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Dec 19, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Jose Ramirez has passed up a title shot against Regis Prograis after the WBC set the purse split at 65-35 in favor of the junior welterweight champion, Ramirez told ESPN on Monday. Now, Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) is set to return March 25 in Fresno, California, in an ESPN/ESPN+ main

With a strong right jab to the face of her opponent, Elianni Garcia Polledo on Saturday won the first official women’s boxing match in sports-crazed Cuba. “It is a historic result for Cuban boxing,” said one of the judges over the loudspeaker when announcing the “unanimous” decision for Garcia, from Havana province, over Reynabell Grant,

Showtime Too often in boxing, fans are left to watch young, talented boxers take soft-touch fights, avoiding risks until the opportunity to fight for a title presents itself. That is not the case on Saturday as two undefeated lightweights go one-on-one in the biggest fight of their careers when Frank Martin battles Michel Rivera (10

CBS Sports Illustration Despite how crowded the top of boxing’s pound-for-pound rankings have been in recent years, with everyone from Canelo Alvarez and Vasiliy Lomachenko to Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford securing the top spot at various times, Japan’s Naoya Inoue continues to separate himself from the pack. The three-division champion became the first

Ace boxer Mary Kom’s husband Onler Karong has sparked a controversy after he expressed dissatisfaction over the looks of a statue of her wife, which was recently erected at a park in Manipur. Nineteen statues of the state’s Olympians, including that of Mary Kom, were recently installed at Manipur Olympic Park. Onler Karong, in an

The UFC gives us one more Saturday night of fights before it breaks for the holidays and gears up for 2023. Two hard-hitting middleweights, Sean Strickland and Jared Cannonier, headline UFC Vegas 66. Despite ranking third in the division and four spots higher than Strickland, Cannonier enters this bout as a slight (-105) underdog. Both

Dec 13, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Naoya Inoue, ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer, has proved peerless through 24 fights as he cruised to another inside-the-distance victory on Tuesday in Tokyo. Paul Butler was no match. He really wasn’t ever expected to be. The Englishman was simply there to hand over his WBO belt to Inoue, who

Add undisputed champion to Naoya Inoue’s long list of accomplishments. The Japanese knockout artist stopped reluctant fellow 118-pound titleholder Paul Butler to win all four major belts Tuesday at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, becoming the first bantamweight and first Japanese fighter of any weight to do so. “It’s been a long journey but … I finally

Plan your fight nights ahead with our UFC fight schedule. Included below are all of the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night cards and pay-per-events with announced bouts. We’ll also include any odds that are posted at BetMGM. Check back often as this list will be updated as new fights are scheduled. Here are the major scheduled

2:31 AM ET Several major cards took place on Saturday, including a welterweight title defense for Terence Crawford, a homecoming for Teofimo Lopez and an upset loss for Josh Warrington. Mike Coppinger, Ben Baby and Nick Parkinson react to the action and try to make sense of three unique cards around the world. Well, here

Getty Images A loaded night of boxing was capped off with two of the sport’s most explosive fighters in dueling main events. Both Terence Crawford and Teofimo Lopez picked up wins, but wins of a very different nature. Crawford defended his WBO welterweight title against David Avanesyan in Omaha, and as a hard-fought first half

He’s racked up the wins and the championships at an impressive pace, but professional boxing hasn’t always gone swimmingly for Teofimo Lopez. The former undisputed lightweight champion has been one of the sport’s most gifted fighters, but he’s been plagued by demons that have always left more questions than answers. He suffered his first, and

Timothy Bradley Jr., a two-division world champion, headlines a 10-person class elected Wednesday to the International Boxing Hall of Fame for 2023. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Life was largely ruined for Timothy Bradley in 2012, when he defeated the legendary Manny Pacquiao. The scoring was suspect, at best, and the majority of those who saw the

The final UFC-pay-per-view card of 2022 goes off this Saturday night with the light heavyweight championship on the line. UFC 282 features Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev in a main event that no one imagined a month ago, but it’s still a fun fight to unpack as a bettor. Former champion Jiri Prochazka’s severe shoulder

There is always an excitement, as well as a sense of wonder, when one is privileged to watch the best in the world perform. Terence Crawford is boxing’s best, a truly great fighter with a list of skills and talents longer than Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s inseam. Crawford has largely lapped the field at welterweight, just as

Showtime Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia is the first step of Davis’ retirement plan. Davis intends to transition to a role behind the scenes of boxing after certifying his legacy in fights against Garcia, Shakur Stevenson and Devin Haney. Davis vs. Garcia had long eluded fans due to the politics of booking fights between various

Dec 3, 2022 After Tyson Fury’s one-sided TKO victory over Derek Chisora at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday, Mike Coppinger shares what should be next for Fury and reacts to Fury’s comments during his postfight interview about a right-hand injury and possible right elbow surgery. Is he finally heading for the most-anticipated undisputed fight

Plan your fight nights ahead with our UFC fight schedule. Included below are all of the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night cards and pay-per-events with announced bouts. We’ll also include any odds that are posted at BetMGM. Check back often as this list will be updated as new fights are scheduled. Here are the major scheduled