Boxing

Gervonta Davis, right, swings at Ryan Garcia during a lightweight boxing bout Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) The Gervonta Davis of two or three years ago may not have been able to pull all of this off. He played a significant role in forcing a fight with Ryan Garcia that

7:44 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN GERVONTA “TANK” DAVIS and Ryan Garcia stood face to face last month in New York’s Times Square, a rare — and unexpected — sight for myriad reasons. Years and years of fighting words on social media had actually led to signed contracts for a real fight inside the ring, an

LAS VEGAS — Bettors face a conundrum Saturday if they choose to wager on the pay-per-view boxing card being staged by Premier Boxing Champions at T-Mobile Arena that features unbeatens Gervonta “Tank” Davis and “King” Ryan Garcia in the main event: There are few opportunities on the undercard, as most bouts have hugely wide odds,

LAS VEGAS — Ever since Oscar De La Hoya announced he would retire on a sunny April day in downtown Los Angeles that he was retiring from professional boxing, the search for the next De La Hoya began. It has been an all but impossible task. For all his missteps as a promoter and hiccups

Premier Boxing Champions With the start of spring comes a boom period for what are sure to be some of the biggest fights of the year. That includes a massive fight between young stars Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Ryan Garcia on April 22. Also, on May 6, undisputed super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez returns

7:28 PM ET Nick Parkinson 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 Joe Joyce was the closest he’s ever been to fight for a heavyweight world title. He was the WBO mandatory challenger to champion Oleksandr

Joe Joyce lost his interim WBO heavyweight title belt and his undefeated record Saturday in London. (Photo by Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images) Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang are, for the most part, mirror images of each other. They’re massive southpaw heavyweights who hit harder than average, lack speed and aren’t especially good defensively.

12:45 PM ET Two of the biggest personalities in combat sports will clash this summer. YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul and ex-UFC bad boy Nate Diaz will compete in a boxing match Aug. 5 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, officials told ESPN on Wednesday. The bout will be contested at 185 pounds and is contracted for

Getty Images Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz is on track to being a reality. It was announced on Wednesday that a boxing match between Paul and Diaz will take place in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, Aug. 5. DAZN announced the fight in collaboration with Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions. The fight will air live on DAZN

Jake Paul and Nate Diaz are set to box on Aug. 5 in Dallas. (Graphic by Michael Wagstaffe/Yahoo Sports) In the nearly five years since Jake Paul decided to go from YouTuber to professional boxer, there has been no lack of people waiting to see him catch a beating. Paul has foiled them in numerous

Top Rank Boxing fans in search of action this weekend won’t have to look for long because Saturday is absolutely packed with intriguing fights. It’s a multi-screen kind of night with a heavy focus on rising stars across a trio of fight cards. The night’s action kicks off with a card headlined by Jesse “Bam”

Japan’s Takuma Inoue set his sights on matching older brother Naoya in becoming the undisputed bantamweight world champion, after beating Venezuela’s Liborio Solis on Saturday to partially reclaim the family silver. The elder Inoue, nicknamed “Monster”, became the first undisputed world bantamweight champion in half a century in December, before handing back all four belts

7:51 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Shakur Stevenson, one of boxing’s fastest-rising stars, makes his entrance into the star-studded lightweight division on Saturday in his native Newark, New Jersey, when he takes on Japan’s Shuichiro Yoshino in a WBC title eliminator fight. The bout headlines a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN tripleheader (10 p.m. ET) flanked

Israel Adesanya is one of the most decorated middleweight fighters in UFC history. He has amassed a stellar 23-1 record in the division, defended the UFC middleweight belt five consecutive times, and holds the record for most knockdowns in a UFC title fight. It’s the one loss that haunts him. At UFC 281, Adesanya was

Brothers Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (L) and Joshua “The Professor” Franco have both been world champions, but Rodriguez said they’ll never fight each other. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Getty Images) Joshua Franco was a teenager with a keen interest in boxing, and he would soon parlay that into an outstanding professional career. Franco is now 27 and

Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan said he would “never cheat” after being handed a two-year ban from all sport for testing positive for a prohibited substance. UK Anti-Doping said on Tuesday that Khan, 36, returned a positive result for the anabolic agent ostarine following his loss to Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022.

1:43 AM ET Robeisy Ramirez now has a championship belt to add to his long list of accomplishments. The two-time Olympic gold medalist joined the ranks of boxing’s titlists with a convincing victory over Isaac Dogboe on Saturday night. Ramirez defeated Dogboe via unanimous decision — 117-110, 118-109, 119-108 — to win the WBO featherweight

Former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (left) holds Jermaine Franklin during his unanimous decision win Saturday in London. (Zac Goodwin/Getty Images) Anthony Joshua is a talent. He’s got all the physical skills one needs to be heavyweight champion of the world. Let’s be honest, though. Let’s not be politically correct, or kiss butt, or say