Boxing

Indian boxer Ashish Chaudhary knocked out in the first round of Tokyo Olympics.© Twitter Indian boxer Ashish Chaudhary (75kg) paid for an underwhelming start as his maiden Olympic appearance ended with an opening-round loss to China’s Erbieke Touheta here on Monday. The 27-year-old former Asian silver-medallist went down 0-5 in the bout, which could have

1:03 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Keyshawn Davis, a 3-0 pro widely hailed as Team USA’s best hope to end the gold-medal boxing drought for the men, advanced to the Round of 16 with a 5-0 victory over the Netherland’s Enrico Lacruz on Saturday evening in Tokyo. Davis, 22, won all three rounds on all five

LAS VEGAS — T.J. Dillashaw hadn’t fought in 30 months. He injured his knee in the first round. A cut that he suffered in training re-opened in the second round and was so bad, that former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier said it was making him ill looking at it. In training camp, he’d torn

Getty Images Joe Joyce is looking to build on the momentum of his career-best win on Saturday when he clashes with Carlos Takam at SSE Arena in London. The card is set to go down at 2:15 p.m. ET on Fite pay-per-view. Joyce (12-0, 11 KO) was a heavy underdog coming into his most recent

Vikas Krishan was out-punched 0-5 by Japan’s Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa.© AFP Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (69kg) was out-punched 0-5 and left with a bloodied eye by local favourite Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa as he bowed out of Olympics here on Saturday after fighting with a shoulder injury in the opening round. The 29-year-old Vikas

Getty Images After a hiccup suffered in her much-hyped Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships debut in February when she dropped a competitive decision to Britain Hart, former UFC star Paige VanZant believes she has adjusted enough to the learning curve to make a big splash in Friday’s return.   VanZant (8-5 in MMA, 0-1 in BKFC)

6:31 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 As the Olympic boxing tournament in Tokyo starts on Saturday, Britain’s Joe Joyce will watch closely as he aims to build on his success

Manny Pacquiao sat at ringside in Arlington, Texas, at AT&T Stadium on March 16, 2019, as Errol Spence Jr. dominated Mikey Garcia and scored a shutout in their heavily hyped welterweight title fight. Pacquiao entered the ring after the bout and Spence quickly said he’d love to fight the Filipino superstar. But members of Pacquiao’s

Top seed and world no.1 Amit Panghal (52kg) was among four Indian boxers who got byes into the Olympic Games pre-quarterfinals as the country’s pugilists geared up for a tough campaign going by the draws unveiled on Thursday. An unprecedented nine Indian boxers would be vying for medals at the showpiece, where none could secure

7:55 PM ET Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate The last 12 months have been a revelation in boxing, in terms of boxers becoming undisputed champions or looking to join that elite group. It’s only

For the first time ever, two Olympic gold medal-winning boxers will face off in the professional ranks.  Anthony Joshua, the current unified heavyweight titleholder and 2012 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medalist, will face Oleksandr Usyk, the 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist, on Sept. 25. And it’s taking place on a grand stage: London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,

USATSI The third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder has been officially announced. However, it has not come without its speed bumps. The pair of heavyweights were set to meet with Fury’s WBC heavyweight title on the line on July 24, but a COVID-19 outbreak within Fury’s camp quickly derailed those plans with two

Indian athletes, including the boxers and shooters, hit the ground running as they started their pre-Olympic training, hoping to live up to massive expectations in the pandemic-hit Games. With the boxing competition getting underway on July 24 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, the Indian pugilists, both men and women, sweated it out in their first training

3:19 AM ET Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate In one moment, Jermell Charlo appeared out of answers as his shot at an undisputed championship was slipping away. Then in another, Charlo was smacking Brian

In a telephonic interview to PTI before the nine Olympic-qualified boxers left for Tokyo on Saturday, Indian boxing‘s High Performance Director Santiago Nieva spoke about the many changes that have been brought in to the boxers’ approach and technique for a successful Olympic outing. “It’s like the big final exam after studying hard,” said Nieva,

Showtime Aside from the obvious huge stakes at play when Jermell Charlo and Brian Castaño meet on Saturday to crown the first undisputed champion of the four-belt era at junior middleweight, the best part of this 154-pound duel is the contrasts of styles.   Charlo (34-1, 18 KOs), a 31-year-old native of Houston, is a

It’s been almost impossible to separate Jermell and identical twin brother Jermall Charlo, both in terms of appearance and in terms of their boxing accomplishments. But on Saturday, that may change. Jermell Charlo is favored to defeat Brian Castaño on Saturday in San Antonio to become the first undisputed super welterweight champion in the four-belt

8:34 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN There are four world titles in each of boxing’s 17 divisions. Any attempt to clear up just who “the man” or “the woman” is in a given weight class is a boon to the sport, and that’s what makes Saturday’s fight between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano for the undisputed