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Canelo Alvarez, of Mexico, celebrates after defeating Jermell Charlo in their super middleweight title boxing match, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) By, oh, the fourth round of his defense of the undisputed middleweight championship on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas against Jermell Charlo, there was never

World Championship bronze medallist boxer Parveen Hooda assured India of a medal and also grabbed a Paris Olympic quota by moving into the 57kg semifinals in the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday. Parveen, who won the bronze medal in the 63kg at the 2022 World Boxing Championships, moved past Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova by unanimous

File image of Jaismine Lamboria© Twitter Indian boxer Jaismine Lamboria’s Asian Games campaign ended in the quarterfinals of the women’s 60Kg after RSC (referee stopping the contest) defeat in round 2 against North Korea’s Won Ungyong on Sunday. Jaismine had a great first round, defeating Ungyong Won 5-0. But, she couldn’t defend herself in the

Canelo Alvarez punches Jermell Charlo en route to a wide unanimous decision win in their bout for the undisputed super middleweight title. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) (Sarah Stier via Getty Images) LAS VEGAS — It’s almost getting greedy to ask — beg, perhaps — for Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford to fight each other after boxing’s

Hailey Meuchel, CBS Sports Fight night has finally arrived. After months of buildup and trash talk (mostly on the respectful side), Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo will meet in the center of the ring inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The meeting marks the first time in boxing’s four-belt era where two

Indian boxer Preeti Pawar secured a quota for the Paris Olympics and also assured herself of a medal along with Lovlina Borgohain and Narender as they moved into the semifinals of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. The 19-year-old Preeti put up a fearless display against Kazakhstan’s Zhaina Shekerbekova, a three-time World Championship medallist

Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 29, 2023, 02:00 PM ET At long last, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to battle for heavyweight supremacy. Fury and Usyk signed contracts for an undisputed heavyweight championship fight in Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN on Friday, a bout that could take place on Dec. 23 or sometime in January.

Two-time world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen secured a Paris Olympics berth and assured herself of a medal as she cantered to the 50kg semifinals of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. Fighting in her third bout of the tournament, Nikhat needed less than three minutes to notch a facile RSC (referee stops contest) win over

Representational Image.© AFP An Afghanistan boxer has been provisionally suspended for failing a doping test at the Asian Games, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said, the first reported drugs case at the event. The 37-year-old Mohammad Khaibar Nooristani, who was defeated on Monday in the preliminary rounds of the 71kg weight class in Hangzhou, tested

Parveen won 5:0 on points vs China’s Xu Zichun in the women’s 57kg round of 16 bout.© X (Twitter) Indian boxer Parveen Hooda kicked off her 19th Asian Games campaign with a win and secured her spot in the last eight in Hangzhou on Friday. Parveen won 5:0 on points against local hope Xu Zichun

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World Championships bronze medallist Deepak Bhoria’s Asian Games campaign ended in heartbreak as he bowed out with a pre-quarterfinal loss even as Nishant Dev and Jaismine Lamboria advanced to the last eight in Hanghzhou on Thursday. Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jaismine (60kg) packed a powerful punch to notch an RSC (referee stops contest win) win in

Yahoo Sports Caleb Williams sweepstakes, inside the Broncos and Jets locker rooms | Inside Coverage Jason Fitz is joined by senior NFL reporters Charles Robinson and Jori Epstein to pull back the curtain and give an insider’s perspective on the latest news around the NFL. The trio start with the Los Angeles Chargers and Mike

Picture of boxer Sachin Siwach.© Twitter Indian boxers Sachin Siwach (57kg) and Narender Berwal (+92kg) produced dominating shows to sail into the pre-quarterfinals and quarterfinals respectively at the Asian Games on Tuesday. Sachin notched up a 5-0 win over Indonesia’s Asri Udin, while Narender knocked out Elchoro Uulu Oomatbek of Kyrgyzstan in round 1 itself.

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterSep 24, 2023, 11:00 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Sandy Ryan won on Saturday night. Sandy Ryan lost on Saturday night. In the world of boxing, both things can be very

Showtime A battle of undisputed champions is set for Sept. 30 when Saul “Canelo” Alvarez puts his four super middleweight championships on the line against undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo. The fight is Alvarez’s third defense of his undisputed status and Charlo’s first trip up to the 168-pound division. Charlo earned undisputed status at

Richardson Hitchins (left), coming off a Feb. 4 victory in New York over John Bauza, believes he has what it takes to become a world champion. (Edward Diller/Getty Images) There wasn’t a lot of hype surrounding Richardson Hitchins at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and that’s kind of been the story of

Rafael Fiziev’s bout on March 18 in London against Justin Gaethje was a fast-paced, high-contact affair. (Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS — Rafael Fiziev has turned into one of the UFC’s most exciting fighters. He’s Justin Gaethje Light, if you will. Fiziev is one of the sport’s finest strikers, and entered his fight with Gaethje