Boxing

Tommy Fury (right) handed Jake Paul the first loss of his career on Sunday night in Saudi Arabia. (Francois Nel/Getty Images) Jake Paul’s first fight against a true boxer didn’t go as planned. Tommy Fury handed the YouTuber-turned-boxer the first loss of his career on Sunday night at Diriyah Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fury

Tommy Fury handed Jake Paul his first career loss while keeping his own undefeated record intact Sunday at the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) In his seventh professional fight on Sunday, Jake Paul finally faced a professional boxer. And while Tommy Fury’s résumé coming into the fight was questionable, he

Feb 23, 2023 Timothy Bradley Jr. Tommy Fury comes from a fighting family. After all, his half-brother, Tyson Fury, is a heavyweight world champion. But Fury has made his name another way, becoming a television personality and gaining fame on the U.K. reality show “Love Island.” Fury started fighting professionally at the end of 2018

Tommy Fury won’t be satisfied to knock out Jake Paul in their pay-per-view fight Sunday night in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. He wants to end his rival’s athletic career. The entertainers-turned-professional boxers will meet in a scheduled eight-round bout at a catch weight of 185 pounds. “When I’m done, this guy will never box ever again,”

Getty Images Headlines reading “Jake Paul to earn WBC ranking with win over Tommy Fury” certainly raised eyebrows around the combat sports world ahead of Saturday’s clash in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Certainly, the statement by WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman was designed to be an attention grabber. But there’s much to unpack behind the idea of

8:22 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. YouTube sensation-turned-boxer Jake Paul will be back in the ring on Sunday, Feb. 26 to face Tommy Fury in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ESPN+ PPV). This will be Paul’s seventh professional fight and the first one against a “real boxer.” Paul (6-0, 4 KOs) has victories over a fellow YouTuber,

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