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Luis Quiñones reportedly underwent a craniectomy before dying. (Getty Images) Luis Quiñones, a 25-year-old boxer who hailed from Colombia, died Thursday night, according to ESPN, five days after he was hospitalized following a knockout loss. Quiñones had been facing Jose Munoz at Coliseo Elias Chegwin in Barranquilla, Colombia. Entering the fight undefeated, the two boxers

Getty Images Junior welterweight Luis Quiñones died Thursday night after spending five days in a coma. The 25-year-old was rushed to the hospital on Sept. 24 when he got knocked out in his 140-pound fight against José Muñoz at Coliseo Elias Chegwin in Barranquilla, Colombia. “You went ahead of us my soul brother, now you

Sep 29, 2022 BIRDSVILLE, Australia — A sea of beer can-clenching, rowdy folk in flannelette shirts and cowboy hats are huddled in near darkness at Fred Brophy’s feet. The Australian outback icon is fitted out in his customary red shirt, faded blue jeans and dark brown boots, crouching on a raised platform and beating a

The International Olympic Committee’s patience with boxing’s troubled governing body looks to be wearing thin following “disturbing developments” at the IBA’s extraordinary congress last weekend. An IOC spokesperson told AFP on Thursday the Olympic rulers were “extremely concerned” with the lack of a new election for the IBA presidency, and the suspension in the run-up

Shakur Stevenson’s arrival into the lightweight division came more suddenly than anyone expected, but it injected a jolt of excitement into what many believe is boxing’s best division. Stevenson lost his unified super featherweight title on the scale last week — more on that in a bit — and is now an ex-champion in search

Getty Images After scoring a second-round knockout of Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura in an exhibition bout this past weekend in Japan, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has his next exhibition bout lined up. Mayweather will fight British YouTuber Deji on Nov. 13. The card, which takes place in Dubai, will air on pay-per-view. The news comes

7:50 AM ET Five years have passed since Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor met in the ring, in what was one of the most lucrative boxing fights in history. And now, we are talking about a possible rematch. While it looks like a long shot at the moment, there was a time when we thought

3:19 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Shakur Stevenson failed to make weight Thursday ahead of his fight vs. Robson Conceicao on Friday in Newark, New Jersey, and will be stripped of his two 130-pound titles, per championship fight rules governed by the WBO and WBC. The 25-year-old weighed 131.6 pounds and had two hours to shed

Getty Images Shakur Stevenson is done a junior lightweight. The unified champion at 130 pounds no longer holds that title after missing weight by 1.6 pounds for his matchup with Robson Conceicao on Thursday. Stevenson had the chance to cut the last bit of weight after hitting the scale but chose not to. He addressed

Shakur Stevenson missed weight for his bout with Robson Conceicao on Thursday and confirmed he will move up a weight class. (Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) Shakur Stevenson is done fighting at 130 pounds. Stevenson confirmed on Twitter on Thursday that he will no longer compete at 130 pounds, meaning that he will

Boxer Gervonta Davis and his lawyer are headed to trial on Dec. 12 after a judge rejected a plea deal in the case of a 2020 hit-and-run crash in Baltimore. In a hearing on Tuesday, Judge Melissa Phinn rejected the deal offered by prosecutors, which included a one-year suspended sentence, two months of home confinement,

Floyd Mayweather confirmed Wednesday morning to the Daily Mail that he is negotiating another fight with Conor McGregor for 2023. The terms of the fight are still being discussed but Mayweather said he’d prefer the bout to just be an exhibition fight rather than an actual boxing match. “I am not into fights where I

Veteran Shiva Thapa and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will spearhead the Indian men’s and women’s challenge respectively at the Asian Boxing Championship next month. The selection trials for the continental showpiece slated to take place in Amman, Jordan from October 30 to November 12, were held at NIS Patiala from Thursday to Saturday.

Canelo Alvarez overcame egregious scorecards to remain the undisputed super middleweight champion Saturday. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS — Thankfully, Saturday was the end of the rivalry between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin, because the judges just can’t seem to get it right when those two are in the ring. Alvarez cruised to

Getty Images Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin are set to run it back one more time on Saturday night as the pair of future Hall of Fame fighters complete their much-anticipated trilogy. The years-long rivals will meet for a third time when they battle in Las Vegas on Saturday night (8 p.m. ET, DAZN PPV– subscribe

6:27 PM ET Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez will face Gennadiy Golovkin for the third time in a winner-take-all bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday

LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez trailed badly on the scorecards after nine rounds of his middleweight title bout on Sept. 16, 2017, against Gennadiy Golovkin. He needed to do something dramatic to have a chance, and he did. Alvarez pulled out the final three rounds and wound up getting a majority draw. A year later,

LAS VEGAS — NFL coaches are renowned for being workaholics, for sleeping on the couches in their offices during the season, going over video to try to find the slightest edge. Johnathon Banks, the trainer of Gennadiy Golovkin, doesn’t find that approach useful in the case of his fighter, even though there are 24 rounds