Boxing

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

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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,

The Boxing Federation of India is optimistic of a favourable resolution of the matter.© AFP A female Indian boxer is at risk of being stripped of her Asian Games medal and Paris Olympics quota after she was handed a notice for multiple whereabouts failure by the International Testing Agency (ITA). The pugilist failed to file

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterOct 21, 2023, 09:25 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Open Extended Reactions Gabriela Fundora threw punch after punch, finding the face and body of IBF flyweight champion Arely Mucino over and

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 19, 2023, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Catterall was ringside this past January in Manchester, England, with Josh Taylor two seats to his left at the Liam Smith-Chris Eubank Jr. bout. The plan called for Catterall and Taylor to face-off during the card and announce their March 4 rematch, but

Marvelous Marvin Hagler (R) stopped John “The Beast” Mugabi on March 10, 1986, in the 11th round in the first main event broadcast by Showtime. (Getty Images) (Focus On Sport via Getty Images) Showtime announced Tuesday its boxing program will shutter at the end of 2023. It has only a pay-per-view event scheduled featuring super

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 17, 2023, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For 37 years, Showtime Championship Boxing has televised some of the biggest fights in the sport, but the network will exit boxing programming at the end of 2023, Showtime’s parent company Paramount Global announced in a statement Tuesday. “As we evolve our strategy to

A digital display shows the new sports proposed to feature at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE) Boxing faces an uncertain long-term future as an Olympic sport after its place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games was confirmed as being “on hold” Monday by the International Olympic Committee. Boxing has been part

Logan Paul, left, won via DQ over Dillon Danis on Saturday night. (Will Markland/PA via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Boxing matches don’t normally end with more than 20 security guards in the ring. But Logan Paul’s win over Dillon Danis, who was disqualified, featured plenty of quirks to lead off a “co-main card” of social media

Getty Images Saturday night could be another massive step forward for celebrity boxing. Two of the originators in this latest revitalization of the concept — KSI and Logan Paul — will be in action with a loaded up PPV event from the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. KSI is set to take on a stiff

Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. returns to the ring Saturday in Texas on ESPN. (Ian Maule/Getty Images) (Ian Maule via Getty Images) Bob Arum is fast approaching his 92nd birthday, and as one of his few concessions to age, he moves a lot more slowly than he did even a decade earlier. Arum, a

Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 07:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu was in training camp for the sort of fight he’s long dreamed of, the kind of bout his father, Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu, starred in many times over. Tszyu would travel to the U.S. for his second stateside fight, a matchup

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