Boxing

7:04 PM ET Marc Raimondi 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 TAMPA, Florida — YouTube sensation-turned-boxer Jake Paul is back in the ring to face Tyron Woodley in a rematch after Paul’s split decision victory over the

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Politics is often rough and tumble in the Brazilian Amazon, but in one small city two mayoral candidates literally came to blows over the weekend during a bruising election campaign. The incumbent mayor of Borba, a city of about 41,000 people upriver from Amazonas state capital Manaus, is known for

LAS VEGAS — Belal Muhammad had a bad first round against Leon Edwards, and then their fight was stopped 18 seconds into the second when Edwards inadvertently poked Muhammad in the eye and Muhammad couldn’t continue. Muhammad pleaded for a rematch, but Edwards moved on. And that, of course, led to a string of Twitter

Getty Images Social media star Jake Paul and former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley are set for a Showtime pay-per-view rematch on Saturday night. The event was supposed to be headlined by Paul taking on Tommy Fury, brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, before Fury was forced to pull out of the bout. Now, Woodley

The Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously passed a new law on Monday after a UNLV student died after a fraternity boxing event last month. Nathan Valencia died after a boxing event sponsored by UNLV’s Kappa Sigma fraternity chapter. Valencia, according to USA Today, collapsed about 60 seconds after his bout at the annual “Fight Night” event

1:40 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko was on the verge of the statement win he was searching for Saturday, the kind of performance that could land him a shot at the undisputed lightweight championship. After he floored Richard Commey in the seventh round of their lightweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Lomachenko

Is Vasiliy Lomachenko the best 135-pounder in the world? Can’t say yet. Is he a threat to anyone in the division? Without question. Lomachenko delivered a masterclass boxing exhibition against overmatched Richard Commey before 8,555 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York, winning a wide decision in their 12-round lightweight bout. The only

Nico Ali Walsh has been busy in the ring since turning pro four months ago.© AFP Nico Ali Walsh won his third fight of 2021 with a majority decision over the previously unbeaten Reyes Sanchez in a non-title middleweight fight on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Ali Walsh, the grandson of Muhammad

LAS VEGAS — There is a lot of Conor McGregor in “Sugar” Sean O’Malley. The UFC bantamweight has that star quality that is hard to define but easy to recognize. Like McGregor, the former double-champion who is the biggest draw not only in the UFC but in all of combat sports, O’Malley has a way

There are 10 bouts available to bet on BetMGM’s boxing schedule on Friday and Saturday, but if you decide to get in the game as they say, be prepared to lay a lot of money. In those 10 fights, seven have favorites of -1000 or higher. Four of those are -1600 or higher and two

7:25 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko returns to the ring for his second fight of 2021, as he faces Richard Commey in the main event of a Top Rank boxing card at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday (5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+). Lomachenko (15-2, 11 KOs), of Ukraine, hoped to

Don King couldn’t help himself. The loquacious promoter was building up Roy Jones Jr. prior to Jones’ challenge of John Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title in 2003. Jones was attempting to become the first middleweight champion in a century to win a version of the heavyweight crown. So at every public event, just before

Getty Images On Tuesday, the International Boxing Hall of Fame announced the inductees for the 2022 class and it is loaded with some big names. Headlining the class are Roy Jones Jr., Miguel Cotto and James Toney on the men’s side, with Holly Holm and Regina Halmich for the women. The class will be inducted

Before I ever picked up the phone, the fan in me got excited: George Kambosos, Gervonta Davis, Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, Vasiliy Lomachenko and a few others all fight in the same division. The fan envisions fun, competitive fights, entertaining promotions filled with trash talk and a scenario where all of those guys fight the

Matchroom Boxing For most of unbeaten Devin Haney’s title defense in May, a step-up bout against former two-division champion Jorge Linares, the WBC lightweight champion looked to be nothing short of the future of the 135-pound division.   Then, adversity struck. Haney was rocked in Round 10 and spent the rest of the contest in

7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos Jr.’s victory over Teofimo Lopez shook up the lightweight division in ways few could have anticipated, setting the stage for a scintillating stretch of fights in one of boxing’s deepest divisions. Now that Kambosos stands as the guy at 135 pounds, the hierarchy looks drastically different than it

Showtime Stephen Fulton earned his second title in the super bantamweight division on Saturday night in a thriller with Brandon Figueroa. The Philadelphia native claimed the WBC strap in addition to the WBO title with a majority decision win from Las Vegas that could go down as one of the best fights of 2021. Fulton

2:27 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK – Teofimo Lopez was on top of the world. With the win over Vasiliy Lomachenko in December 2020, Lopez was instantly and universally recognized as one of the 10 best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. With a big personality on top of his success, Lopez was on the