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Getty Images Boxing fans who were hoping for a classic all-Mexican war when Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez clashed on Saturday night were not disappointed. Both men battled through injuries while trading big shots for all 12 rounds until Navarrete escaped with a unanimous decision to retain his WBO junior lightweight title in one of

Oscar Valdez (L) and Emanuel Navarrete went to war for 12 rounds Saturday in Glendale, Arizona. Navarrete won by unanimous decision. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) Emanuel Navarrete didn’t have the high profile that his opponent Saturday, Oscar Valdez, enjoyed heading into their bout for the WBO super featherweight title at

Vicente Luque didn’t know if he would ever fight again before Saturday’s win over Rafael dos Anjos. (Photo by Al Powers/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) LAS VEGAS — For the better part of a year, Vicente Luque wasn’t sure if his career had come to an unceremonious end at the tender age of 31. Luque

Britain’s Anthony Joshua (Giuseppe CACACE) Former world champion Anthony Joshua needed seven rounds to stop stand-in opponent Robert Helenius in their heavyweight bout on Saturday. Joshua, 33, looked ponderous in the early stages and the British boxer was jeered by his London home crowd. But he finished the fight with a thunderous knockout of Finland’s

Anthony Joshua knocked out Robert Helenius on Saturday in London. His team wants him to face Deontay Wilder next. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) The good news for Anthony Joshua is that he won, and for the first time in nearly three years, he won by knockout. That’s something to celebrate. Joshua, the former unified

Top Rank Boxing Saturday could add another entry to an already lengthy list of Fight of the Year contenders when Emanuel Navarrete clashes with Oscar Valdez. The two will battle over Navarrete’s WBO super featherweight championship when they meet in Glendale, Arizona (10 p.m. ET, ESPN). Navarrete and Valdez were originally scheduled to meet in

Timothy Bradley Jr. Aug 11, 2023, 06:07 AM ET Soccer’s global appeal is undeniable, but in the United States, NFL, college football, NBA and MLB reign supreme, captivating the hearts of American sports fans while ingraining themselves into the nation’s most popular pastimes. In Mexico, boxing stands proudly among the elite, just a smidge below

Former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua faces Robert Helenius on Saturday in London. (James Manning/The Associated Press) In the last decade, there have been four heavyweights who have stood significantly above the rest. All four will one day be enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Three of the four have had multiple stints

Oscar Valdez (L) said his win over Adam Lopez in May helped him mentally get back on track after suffering his first loss to Shakur Stevenson. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) If Oscar Valdez could completely erase 2022 from his memory banks, he’d do it in a heartbeat. The former WBC super featherweight champion not only suffered

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 6, 2023, 01:31 AM ET DALLAS — In Jake Paul’s war against MMA fighters, he remains undefeated. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter defeated Nate Diaz via unanimous decision (97-92, 98-91, 98-91) Saturday night at a sold-out American Airlines Center. Paul hurt Diaz in the first round, and it seemed he would cruise or

Getty Images Jake Paul continues to make good on his promise to outbox former MMA stars. While he wasn’t able to score the finish of Nate Diaz that he was expecting, Paul badly outclassed his opponent again en route to a decision victory from the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday.  Paul (7-1, 4

Jake Paul and Nate Diaz face off during a weigh-in before their fight at American Airlines Center on Aug. 4, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images) Nate Diaz’s legendary UFC career will always be linked to Conor McGregor. After Saturday, the Stockton-born fighter’s boxing career will forever be linked to Jake Paul.

Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte were scheduled to fight on Aug. 12. (Photo by Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing via Getty Images) The heavyweight rematch between Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte was canceled by the promoter Saturday after Whyte’s random pre-fight drug test found “adverse analytical findings” in his sample. The British boxers were scheduled to fight

Yahoo Sports Baseball dysfunction vs. the VERY functional Atlanta Braves Yahoo Sports’ Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer start off by recapping a wild week in the baseball world, including the best baseball fight in years between Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson, New York Yankees reliever Keynan Middleton speaking on the Chicago White Sox culture and

Getty Images Terence Crawford made history in emphatic fashion on Saturday night with a dominant TKO victory over Errol Spence to become the undisputed welterweight champion of the world. Crawford scored three knockdowns — one in the second round and two in the seventh — before the fight was stopped by the referee in the

Terence Crawford celebrates his defeat of Errol Spence Jr. after their undisputed welterweight championship boxing match, Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) Errol Spence Jr. entered his fight against Terence Crawford on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas holding three of the four welterweight belts, a reputation as one of

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LAS VEGAS — This, without hyperbole, was one of the greatest weeks for the frequently maligned sport of boxing in the last 50 years, if not longer. And Terence Crawford’s ninth-round TKO victory Saturday over Errol Spence Jr. for the undisputed welterweight title before 19,980 fortunate fans at T-Mobile Arena ranks among the greatest performances