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With Tyson Fury out of the picture for now, Anthony Joshua has his next fight lined up. The WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion will face former unified cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on Sept. 25 in London, his promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday. Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole reported earlier this month that the

7:59 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Eric Woodyard LAS VEGAS — One fight can change a lot in boxing, a sport in which it’s not uncommon to fight only twice a year. In the case of Vasiliy Lomachenko,

CBS Sports Graphic When rising star Gervonta “Tank” Davis looked across the landscape of the two divisions in which he holds world titles in hopes of drawing a big name, the options available to him from a political and network scenario were far from enticing.   Davis (24-0, 23 KOs), the 26-year-old knockout machine from

1:24 AM ET Anderson Silva made a career in MMA out of making the impossible look possible. Now, he’s done the same thing in boxing. Silva, a UFC legend, defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. via split decision (75-77, 77-75, 77-75) in a shockingly impressive boxing performance Saturday night at Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. A

Showtime One of the most destructive punchers in the game returns to the ring on Saturday night when Gervonta “Tank” Davis takes on Mario Barrios in the main event of a Showtime pay-per-view card from State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Davis has become a rising star in boxing in large part because of his shocking

7:00 AM ET Samuel Braslow THE VOICE of the announcer yo-yoed across the boxing arena at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. “Your winner, by unanimous decision … and now undefeated in his professional career: Patricio ‘Cacahuate’ Manuel!” The applause and cheers came first, concentrated in Section VV, packed with Manuel’s family, biological

Pay-per-view sales are, just like elections, all about name recognition. If a promoter is trying to sell a fight, it’s all about whether the public recognizes the fighters involved. Name recognition, or lack thereof, may explain why the second fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder on Feb. 22, 2020, did fewer than expected pay-per-view

Getty Images Boxing continues to roll on in 2021. After a rough 2020 that saw many stars either not compete or compete just once, the new year has seen a handful of fighters already seen ring time with big success. Look no further than the pound for pound king himself, Canelo Alvarez. The Mexican superstar

1:38 AM ET Multiple Contributors It was a wildly busy night in the world of boxing, even with the postponement of the pay-per-view card centered around unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos. IBF and WBA bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue reminded the world of the otherworldy power he possesses at 118 pounds with

WBA/IBF bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue has his arm raised after stopping Michael Dasmarinas in the third round of their title fight at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on June 19, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images) A superstar is developing in front of our eyes, and he’s doing it with some of the

Japan’s Naoya Inoue knocked Michael Dasmarinas down three times in three rounds to easily retain his WBA and IBF belts in a bantamweight world title bout on Saturday night. Inoue knocked the challenger down once in the second and then twice in the third, forcing the referee to halt the onslaught at the Virgin Hotels

Jermall Charlo and Juan Macias Montiel exchange punches during their WBC middleweight title fight at Toyota Center on June 19, 2021 in Houston. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) For most of the second half of his defense of his WBC middleweight title against Juan Macias Montiel on Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston, Jermall

Yahoo Entertainment ‘SNL’ stars recall fight between Bill Murray and Chevy Chase: ‘Very sad and painful and awful’ Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman, stars of Saturday Night Live when the show was in its infancy, appeared on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Thursday, where they spoke about the fight between Bill Murray and

Showtime Jermall Charlo hasn’t struggled much in his 31 trips to the ring as a professional. Based on the odds for Charlo’s fight with Juan Macias Montiel on Saturday (9 p.m. ET, Showtime), Charlo is expected to keep his undefeated record in front of a hometown crowd at Toyota Center in Houston. Charlo is the

Jermall Charlo sits in one of the strangest spots in all of boxing. He’s an unbeaten world champion with a 71 percent knockout ratio and a 9-0 mark in world title bouts. Yet, not only does he not have any of the game’s biggest stars clamoring to meet him, his name is rarely mentioned by

8:06 AM ET MIKAELA MAYER WAS backstage at a concert in Colorado waiting for her friend. It was 2018, before Mayer had become a world champion, before she started to become more of a face of women’s boxing. A man approached her and her best friend, Ginny Fuchs, also a fighter, and started offering boxing

LAS VEGAS — Bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue spent a little more than 10 minutes Monday chatting with a reporter, but said no more than ex-heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder did Tuesday when he left a news conference with Tyson Fury in Los Angeles without taking questions. But fans are excited not to hear Inoue speak; it’s

LAS VEGAS — Chan Sung Jung was 9-1 and well on the road to MMA stardom before Dan Ige finished high school in Hawaii. Though Ige himself has become an MMA star, he still geeks out a bit about getting to fight Jung, aka “The Korean Zombie,” in Saturday’s UFC main event at Apex (7