Boxing

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 16, 2023, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson faces Edwin De Los Santos in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, (ESPN/ESPN+, 10:30 p.m. ET). The 12-round fight is for the vacant WBC lightweight world title. In the co-main

Shakur Stevenson lands a punch on Edwin De Los Santos during his WBC world lightweight title victory on Thursday (Steve Marcus) Undefeated American fighter Shakur Stevenson labored to a unanimous-decision victory over Edwin De Los Santos of the Dominican Republic to claim the vacant WBC world lightweight crown on Thursday. The unbeaten 26-year-old improved to

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk got into it at their news conference. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images) (DANIEL LEAL via Getty Images) The selling has started for the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk heavyweight unification fight. Fury, the WBC heavyweight champ, and Usyk, the holder of the WBA, IBF and WBO titles, squared off at

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 15, 2023, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Shakur Stevenson wasn’t in your typical run down, sweaty boxing gym. Staring at a black ring with ZUFFA BOXING emblazoned on the mat, he had a familiar thought run through his head prior to his sparring session. On a massage table

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 10, 2023, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford was stripped of his IBF title months after he won the 147-pound belt from Errol Spence Jr. in July. The ninth-round TKO victory crowned Crawford as the undisputed welterweight champion and cemented his place as ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer. Crawford, 36,

Callum Walsh (L) won a unanimous decision over Ismael Villarreal on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. He posed after the fight with promoter Tom Loeffler. (Lina Baker/360 Promotions) ((Lina Baker/360 Promotions)) NEW YORK — The hype surrounding Callum Walsh, was overwhelming. And the Irish super welterweight prospect faced plenty of scrutiny Thursday in his bout

Terence Crawford is down a belt, and will likely need at least two wins to get it back. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) (Al Bello via Getty Images) Terence Crawford’s run as undisputed welterweight champion lasted about three months. And zero title defenses. The boxer was stripped of his IBF welterweight title Thursday for failing

Nov 9, 2023, 07:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Here’s a surprise. Jake Paul could end 2023 with a better record than many of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters, including Terence Crawford, Dmitry Bivol, Tyson Fury, and Oleksandr Usyk. But to get that win, Paul needs to face his first real professional boxer. Is it

Jake Paul poses for a photo after defeating Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Center on Aug. 5, 2023, in Dallas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images) (Sam Hodde via Getty Images) If Jake Paul really wants to be taken seriously as a boxer, he took a step in the right direction Wednesday. Paul announced that

Getty Images Jake Paul meets his most experienced boxing opponent yet. Paul will fight professional boxer Andre August in a cruiserweight tilt on Dec. 15 in Orlando, his promotional company announced on Wednesday. Paul’s return date was previously set to air on DAZN without an opponent being formally announced. The social media star’s foray into

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 6, 2023, 09:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Francis Ngannou danced as he looked down at Tyson Fury and declared, “You’re a bad professor, motherf—er. … Who is taking who to school?'” That moment — really, any Ngannou success — was unimaginably hard to fathom during the buildup to the event last

Nick ParkinsonNov 2, 2023, 07:49 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 For too long now boxing in the UK has relied on the heavyweights to gain mainstream interest. The biggest

Mike Coppinger Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Oct 28, 2023, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The fight is finally here. Tyson Fury, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion, takes on former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou on

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to fight for the undisputed heavyweight title match on Dec. 23. That may have to wait. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) (Justin Setterfield via Getty Images) On the day of his official arrival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Oct. 24, Tyson Fury told reporters that his training camp

Yahoo Sports Change is coming to the College Football Playoff With decisions to be made on an expansion format, a new CFP director, revenue sharing and a new TV deal, there’s plenty at stake as college football’s power brokers meet in Chicago on Thursday.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 27, 2023, 08:19 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS AND RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — Cameras surround a ring at a gym Francis Ngannou has opened himself in Las Vegas. For years, Ngannou could be

A search of the internet will almost unanimously tell you that the biggest upset in boxing history occurred on Feb. 10, 1990, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo when a little known heavyweight named James “Buster” Douglas knocked out previously unbeaten and universally feared Mike Tyson. I have plenty of issues with that as No.

The best that can be said for the Tyson Fury-Francis Ngannou boxing match Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is that at least it’s not one of the celebrity matches that have been so omnipresent these days. Let’s be as clear as possible: The celebrity boxing you see presented by Misfits Boxing on DAZN is pure,