. Davis, like he often does, started extremely slow against Garcia

Jaron Ennis punches Karen Chukhadzhian in their Interim IBF Welterweight Championship bout at Capital One Arena on January 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) It was hardly the performance Jaron Ennis was looking for on Saturday when he met Ukrainian Karen Chukhadzhian for the interim IBF welterweight title at the Capital

Showtime Over the past handful of years, Gervonta “Tank” Davis has become one of boxing’s biggest attractions and most exciting fighters. On Saturday night, Davis returns to the ring to face Hector Luis Garcia with a huge April bout against Ryan Garcia waiting for him with a win. Garcia, a champion at super featherweight, is

Gervonta Davis improved his record to 28-0 with a TKO of Hector Garcia on Saturday in Washington D.C. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) The first pay-per-view of 2023 featured undefeated Gervonta Davis against unheralded and unbeaten Hector Garcia at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Davis once again proved he is one of the world’s