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Andrew Lopez, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 07:50 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Tuesday was a typical summer day in Regis Prograis’ hometown. A bright, blue sky gave way to afternoon showers that drenched the New Orleans area, forcing Prograis and his team to head inside the empty Smoothie King Center early before beginning the open workout

UFC 289 was everything. Casual fans, sharp bettors and even historians of the sport all left last weekend’s pay-per-view with the feeling they witnessed something special. We got fireworks from a featherweight scrap, one the greatest of all time laying down her gloves, and a record-setting first-round finish to set up a highly anticipated rematch

Teofimo Lopez has announced his retirement several times since defeating Josh Taylor for the WBO and The Ring super lightweight titles. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) At just 25 years old, Teofimo Lopez is hanging up his gloves. The two-time champion announced his decision to retire on Monday’s edition of ESPN’s

Getty Images Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. made his return to the ring for an exhibition fight against John Gotti III on Sunday at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida and the fight is making headlines for what happened after the referee stopped the action. During the majority of the fight, Mayweather looked to be

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 11, 2023, 01:37 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette NEW YORK — Teofimo Lopez stood in the ring, hat on his head, a red WBO belt around each of his arms and two The Ring

Josh Taylor (left) and Teofimo Lopez (right) exchange punches during their WBO super lightweight championship fight at The 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 entered Saturday’s bout for the WBO super lightweight title at The Theater at

Former undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez has said he wants to kill opponent Josh Taylor on Saturday in their bout on ESPN for the WBO super lightweight belt. (Mikey Williams/Getty Images) The words are haunting, dark and terrible, ones a boxer never should utter. Fighters, from those just beginning out fighting for $100 in a

Matchroom Boxing As summer draws near, the boxing schedule has been heating up with some of the sport’s biggest stars in action. Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez both picked up recent wins while trying to stake their claim as “the face of boxing.” Undisptued titles have also been on the line of late,

Timothy Bradley Jr. Jun 6, 2023, 07:58 AM ET Editor’s note: ESPN boxing analyst Timothy Bradley Jr. will be inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday. Dear 23-year-old Tim, I’m telling you now, you will cry. You will fall on your knees in jubilation, looking up to the sky and thanking God for

Terence Crawford is not only a skilled boxer but he’s also a great finisher and that gives him the edge in his July 29 bout with Errol Spence Jr. at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in their bout for the undisputed welterweight title. (Rebecca S. Gratz/The Associated Press) When Errol Spence Jr. turned professional following

Getty Images For years, Claressa Shields has been dominating the world of women’s boxing. Having already established herself as the greatest female boxer in history, Shields looks to avoid a slip-up as she defends her undisputed middleweight championship against late-replacement opponent Maricela Cornejo on Saturday night. Cornejo is stepping in for Hanna Gabriels, who failed

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya got into an unseemly Twitter feud with Ryan Garcia on Thursday that’s not likely to end well for their long-term future together. (Tom Hogan/Getty Images) Rumors have floated for the last several weeks that Ryan Garcia was planning to sue Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions. This is

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 1, 2023, 07:44 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette June is full of title fights, some defenses with unexpected challengers because of injuries and positive tests for banned substances. In most of these cases, the

Tyson Fury’s social media “updates” aren’t helping fights get made. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) It’s hard to escape the notion that, as people who love boxing, we’re on the verge of something sensational, something big. Boxing has been the easy sport to kick because, for so many years, it was rife with problems: Big

Ben Baby Close Ben Baby ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Nick Parkinson Close Nick Parkinson •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

Getty Images A disaster of a week for Maurico Lara came to a close on Saturday when he dropped a unanimous decision to Leigh Wood, who walked away from the rematch with the WBA featherweight title. Lara had already lost the title before the fight began, having badly missed weight, but an uninspired performance certainly

Pound-for-pound No. 1 Terence Crawford has agreed to terms to face unified champion Errol Spence Jr. on July 29 in Las Vegas, according to news reports. (Ed Zurga/Getty Images) Boxing is the sport where anything can happen — and anything usually does and probably will happen. In more than four decades of writing about this

Errol Spence Jr., pictured here after defeating Yordenis Ugas on April 16, 2022, has reportedly agreed to a deal to fight Terence Crawford in July. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) Boxing fans will once again be treated to an undisputed title fight in 2023, this time featuring two of the very best pound-for-pound fighters in