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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 6, 2023, 01:19 PM ET Vergil Ortiz Jr. has withdrawn from Saturday’s welterweight fight against Eimantas Stanionis in San Antonio, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday. “Nothing is more important than the safety of our fighters, and we of course support Vergil’s decision 100%,” Golden Boy Promotions said in a statement. “This unfortunate

Vergil Ortiz has been plagued by health issues again and was forced to withdraw from Saturday’s bout for the WBA welterweight title against Eimantas Stanionis after reportedly fainting. (Omar Vega/Getty Images) Vergil Ortiz, the highly regarded unbeaten welterweight prospect, reportedly fainted Wednesday and was forced Thursday to pull out of his fight against champion Eimantas

Vergil Ortiz, who fights Eimantas Stanionis on Saturday, poses with Hall of Fame promoters Bernard Hopkins (L) and Oscar De La Hoya (R). (Cris Esqueda/Getty Images) It wasn’t long into Vergil Ortiz’s professional career that it was evident he had everything it took to be among the best fighters in the world: an indomitable spirit,

Vergil Ortiz Jr. shown throwing out the first pitch at a Texas Rangers game last year, faces Eimantas Stanionis on Saturday. (Tony Gutierrez The Associated Press) In 1943, Sugar Ray Robinson, by far the greatest boxer who ever lived, defeated Hall of Famer Jake LaMotta on Feb. 5 at Olympia Stadium in Detroit. Two weeks

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 2, 2023, 12:56 AM ET Jared Anderson, arguably boxing’s most promising young heavyweight, went the distance for the first time in his career with a 10-round unanimous-decision victory over former titleholder Charles Martin on Saturday in Toledo, Ohio. The judges turned in scorecards that read 98-91, 99-90 and 99-90. Anderson, a 23-year-old

World Championship bronze medallist boxers Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) were on Saturday named in the Indian men’s boxing team for this year’s Asian Games in Hangzhou, China after undergoing assessment. Parveen Hooda (57kg), the 2022 Worlds bronze medallist, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jaismine Lamboria (60kg), Arundhati Chaudhary and Preeti Pawar joined star

Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez will defend his titles on Sept. 30 in Las Vegas against undisputed super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images) Canelo Alvarez, the undisputed super middleweight champion, announced on June 22 he would return to defend his 168-pound belts in September, and speculation immediately arose that it would be

Getty Images Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s next fight is set, and as was rumored when Alvarez signed a three-fight deal with Premier Boxing Champions, it is with one of the Charlo twins, just not the twin many expected. Alvarez will defend his status as undisputed super middleweight champion against undisputed junior middleweight champ Jermell Charlo on

Sporting legend and India’s first-ever Olympic medallist in women’s boxing, Mary Kom, has been honoured with the Global Indian Icon of the Year award at the annual UK-India Awards in Windsor, south-eastern England. The 40-year-old former Rajya Sabha member spoke of her 20-year journey of hard work and devoting her life to boxing as she

Getty Images Boxing fans have been treated to six months full of action, intrigue and controversy to start 2023. More than perhaps any other year in the modern era, this year has fully displayed the best and worst of the sport. The first half of the year has already produced a lengthy list of Fight

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Argentina‘s Fernando Martinez stopped Filipino challenger Jade Bornea in the 11th round to retain his IBF junior bantamweight world title (Steve Marcus) Argentina’s Fernando Martinez retained his IBF world junior bantamweight title on Saturday with an 11th-round stoppage of Filipino challenger Jade Bornea in a battle of unbeatens at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Referee Charlie Fitch stopped

Getty Images Canelo Alvarez has signed a new deal with Premier Boxing Championship and will return to the ring in September. Alvarez, 32, is once again working with promoter Al Haymon after a successful partnership for a 2021 showdown with Caleb Plant to become undisputed super middleweight champion. Alvarez announced the signing on Thursday on

Undisputed super middleweight Canelo Alvarez announced on social media Thursday he’ll fight for the Premier Boxing Champions in September against an unnamed opponent. (Henry Romero/Reuters) Canelo Alvarez took to social media Thursday to announce a done deal for September. The undisputed super middleweight champion noted he’d be fighting on a Premier Boxing Champions card, though

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 21, 2023, 07:53 AM ET Former unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez Jr. announced his arrival at junior welterweight with a sensational performance on June 10, a decision over the previously undefeated Josh Taylor to capture the WBO belt and the lineal 140-pound championship. Lopez’s first two bouts in his new division were

Teofimo Lopez after defeating Josh Taylor, during their WBO junior welterweight championship fight at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on June 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) Teofimo Lopez’s victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko on Oct. 17, 2020, which seems so long ago, remains the

Getty Images The more undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo sits out while recovering from a hand injury that has twice postponed his mandatory defense against unbeaten Tim Tszyu, the scarier the native of Australia continues to grow.  Tszyu (23-0, 17 KOs) returned home Saturday to score his second thunderous knockout in three months, this

American Regis Prograis won a split decision over Danielito Zorrilla of Puerto Rico to keep his WBC light-welterweight crown (AL BELLO) Hometown hero Regis Prograis retained his World Boxing Council light-welterweight crown on Saturday with a split-decision victory over Puerto Rico’s Danielito Zorrilla at New Orleans. Prograis won by judges’ scores of 118-109 and 117-110