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The indomitable Nikhat Zareen added a Commonwealth Games light flyweight (50kg) title to her bulging trophy cabinet while Amit Panghal (51kg) began his redemption journey with a much-needed gold winning show on Sunday. Nikhat, who is on a winning spree since the Nationals last year, asserted her dominance over Northern Ireland’s Carly Mc Naul as

7:07 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 Michael Conlan responded to his first professional boxing defeat by scoring three knockdowns on his way to a dominant points win over Miguel Marriaga

Star Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain is not losing sleep over her shock quarterfinal exit and says a Commonwealth Games success would not have helped her much in her quest for a second successive Olympic medal in 2024 as she was competing in a non-Olympic category in Birmingham CWG. Lovlina, who became the only second Indian

LAS VEGAS — Jamahal Hill’s nickname is “Sweet Dreams,” and if you knew nothing else about him, all you’d have to do is watch a 15-second clip of his last UFC fight and you’d know why. In his first main event, on Feb. 19 against Johnny Walker at Apex, Hill made a very loud statement

French-born Australian boxing legend Johnny Famechon, who became world featherweight champion during a short but stunning career, has died aged 77, officials said Thursday. Famechon was considered one of Australia’s greatest boxers, becoming WBC featherweight champion in 1969 after he beat Cuban Jose Legra on points at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He defended

Getty Images With the recent cancellation of his planned Aug. 6 showdown with Hasim Rahman Jr., it’s becoming increasingly clear Jake Paul has a problem finding appropriate opponents. It’s a complicated issue that has no clear solution because Paul is more than simply an aspiring boxer. Paul is also a social media superstar and someone

7:35 AM 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 After getting knocked out of the ring in a jarring defeat five months ago, Michael Conlan would have been forgiven had he chosen an

Nikhat Zareen said she won’t settle for anything less than a gold from the event.© Twitter World champion Nikhat Zareen sailed into the women’s 50kg quarterfinals but it was curtains for Shiva Thapa as he crashed out of the men’s 63.5kg round of 16 boxing competition at the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday. While Zareen

Danny Garcia gave a vintage performance in his debut at 154 pounds. The former two-division titleholder outclassed Jose Benavidez Jr. to win a majority decision on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Two judges scored it for Garcia, 117-111 and 116-112. The third, Waleska Roldan, somehow scored a one-sided fight 114-114. Boxing

Jake Paul’s upcoming bout with Hasim Rahman Jr. has been canceled. The fight, which was set to take place next week at Madison Square Garden, was canceled on Saturday night due to an issue with Rahman’s weight. First Tommy Fumbled and now Hasim Rahman Crumbled. These boxers are the most difficult people to work with

Showtime If it seems like former two-division champion Danny Garcia has been a bit outside of the limelight which typically follows one of boxing’s biggest stars in recent years, it has been by design.   Garcia, 34, hasn’t fought in the 20 months since his competitive decision loss to unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr.

Not long after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, had concluded, Gary Russell Sr. was attending a professional boxing card in Los Angeles. A reporter approached and shook his hand, offering condolences. His son, Gary Jr., was one of the elite amateurs in the world and a medal favorite, but Gary Jr. failed to

Jul 27, 2022 The boxing schedule is filling up quickly for the second half of the year and already includes a number of interesting matchups. Anthony Joshua, with Robert Garcia now in his corner, is facing Oleksandr Usyk on Aug. 20 in a rematch for three heavyweight world titles. Is that fight a better matchup

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain’s coach Sandhya Gurung has received accreditation for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, according to sources, a day after the boxer’s “mental harassment” charge. Tokyo Olympics bronze medal-winning boxer Borgohain on Monday took to Twitter, claiming that she has faced “mental harassment” due to the constant removal of her coaches, who helped her win

More than a third of Danny Garcia’s 39 professional bouts have been against men who at some point in their career held a world championship (in one case, an interim world title). He’s gone 12-3 in those fights with four knockouts, evidence that this is a guy who wasn’t appreciated enough during his prime. Garcia

USATSI Adrian Peterson and Le’Veon Bell are known for being star running backs in the NFL, but this summer, they’ll be duking it out in the boxing ring. Peterson and Bell have signed contracts for a boxing exhibition that was originally scheduled to take place July 30 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, but is

If Andy Ruiz Jr. isn’t the most mismanaged elite boxer in the world, he’s certainly in the top two. The former unified heavyweight champion is in the prime of his career and still a factor in the title race, but the odd choices he makes continue. Ruiz will fight 43-year-old Cuban southpaw Luis Ortiz on

Jul 21, 2022 Mike Coppinger 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 Unlike most other professional sports, trades do not happen in boxing. Boxing promoters sign fighters to their companies and promote their fights,