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Trainer Ben Davison (R) saved his fighter, Leigh Wood, by stopping the bout with Mauricio Lara after Wood was badly hurt by a Lara left hook late in the seventh round of their WBA featherweight title fight. (Photo by Bradley Collyer/PA Images via Getty Images) Leigh Wood knows, better than most, about the impact of

Showtime Gervonta Davis has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a November 2020 hit-and-run in Baltimore, Maryland. The crash injured a pregnant woman and three other people. Davis, the undefeated boxer and secondary WBA lightweight champion, pleaded guilty to four counts on Thursday stemming from the crash. Davis pleaded guilty to the following charges: leaving

7:47 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Newly crowned WBO 130-pound champion Emanuel Navarrete and top Australian contender Liam Wilson clashed in a fight of the year candidate on Feb. 3. There was everything you would want to see in a prizefight — action, entertainment and offense. Both men suffered cuts and split a pair of

Artur Beterbiev’s undefeated record (19-0) and 100% KO rate is enough for a Top 10 spot in the rankings. (Photo by Mark Robison/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) Boxing is at an interesting point in its history now. There are a lot of quality fighters, more than there have been at any point in the

Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is in desperate need of an impressive win on April 1 when he fights Jermaine Franklin in London. (Photo by Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images) The elite boxers fight, at most, three times a year, and more often than not, just once or twice. The result of that is

O’Shaquie Foster outboxed previously unbeaten two-division champion Rey Vargas on the way to a unanimous decision Saturday in their fight for the vacant World Boxing Council super-featherweight title. Foster, 29, grabbed his chance in his first world title bout, stretching his winning streak to 10 in a row and taking his record to 20-2 with

Canelo Alvarez is expected to fight in his native Mexico against John Ryder on May 6 for the undisputed super middleweight championship according to published reports. (Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images) Canelo Alvarez is expected to defend his undisputed super middleweight championship on May 6 against interim WBO champion John Ryder in Jalisco, Mexico, on May 6,

This Saturday night in Perth, Australia, lightweight champion Islam Makhachev faces long-time featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 284. The stakes of the champion vs. champion headliner will be Makhachev’s lightweight strap, while a win over Volkanovski will clearly position Makhachev as the UFC’s No.1-ranked pound-for-pound king. The most interesting aspect

Getty Images Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk has become the latest athlete calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Russian athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympics. Usyk, who won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, recently addressed IOC president Thomas Bach in a post on Instagram in which he strongly

Feb 9, 2023 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 After the multiple disappointments of fights failing to materialize last year, 2023 is already shaping up to be an improvement for boxing, with some

A small grin creased Alexander Volkanovski’s face, and he nodded his head affirmatively. The UFC featherweight champion has surged to the top of the UFC’s mythical pound-for-pound list by winning 22 consecutive bouts over a nearly 10-year span. Among those were three victories over former champion Max Holloway and wins over Jose Aldo, Brian Ortega

2:25 AM ET Michael Rothstein Close Michael Rothstein ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Mike Coppinger NEW YORK — Amanda Serrano could only enjoy her decision victory over Erika Cruz for the undisputed featherweight title for about 30 seconds on

Getty Images Arguably the best — and certainly the biggest — fight in women’s boxing history is set for a rematch. Following Amanda Serrano’s thrilling win over Erika Cruz, it was confirmed that Serrano will face Katie Taylor in a May 20 rematch for Taylor’s undisputed lightweight championship. Eddie Hearn announced the matchup was set

Amanda Serrano added an undisputed championship to her decorated legacy. And the best still might lie ahead. Serrano survived a spirited effort from Erika Cruz to win a one-sided decision in an entertaining brawl to claim all four major 126-pound titles Saturday night at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. She’s the

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9:03 AM ET This was not always the plan. This was nowhere near Amanda Serrano’s goal. Throughout her division-winding, title-winning career through seven boxing weight classes, the thought never came to them. Being undisputed in a division? Nah, it wasn’t for Serrano and her team. They were content chasing a different type of history, winning

Artur Beterbiev and Anthony Yarde went to-to-toe Saturday in a war. (Photo by Mark Robison/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) There are few, if any, boxers in the light heavyweight division who could survive a prolonged firefight with unified champion Artur Beterbiev. Anthony Yarde gave it an admirable shot on Saturday at Wembley Arena in

Queensberry Promotions One of boxing’s most exciting fighters returns to the ring on Saturday night when Artur Beterbiev defends his WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight world championships against Anthony Yarde. The fight takes place at Wembley Arena in London (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+). Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KO) has a deserved reputation as a mauling