Boxing

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 1, 2023, 07:44 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette June is full of title fights, some defenses with unexpected challengers because of injuries and positive tests for banned substances. In most of these cases, the
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Tyson Fury’s social media “updates” aren’t helping fights get made. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) It’s hard to escape the notion that, as people who love boxing, we’re on the verge of something sensational, something big. Boxing has been the easy sport to kick because, for so many years, it was rife with problems: Big
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Pound-for-pound No. 1 Terence Crawford has agreed to terms to face unified champion Errol Spence Jr. on July 29 in Las Vegas, according to news reports. (Ed Zurga/Getty Images) Boxing is the sport where anything can happen — and anything usually does and probably will happen. In more than four decades of writing about this
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Devin Haney, left, fights Vasiliy Lomachenko in an undisputed lightweight championship boxing match Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Las Vegas. Haney won by unanimous decision. (AP Photo/John Locher) Devin Haney passed his big test, retaining his undisputed lightweight championship by winning a difficult but unanimous decision over Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday at the MGM Grand
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Showtime 2023 has been a great year for boxing, with a Fight of the Year list that has grown seemingly every weekend. But alongside the heaps of all-action battles, there have been some big-time knockouts. From championship-winning shots to lesser-known fighters making a name with serious one-shot power, there have been plenty of knockouts to
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The lightweight division is one of boxing’s deepest and most exciting weight classes. Devin Haney won the undisputed championship by defeating George Kambosos Jr. on the road in Australia, but his title defense Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas against former pound-for-pound No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko will be the first true test
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Getty Images At 35, former pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko is an older and wiser version than the three-division champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist that boxing fans first came to know.  Lomachenko (17-2, 11 KOs) is aware of the whispers surrounding his age following a closer-than-expected decision win over unbeaten Jamaine Ortiz last October. And
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STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA – MAY 13: Janibek Alimkhanuly celebrates after defeating Steven Butler during their WBO middleweight championship fight at Stockton Arena on May 13, 2023 in Stockton, California. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) Janibek Alimkhanuly is still not particularly well known to anyone other than the most hard core boxing fans,
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