Boxing

2:44 PM ET King Fury, the 20-1 horse named after lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has been scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. King Fury’s trainer, Kenny McPeek, tweeted the horse spiked 104 degree fever with an elevated white count on Friday afternoon after a galloping session in the morning, leading to the decision to pull

King Fury, the 20-1 Kentucky Derby entrant named for world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury, was scratched from Saturday’s US racing classic after spiking a fever on Friday. Kenny McPeek, King Fury’s trainer, said in a Twitter posting the horse had an elevated white blood cell count and in an attached video said the horse

Getty Images Saturday’s heavyweight clash between Joseph Parker and Dereck Chisora is in danger of falling apart at the last minute after a dispute over the order of the ring walks. The battle began after both men made weight for their planned clash in Manchester, England. Chisora walked out of an interview, saying there was

Premier Boxing Champions If Andy Ruiz Jr.’s boxing career wasn’t already a perfect candidate for one day showing up on a Hollywood script thanks to his 2019 upset knockout of unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua as a last-minute opponent, the two years that immediately followed have only added depth to the overall story.  Ruiz, the

Getty Images Listening to the two camps involved in the negotiations for the heavyweight championship unification between WBO, IBF and WBA champion Anthony Joshua and WBC champ Tyson Fury, the fight is either a done deal or completely dead. While Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn has repeatedly insisted that only the final details of site fees

7:51 AM ET As the boxing world slowly starts rolling back into full gear, this weekend’s fights represent a burst of momentum leading into the busiest month in boxing we’ve had in over a year. It kicks off on Friday in London (ESPN+, 4 p.m. main card; 2 p.m. ET undercard) with a card featuring

An all-British heavyweight showdown between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury in July or August is “dead in the water”, according to Fury’s promoter. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn said on Thursday he was “100 percent confident” the fight would happen despite concerns over delays in finalising the super fight. Saudi Arabia, where Joshua won a rematch

9:43 PM ET Top Rank promoter Bob Arum turned the Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight negotiating drama up a notch on Thursday when he referred to the discussed blockbuster boxing match for this summer as “dead in the water.” It happened as Arum, who co-promotes Fury in the United States, told the UK’s Telegraph that talks

There are a lot of couldas, wouldas and shouldas when it comes to Chris Arreola’s career. As he heads into a pay-per-view bout on Saturday against former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. in Carson, California, Arreola carries a 38-6-1 record with 33 knockouts. He’s been one of the most exciting, and most fun, heavyweights of

1:00 PM ET Kathleen McNamee Katie Taylor’s dominance of women’s boxing isn’t by accident, though she had the ability, and the skills, to go pro in soccer as well. Jan Kruger/Getty Images Katie Taylor’s faith — in God, in her fists, in herself — is famous, and maybe infamous. Her drive and determination to be the

11:16 AM ET Boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez said he had to negotiate by telephone the release of one of his brothers, who had been kidnapped in Mexico, in the days before his 2018 fight against Rocky Fielding in New York. “In 2018, the Monday before the fight, and I was always on the phone. …

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7:49 AM ET Former heavyweight unified world titlist Andy Ruiz Jr. returns to the ring Saturday for the first time since losing his belt in a rematch against Anthony Joshua in December 2019 to face former title challenger Chris Arreola. The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

7:53 PM ET Tyson Fury, the heavyweight champion of the world, is looking to add another honor on Saturday. It’s one he has no control over and something he didn’t even know about until this week. Depending what happens in Louisville, Fury might be the namesake of a Kentucky Derby champion. The horse, King Fury,

5:09 AM ET WWE superstar Drew McIntyre claims WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is “stalking” him for a match. McIntyre, a two-time WWE Champion, has been called out by Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) multiple times in interviews and on social media. Fury’s sole WWE appearance came in October 2019 when he faced Braun Strowman at

For as long as he’s boxed, Andy Ruiz Jr. always had quick hands and smooth feet. In boxing, those are two traits that will carry one a long way. Along the way to the top of his sport, though, Ruiz was frequently overlooked because of his fleshy midsection. No one would say it to his

1:37 PM ET Maciej Sulecki is once again set to face Jaime Munguia, in a middleweight battle now set for June 19, Golden Boy Promotions announced Wednesday. The fight between Munguia and Sulecki was originally scheduled for April 24 at the Don Haskins Center at the University of Texas at El Paso, but Sulecki suffered

12:09 PM ET Associated Press BROCKTON, Mass. — – Middleweight boxing champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is being celebrated in his Massachusetts hometown with a street named in his honor. The Brockton City Council on Monday approved a proposal by two councilors to name a currently under-construction street Marvin Hagler Drive, The Enterprise reported Wednesday. Hagler,