Boxing

Getty Images After years of demands he step up his level of competition to match his elite-level skills, Terence “Bud” Crawford may finally have lined up an opponent who clears the bar set by so many fans and media members. The World Boxing Organization has ordered that Crawford defend his welterweight title against former champion

7:55 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 The last 12 months have been a revelation in boxing, in terms of boxers becoming undisputed champions or looking to join that elite group. It’s only

For the first time ever, two Olympic gold medal-winning boxers will face off in the professional ranks.  Anthony Joshua, the current unified heavyweight titleholder and 2012 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medalist, will face Oleksandr Usyk, the 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist, on Sept. 25. And it’s taking place on a grand stage: London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,

USATSI The third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder has been officially announced. However, it has not come without its speed bumps. The pair of heavyweights were set to meet with Fury’s WBC heavyweight title on the line on July 24, but a COVID-19 outbreak within Fury’s camp quickly derailed those plans with two

Indian athletes, including the boxers and shooters, hit the ground running as they started their pre-Olympic training, hoping to live up to massive expectations in the pandemic-hit Games. With the boxing competition getting underway on July 24 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, the Indian pugilists, both men and women, sweated it out in their first training

3:19 AM 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 In one moment, Jermell Charlo appeared out of answers as his shot at an undisputed championship was slipping away. Then in another, Charlo was smacking Brian

In a telephonic interview to PTI before the nine Olympic-qualified boxers left for Tokyo on Saturday, Indian boxing‘s High Performance Director Santiago Nieva spoke about the many changes that have been brought in to the boxers’ approach and technique for a successful Olympic outing. “It’s like the big final exam after studying hard,” said Nieva,

Showtime Aside from the obvious huge stakes at play when Jermell Charlo and Brian Castaño meet on Saturday to crown the first undisputed champion of the four-belt era at junior middleweight, the best part of this 154-pound duel is the contrasts of styles.   Charlo (34-1, 18 KOs), a 31-year-old native of Houston, is a

It’s been almost impossible to separate Jermell and identical twin brother Jermall Charlo, both in terms of appearance and in terms of their boxing accomplishments. But on Saturday, that may change. Jermell Charlo is favored to defeat Brian Castaño on Saturday in San Antonio to become the first undisputed super welterweight champion in the four-belt

8:34 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN There are four world titles in each of boxing’s 17 divisions. Any attempt to clear up just who “the man” or “the woman” is in a given weight class is a boon to the sport, and that’s what makes Saturday’s fight between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano for the undisputed

Tyson Fury was to take on Deontay Wilder on July 24.© AFP Britain’s Tyson Fury has tested positive for Covid-19 and his heavyweight boxing title showdown with Deontay Wilder has been postponed from July 24 to October 9, promoters announced Thursday. The bout for Fury’s World Boxing Council crown will still be fought at T-Mobile

This is a story about the good things happening in boxing’s super welterweight division, but let’s start with the nonsense — the fraud, really — that the World Boxing Association is perpetrating upon the public at welterweight. On Aug. 7, Cody Crowley will face Gabriel Maestre for the interim WBA welterweight championship on Fox. OK.

Getty Images After numerous delays to the trilogy bout, the third meeting between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will have to wait a couple more months. The fight, which was originally scheduled for July 24 in Las Vegas, was officially postponed on Thursday after Fury tested positive for COVID-19 while in training camp. The bout

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder won’t fight as expected July 24. The fight was officially rescheduled for Oct. 9 due to Fury testing positive for COVID-19. Fury tweeted out the announcement Thursday, which confirmed his positive test. The fight will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Anyone who purchased tickets to the July

11:40 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are set for their trilogy fight for the WBC heavyweight championship – again. The battle between big men is now set for Oct. 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, sources tell ESPN. The fight, an ESPN+ and Fox PPV, was scheduled for July 24

Premier Boxing Champions After having flirted with the periphery of the sport’s top 10 pound-for-pound list throughout two reigns as 154-pound titleholder, the only thing unified super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo has seemingly lacked up to this point is a defining victory.   At 31, it would be hard to find anyone disputing whether Charlo

USATSI Social media superstar Jake Paul will look to climb a bit closer to being viewed as a legitimate boxer this August. Paul is set to face former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in a Showtime pay-per-view headliner in Cleveland on Sunday, Aug. 29. Woodley and Paul will come face-to-face at a press conference at

Amit Panghal is one of the top medal contenders for India at the Tokyo Olympics.© Twitter Star Indian boxer Amit Panghal is one of the top medal contenders among the nine boxers who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to kick start on July 23. The Indian boxer who competes in the 52kg category