Boxing

Getty Images In the wake of Saturday night’s bout between Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Rolando Romero, a “sound disturbance” led to a scary situation that saw multiple people injured. Initial reports of an active shooter outside Barclays Center in Brooklyn described a panicked crowd rushing back into the arena. Police have now confirmed there were

2:50 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK — Madonna. Michael Strahan. Tracy Morgan. Every time Gervonta Davis fights, the stars come out in droves. Saturday at Barclays Center was no different, as 18,970 were in attendance to see “Tank” Davis send Rolando Romero crashing into the ropes for yet another highlight-reel finish. “Tank” proved once

On June 4 in Melbourne, Australia, George Kambosos Jr. and Devin Haney will fight for the undisputed lightweight title. But no matter who wins, the identity of the world’s best lightweight will be very much in dispute. Gervonta “Tank” Davis made his statement on Saturday at the Barclays Center in New York, and it was

Two girls from two states, two different backgrounds, but similar stories which intertwine over space and time. The podium in Istanbul was not just a dream pedestal for them, but a vehicle for Nikhat Zareen and Manisha Moun to change how their society perceived them, their family and their sport. MC Mary Kom won the

Getty Images After losing his trilogy bout to Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder’s future in boxing seemed unsure. At the unveiling of a bronze statue of the fighter in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Wednesday, Wilder made it clear that he still intends to return to the ring. “I can’t stop right here,” Wilder said at the statue’s

Nikhat Zareen won gold at the Women’s World Boxing Championship last week, becoming just the fifth Indian woman to secure gold medal in the tournament’s history. The 25-year-old, on Wednesday, took to social media to share a picture with Indian boxing legend Mary Kom, who has six gold medals in the World Championship, and wrote

1:44 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Turns out, it’s status quo for Canelo Alvarez despite an unexpected defeat against Dmitry Bivol. Boxing’s top star indicated at the post-fight news conference that he would exercise his rematch clause for a return bout with Bivol in September, but on Monday, he reversed course. “We already had that contract

David Benavidez is a good, if not very good, boxer who has the one thing that haunts far too many boxers at the highest level these days: Abjectly mediocre opposition. On paper, Benavidez’s fight with David Lemieux on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona, for the interim WBC super middleweight title (Why? Why? Why?) should have been

David Benavidez boldly sent a message to his rivals in both deed and words Saturday. First the super middleweight contender delivered a short, but fearful beating against overmatched David Lemieux before the fight was mercifully stopped in the third round in Glendale, California. And then he dared the top fighters at or near his weight

Nikhat Zareen became the fifth Indian to win a gold medal at the Women’s World Boxing Championship when she defeated Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas 5-0 in the fly-weight (52kg) final in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday. Nikhat was in top form as she used her technical acumen and covered the court well to outwit her nimble-footed opponent.

Showtime Former world champions clash on Saturday night when David Benavidez takes on David Lemieux with the interim WBC super middleweight championship on the line. The action from Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona and airs live on Showtime starting at 10 p.m. ET. The winner of the fight also becomes one of several mandatory

Cuban boxers will compete in their nation’s first professional contest in six decades on Friday, eager to draw on their Olympic success to stage a victorious comeback. Four Olympic medalists, in a squad of six Cuban boxers, will make their professional debuts in Mexico on Friday, “for the first time in the history of boxing,”

7:55 AM ET Editor’s note: Chantelle Cameron will defend her WBC and IBF junior welterweight world titles on Saturday, and she hopes victory will lead to a showdown with Kali Reis, who holds the other two world titles in the weight division. Cameron (15-0, 8 KOs), 30, from Northampton, England, will fight Victoria Bustos (23-6,

Nikhat Zareen (52kg), Manisha (57kg) and Parveen (63kg) continued their stellar run at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul on Monday by advancing to the semifinals but five other Indians bowed out after suffering quarterfinal losses. Confirming their first World Championships medals with a place in the semifinals, Nikhat out-punched England’s Charley-Sian Davison

Showtime Jermell Charlo became the first four-belt undisputed champion at 154 pounds on Saturday after knocking out Brian Castano in the 10th round of their thrilling rematch at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.   Nearly one year after fighting to a disputed draw that most felt he had won, Castano (17-1-2, 12 KOs)

12:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN CARSON, Calif. — Brian Castano crumbled in a heap, the product of a right hand to the body followed by a left hook to the head from Jermell Charlo in Round 10 of an instant classic Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park. Somehow, someway, Castano made it to his feet

Jermell Charlo and Brian Castaño‘s first fight for the undisputed title at 154 pounds last July ended with a split draw and nobody very happy. Saturday’s rematch was a much different story as Charlo and Castaño brought the fans at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, out of their seats several times ahead of

Evander Holyfield’s son Evan just suffered the first loss of his young boxing career, and it wasn’t pretty. The younger Holyfield entered Saturday’s Trillerverz 5 event with a 9-0 record. To say he was the favorite against Jurmain McDonald was an understatement; some books had Holyfield as a -10000 favorite. Here’s how that ended up