Boxing

The Baddest Man on the Planet is trying to heal from an ulcer flare-up. The rest of the planet is dealing with the fallout. Which is to say a massive void created by Tyson’s health and the postponement of the fight between the former champ and occasional chump, Jake Paul. On Tuesday, Paul posted on

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World championships silver medallist boxer Amit Panghal and national champion Jaismine Lamboria qualified for the Paris Olympics with contrasting quarterfinal wins at the 2nd World Qualification Tournament in Bangkok on Sunday. Panghal’s comeback to the Indian team culminated in the fifth Olympic quota in boxing as the multiple-time Asian Championships medallist notched a hard-fought 5-0

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 1, 2024, 10:08 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Deontay Wilder uncorked a right hand, only to lose the exchange

Deontay Wilder is at a crossroads. On Saturday he will fight Zhilei Zhang of China in an intriguing heavyweight bout and with a lot to prove. Wilder, the former WBC heavyweight champion, has lost three of his past four fights. “I’ve had a successful career and this is a do or die moment for me,”

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jaismine Lamboria moved within touching distance of a Paris Olympic quota after she registered a dominant victory over Ana Marija Milisic of Switzerland to enter the 57kg quarterfinals of the World Olympic Boxing Qualifier in Bangkok, Thailand. The 22-year-old, who dropped down from 60kg, out-punched Milisic through an unanimous decision (5-0)

Mike Tyson’s return to the ring against YouTuber Jake Paul has been postponed© AFP Mike Tyson’s upcoming return to the ring against YouTuber Jake Paul has been postponed after the former heavyweight champion’s recent health scare, organisers said Friday. Tyson needed medical treatment on board a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on Sunday after

File image of Ankushita Boro.© BFI India’s quest for booking a quota in the women’s 60kg ended with Ankushita Boro 2-3 defeat against Agnes Alexiusson of Sweden in the quarter-finals of the Boxing World Olympic Qualifiers here on Friday. The 23-year-old Boro fought hard but her Swedish opponent, a former European Games bronze medallist, dug

Bangkok: Nishant Dev (71kg) became the first Indian male pugilist to secure a Paris Games quota when he reached the semifinals of the Boxing Olympic qualifiers on Friday. The world championships bronze medalist, who had narrowly missed on an Olympic berth in the previous qualifiers, earned the quota after defeating Vasile Cebotari of Moldova 5-0

Getty Images Although he remains undaunted by the realization, former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder couldn’t help but share his most recent observation entering Saturday’s return to the ring headlining a pay-per-view card in Saudi Arabia.  “Nobody respects a guy that is at peace,” Wilder told DAZN cameras this week during a stidown interview.  At

May 29, 2024, 06:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The heavyweight championship rematch between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will take place on Dec. 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, Turki Alalshikh, announced on Wednesday. Alalshikh said in a post on Twitter: “The rematch between the Undisputed Champion Oleksandr

Five of Eddie Hearn’s boxers will fight five of Frank Warren’s this weekend, in a unique event pitting Matchroom against Queensberry. Promoters Hearn and Warren have become colleagues of sorts in recent months, working together on numerous cards in Saudi Arabia. But in the Gulf state this weekend, the pair will be rivals once again.

Nitu Ghanghas may be temporarily away from public spotlight but the Haryana boxer is spending quality time at the Bhiwani Boxing Club preparing for the Los Angeles Olympics in July 2028. A world champion in the 48 kg class, the 23-year-old Nitu could not make it to the Paris Olympics in the 54 kg division,

James Regan May 25, 2024, 09:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEEDS, England — The rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall was a thrilling battle, cheered on by an emphatic crowd Saturday night, but the outcome still leaves plenty of questions for both fighters to answer. Catterall, 30, of Lancashire, England, earned a unanimous

Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will clash in Leeds tonight, in one of the most-anticipated rematches in recent memory. In February 2022, Taylor won a controversial decision on home turf in Scotland, retaining the undisputed super-lightweight titles against England’s Catterall. One judge was downgraded after scoring the bout to Taylor by three points, while Catterall’s

Indian pugilists will be determined to overcome the recent setbacks both inside and outside the boxing ring when they aim for the last available tickets to the Olympic Games at the second World Qualification Tournament, starting on Friday. Up until the last qualifying event, Indian boxers had four quotas but in an unprecedented embarrassment, that

Nick ParkinsonMay 23, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Jack Catterall was basking in what he assumed was the afterglow of victory following his undisputed junior welterweight title clash against Josh Taylor in February 2022. Catterall was being

Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall are finally set to settle their rivalry on Saturday, over two years after one of the most controversial fights in recent memory. Taylor, fighting in his native Scotland, won a split decision against Catterall in February 2022, with most observers saying the Englishman was denied a rightful victory in Glasgow.