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12:48 AM ET The longest active run by a male titleholder in boxing is over. Mark Magsayo upset Gary Russell Jr. by majority decision on Saturday night — 114-114, 115-113 and 115-113 — to claim the WBC featherweight title in Atlantic City, New Jersey, taking away Russell’s title after almost seven years with the WBC

Showtime Gary Russell Jr. is set to return to the ring and defend his WBC featherweight championship when he faces Mark Magsayo in the main event of Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday night. It is Russell’s first fight in nearly two years. Inactivity has become something of a hallmark of Russell’s career. He has not

The days and weeks prior to UFC 263 were filled for Deiveson Figueiredo. There were the usual obligations of a UFC champion, interviews, personal appearances and the like, as well as training for a rematch with Brandon Moreno. But there was more, so much more. Figueiredo was still managing his gym in Souré, Brazil. His

It’s been easy in the past to get frustrated, or even angry, with Gary Russell Jr.  The WBC featherweight champion has long been one of the most gifted boxers in the world, but it often seems he fights less frequently than a solar eclipse. He’s set to defend his title on Saturday (9 p.m. ET,

2:37 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Shakur Stevenson and Oscar Valdez are in the process of finalizing a deal for a 130-pound title unification fight on April 30 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Sources said no financial agreement has been reached for the proposed ESPN main event. After Valdez (30-0, 23 KOs) scored

Joe Smith Jr. had to be relieved as much as anything else. The light heavyweight titleholder, facing his third scheduled opponent for his first defense, stopped Steve Geffrard in the ninth round Saturday night at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Geffrard, a former amateur standout who took the fight on eight days

Getty Images 2021 was a wild year in the boxing ring with some shocking upsets and iconic moments that will live forever in the sport’s lore. 2022 is shaping up to provide more of the same. Two world title bouts will round out the January schedule with Joe Smith Jr. defending the WBO light heavyweight

When Callum Johnson tested positive for COVID-19 a week ago and had to pull out of his fight with WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith, the man most impacted by it was Smith’s promoter, Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing. DeGuardia knew Smith would want to fight and would willingly face any opponent he could find.

India is reportedly pulling out of the Asian U-22 Boxing C’ships.© Instagram The Boxing Federation of India has decided to pull out of the Asian Under-22 Championships for men and women in Tashkent, Uzbekistan due to the global surge in COVID-19 cases but is willing to participate if the tournament is rescheduled to a time

There has been a surge in Covid-19 cases in NIS, Patiala.© AFP Eight more boxers tested positive for COVID-19 in the ongoing men’s national camp at NIS, Patiala on Thursday, taking the total number of cases to 26 but all those infected are complaining of “relatively mild symptoms”. After 18 campers, 12 boxers and six

There are a lot of people involved in boxing who will eagerly say a lot of unflattering things about Bob Arum, the founder and chairman of Top Rank, the sport’s most prominent promotional company. Terence Crawford, the No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter in the world and the world’s best welterweight, is among them. Crawford filed a

Welterweight champion Terence Crawford is seeking nearly $10 million in a lawsuit filed Wednesday against his former promoter Bob Arum. The lawsuit alleges Arum engaged in “revolting racial bias” that prevented Crawford from booking big fights, according to the New York Post. Arum and Crawford worked together for a decade before splitting up in 2021.

Getty Images The sport of boxing is ready to continue to build off its tremendous momentum in 2021 with many stars hopeful to face off. Last year gave us some of the wildest moments of the new millennium while also setting the stage for some of the young stars to really take flight in 2022.

Lovlina Borgohain bagged bronze in the Tokyo Olympics.© AFP Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain expressed happiness at being appointed as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Assam but said that currently she will focus on sports and winning medals for the country. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma handed over the letter of

8:05 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos Jr. crashed through the glass ceiling in 2021 with an upset victory over Teofimo Lopez in November, capturing all four of Lopez’s lightweight titles. The 28-year-old Australian wasn’t even on the radar of many in the boxing industry, and he was completely overlooked before he fought Lopez. On

Only minutes after what may have been the signature moment of his career, Terence Crawford was seated next to Top Rank’s Bob Arum at a news conference, talking about his TKO of Shawn Porter. The real news, though, was what happened next. With Arum staring glumly forward, Crawford said what everyone who had paid attention

Lovlina walked the ramp donning a traditional Assamese saree of mulberry silk ‘paat’.© Instagram Ace pugilist and Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain stole hearts when she entered a different arena – walking the ramp here donning a traditional Assamese saree of mulberry silk ‘paat’. She was the showstopper for designer duo Bidyut & Rakesh’s wedding collection

7:46 AM ET Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Predicting what could happen