Boxing

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Amit Panghal and national champion Sachin entered the semifinals of the 75th Strandja Memorial boxing event in Sofia, Bulgaria. Amit (51kg) continued his fine form to grab a 5-0 unanimous decision win over Aldarkhishig Battulga of Mongolia. Coming from a dominating win in his last match, Amit looked lethal. He controlled

Teofimo Lopez controversially defended his belt Thursday night in a rather disappointing bout in Las Vegas. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Teofimo Lopez just barely managed to defend his title Thursday night. Lopez survived a slow, defensive bout to beat Jamaine Ortiz via controversial unanimous decision in what was a fight all around at the Michelob Ultra

Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 7, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Teofimo Lopez could have — perhaps should have — been celebrating his dazzling performance over Josh Taylor in June 2023 at Madison Square Garden, one he delivered while he was doubted by critics. Lopez had largely struggled since his landmark win over Vasiliy Lomachenko

File image of Amit Panghal© Twitter Commonwealth Games gold medallist Amit Panghal, national champion Akash and Abhimanyu Loura put up a stellar show to move into the quarterfinals of the 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Wednesday. Amit (51kg) had Rudyk Maksym’s challenge to tackle as he eyed his place in the quarters.

Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) suffered a shock loss by disqualification (DSQ) to Ireland’s O’Rourke Aoife in the opening round of the 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Monday. The referee disqualified Borgohain 1 minute 18 seconds into round three of the pre-quarterfinal bout after the reigning world champion received her third

Yahoo Sports Is Kyle Shanahan the next Andy Reid? with Jessica Smetana | The Exempt List Charles McDonald is on site in Las Vegas at radio row and joined by Le Betard Show contributor Jessica Smetana to discuss the pandemonium around Vegas in preparation for the Super Bowl. The duo start with a little Formula

Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 3, 2024, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk undisputed heavyweight championship bout has been rescheduled for May 18 in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s chairman of general entertainment authority, Turki Alalshikh, announced Saturday on “The MMA Hour.” Fury and Usyk were set to meet Feb. 17 in the kingdom’s

Getty Images Carl Weathers, the outstanding athlete and actor, died at the age of 76 on Friday. People around the world have been mourning his death, and Sylvester Stallons issued a touching tribute to his Rocky co-star on social media. Weathers played Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films, and he formed a close

Yahoo Sports 2023 season awards & superlatives, Greg Olsen & Kevin Burkhardt | Zero Blitz Jason Fitz kicks off this action-packed edition of Zero Blitz with Frank Schwab as the duo give out their end-of-season NFL awards to players and coaches most deserving. After discussing nicknames and reacting to some of the latest news, the

Getty Images Last year was a massive boom year for boxing, filled with top stars putting on amazing performances and long-awaited fights finally coming together. A year so big is a hard act to follow for the sport. The first month of 2024 hasn’t lived up to the lofty standards of the previous year, but

A prodigy of the famed boxing coach Leishangthem Ibomcha Singh, and then a trainee under late Asian Games medallist Dingko Singh, Manipur’s Elangbam Thoicha Devi had no inclination towards the sport before she met the duo. Elangbam started her career as a football player on the insistence of her father before a chance meeting with

Timothy Bradley Jr.Jan 31, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions Last year’s list of promising boxers in each weight division showcased a remarkable six fighters who have risen to become

Getty Images If Saturday night was an audition for Jaime Munguia’s hopes of landing a showdown against Mexican icon Canelo Alvarez in May, the unbeaten slugger made one heck of a statement.  Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs) scored four knockdowns en route to a dominant ninth-round stoppage of the durable John Ryder (32-7, 18 KOs) inside

Indian boxing great Mary Kom seemed to have dropped a bomb on the sporting spectrum as she spoke about retirement because of the ‘age limit’ at an event on Wednesday. Mary, one of India’s most popular sportspersons, highlighted how age limit prevents her from participating in most events. However, the interpretation of her talk at

Six-time World Champion and 2012 Olympic medallist Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom on Wednesday announced her retirement from boxing. Mary Kom hung her boxing gloves as the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) rules allow male and female boxers to fight in elite-level competition only till the age of 40. During an event, Mary, 41, admitted that she

Nick ParkinsonJan 24, 2024, 07:44 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions February is an epic month for boxing, which sees perhaps the biggest fight of the year when the first

3:54 PM ET Last week, Yamileth Mercado, ESPN’s No. 1 junior featherweight, defended her WBC title in a unanimous decision win over Kudakwashe Chiwandire in Mexico. Mercado (21-3, 5 KO) fought for the first time this year and now could be an obvious opponent for the winner of a number of fights coming up —

World Championships bronze medallists Deepak Bhoria and Nishant Dev will be among nine Indian boxers in the running to seal Paris Olympic quotas at the first qualification tournament, scheduled to take place in Busto Arsizio, Italy from February 29 to March 12. Six-time Asian Championships medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) and 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze winner