Boxing

8:07 AM ET 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 After a slow start to the year, the boxing schedule heats up starting next month. April 9 really kicks the action off

Getty Images After several twists and turns, WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney has won the George Kambosos sweepstakes. Haney will challenge unified lightweight champion Kambosos on June 5 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, according to reports from ESPN’s Mike Coppinger and BoxingScene’s Keith Idec. The fight will take place in primetime on June 4

There are few happy endings in boxing. Miguel Berchelt, who rose from obscurity to have a magnificent career, is about to find that out. There’s no reason for the former WBO and WBC super featherweight champion to fight once again. He was repeatedly beaten to the punch Saturday at Resorts World in Las Vegas by

Getty Images Boxing promotions have a habit of loading up Saturdays for fans with numerous cards scattered across the afternoon and evening. This week will look very similar to that with important fights beginning in England and carrying on through midnight in the United States from three different promoters and TV partners. First up will

9:00 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 Josh Warrington is confident he can emulate Saturday’s opponent Kiko Martinez’s reversal of fortune and turn his career around to become a two-time world

LAS VEGAS — For 13 months, Miguel Berchelt has been waiting for this moment. He’s forever on the highlight reels, though in his case, it’s not a good thing. Berchelt was viciously knocked out in his last bout when he faced Oscar Valdez in a super featherweight unification bout. Valdez knocked him cold with a

Kostya Tszyu was one of the most intense fighters of his time. He was skilled and filled with athletic talents, but the intensity with which he approached his work and the ferocity he brought inside the ring is what helped make him a Hall of Famer. It’s hard for any fighter to match that. But

Getty Images Saturday was another loaded day of boxing, with major contests taking place in the United States, Dubai and Japan. Those fights included a top prospect in action as well as two championship contests. The day’s capper saw Edgar Berlanga in action against Steve Rolls from Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. Berlanga, once a

2:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Edgar Berlanga and Xander Zayas both remained undefeated Saturday in New York, but their decision victories leave them on very different paths. For Zayas, it’s another step in his development. At just 19, he appears to improve in each and every fight, and his performance over Quincy LaVallais was no

Getty Images Over two decades years after being disqualified from a WBA heavyweight title fight for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear, Mike Tyson is trying to cash in on those antics. Iron Mike’s cannabis company has launched ear-shaped marijuana edibles.  Tyson’s company, Tyson 2.0, are calling the ear-shaped edibles called “Mike Bites,” which will, of course,

The rematch for the undisputed super welterweight title of the controversial draw between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castaño will be the headliner of nine shows over the next four months on Showtime, the network announced on Tuesday. Charlo and Castaño will meet in the main event of a May 14 card in Los Angeles that

10:56 AM ET Recent U.S. Olympian Keyshawn Davis has a new date for his next fight. The junior welterweight will face Esteban Sanchez on April 30 in Las Vegas, a source familiar with the bout told ESPN. It will be on the undercard of the Shakur Stevenson-Oscar Valdez junior lightweight title unification at the MGM

Olympic bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain and former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen on Monday secured their places in the Indian women’s boxing team for this year’s Asian Games in Hangzhou, China after winning their selection trial finals. While Zareen secured selection in the 51kg division, Borgohain clinched the 69kg spot after trials held at the Indira

Michael Conlan had the WBA featherweight title in the bag on Saturday in Nottingham, England, until he didn’t. Leigh Wood staged a remarkable late comeback and stopped Conlan at 1:25 of the 12th round to retain the title that throughout the fight seemed destined to go to Conlan. Conlan dropped Wood hard at the end

LAS VEGAS — Vladimir Putin will be remembered by history as a thug and a tyrant, and perhaps one of the leading examples of the worst of humanity. The Russian president has repeatedly shown complete indifference for human life and international law. Wladimir Klitschko is among the best we have to offer as a people.

3:19 PM ET ESPN’s divisional boxing rankings highlight the best in the sport at every weight class. They will change often based on recent results and performances. Rankings are based on what a fighter has accomplished in the weight division in which he is ranked. A fighter who has announced he is moving up or

USATSI 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. This year is shaping up to provide more of the same, with Mark Magsayo already providing one big upset, taking down Gary Russell Jr. and capturing the WBC featherweight title

Guillermo Rigondeaux was discharged from the hospital on Friday. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) The career of a former champion and amateur boxing legend is in limbo after a horrific cooking accident, according to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. Guillermo Rigondeaux reportedly lost approximately 80 percent of his vision when his pressure cooker exploded while he was