Boxing

File photo of Shiva Thapa© X (formerly Twitter) Six-time Asian Championships medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) and World Championships runner-up Amit Panghal (51kg) maintained their impressive form to advance into the quarterfinals of the Men’s National Boxing Championships on Wednesday. Thapa, who won a gold medal in the last edition, demonstrated his prowess with a commanding

Yahoo Sports Aaron Rodgers returns, Frank Reich firing & future of the Panthers | Inside Coverage Jason Fitz is joined by Yahoo Sports Senior NFL Reporters Charles Robinson and Jori Epstein to go behind the scenes of the Frank Reich firing as they attempt to get to the root of the issues that have been

Shakur Stevenson beat Edwin De Los Santos (not pictured) on Nov. 16 for the vacant WBC lightweight title but failed to impress. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images) Shakur Stevenson is a phenomenal boxer, and we haven’t seen close to the best of him yet. He’s 21-0 with 10 knockouts and world championships in three weight

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 26, 2023, 02:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Fight after fight, David Benavidez has asked, lobbied and downright demanded that boxing’s top star finally meet him in the ring. With a brutal beatdown of Demetrius Andrade on Saturday at Mandalay Bay, Benavidez made his biggest statement yet that he

Getty Images In a super middleweight division where the shadow of undisputed champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez looms large, David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade will battle to move one step closer to a crack at the champ. The fight goes down on Saturday night from Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas and airs on Showtime Pay-Per-View.

Timothy Bradley Jr. Nov 22, 2023, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sugar Ray Robinson is still widely regarded by many as the greatest male boxer ever, winning titles in two divisions (welterweight and middleweight) and recapturing the middleweight title five times throughout his career. However, when it comes to the most remarkable women fighter

Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports Question: How much should entertainment factor into pound-for-pound voting in the sport of boxing?  In many ways, it shouldn’t at all. In a sport that largely doubles as an entertainment product, where elements like popularity and trash talk can get you ahead, the P4P list has always been a place where

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