Boxing

Tyson Fury believes he is the greatest heavyweight of his era after producing a scintillating display to beat Deontay Wilder in a boxing classic on Saturday. The 33-year-old undefeated Englishman recovered from two knockdowns against the hard-hitting Wilder before knocking out the American in the 11th round to retain his WBC crown. “I know I’m

LAS VEGAS — It’s become fashionable to look down one’s nose at modern boxers and say there’s no comparison between them and the legends of the past. And while that may largely be true, it is decidedly untrue when we’re discussing one Tyson Luke Fury. What heavyweight in history are you certain would beat this

The results of the second and third fights between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder were the same — a later-round finish for Fury — but the reception couldn’t have been more different. Few boxers in history have seen a fall in credibility like Wilder did when he lost his WBC heavyweight crown to Fury in

LAS VEGAS — Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder put on a heavyweight battle for the ages on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. There were five knockdowns, three by Fury and two by Wilder, in a wild battle that enthralled the crowd of 15,820 that witnessed one of the best heavyweight fights in years. Fury dropped Wilder

7:50 AM ET Rich Power was sitting on his porch in California in 2010 in the midst of preparing for a fight — an MMA fight — when he received a call from his manager. Known to be a fighter up for anything, and one always in shape for a scuffle, Power was intrigued by

LAS VEGAS — To listen to Deontay Wilder, the concussion-inducing, conspiracy-obsessed former heavyweight champion, there are conspirators around every corner who did their level best to insure that Tyson Fury would defeat him on Feb. 22, 2020, in their rematch at the MGM Grand Garden for the WBC and lineal heavyweight title. Wilder’s conspiracy, if

LAS VEGAS — The one-time NFL coach Bum Phillips once said, “You fail all the time, but you aren’t a failure until you start blaming someone else.” Phillips last coached the New Orleans Saints in 1985, and he died at 90 in 2013, so I doubt he was talking about former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay

USATSI It’s nearly time to settle the score. After multiple delays and issues, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will step into the ring inside the T-Mobile Arena on Oct. 9 to hopefully close their trilogy. The two were set to meet in July, but Fury and his camp contracted COVID-19 just two weeks before the

Sep 29, 2021 Tyson Fury will defend the WBC heavyweight championship against Deontay Wilder on Oct. 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (9 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). Their third fight is almost three years in the making, and along the way, their teams, other fighters and the legal system have all played a part.

Three months after a resounding success promoting a Mike Tyson exhibition match with Roy Jones Jr., Triller Fight Club rocked the boxing world on Feb. 26 when it won the right to promote a Teofimo Lopez undisputed lightweight title defense with an astoundingly high bid of $6.018 million. On Saturday, nearly $10 million in the

Getty Images The saga to put unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez Jr. and mandatory title challenger George Kambosos Jr. in the ring together has contained more twists and turns than any writer in Hollywood would dare include in a film script. Now, after being asked to push the date of the fight yet again, Kambosos

10:00 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 Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao announced his retirement at age 42 to end a 26-year boxing career that saw him win world titles in an

Philippine boxing legend and 2022 presidential hopeful Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday that he is hanging up his gloves after a glittering decades-long career in the ring. The eight-division world champion and senator, who has his sights set on a high-stakes rumble to replace President Rodrigo Duterte, said quitting the sport that had lifted him

We knew in August that it was over for Manny Pacquiao when he lost to Yordenis Ugas for the welterweight title. Ugas is a good fighter, but nowhere near Pacquiao’s caliber at the Filipino’s peak. Ugas is a guy who would have been pesky for a while before Pacquiao figured him out and stopped him

It took nearly a month, but Tyron Woodley has his promised “I love Jake Paul” tattoo.  Whether that means a rematch will happen between the former UFC welterweight champion and YouTube star turned boxer is now up to Paul. Woodley posted a picture of his new ink through Twitter on Monday. It indeed reads “I

Spectators will be allowed at next month’s men’s world boxing championships in Serbia, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) announced on Monday, making it the first major event in the sport to welcome back fans since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The AIBA, in a statement, said that tickets have gone on sale for the

There have been so many comparisons between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury through the years, because they’re both giant-sized men from the United Kingdom with a special skill in beating people up. But beyond their personalities — Fury is often outrageous and prone to wild mood swings, while Joshua is consistent and reserved — there

Oleksandr Usyk ended Anthony Joshua’s reign as world heavyweight champion in front of the Londoner’s home crowd with a stunning unanimous points decision victory on Saturday, scuppering hopes of a ‘Battle of Britain’ unification bout with fellow world title-holder Tyson Fury. Joshua ended the 12th and final round of the contest backed up on the