Boxing

Andreas Hale, ESPNNov 15, 2024, 07:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mike Tyson takes on Jake Paul in an eight-round heavyweight match at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Friday night (Netflix, 8 p.m. ET). The fight, sanctioned by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, will be contested at 2-minute rounds and both fighter

Mark Kriegel, ESPNNov 15, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Having covered Mike Tyson since his most famously unsanctioned bout — a predawn TKO of Mitch “Blood” Green at an after-hours clothing boutique in Harlem, New York, on Aug. 23, 1988 — and having spent the past three-plus years anatomizing his ascent as a

Nov 15, 2024, 03:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano both weighed-in at 137.4 pounds on Thursday ahead of their undisputed junior-welterweight title rematch on the undercard of the Mike Tyson-Jack Paul fight in Dallas, Texas. Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) beat Serrano (47-2, 31 KOs) via split decision in their historic

Andreas Hale, ESPNNov 14, 2024, 03:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AS THE FINAL seconds ticked off the clock at New York’s Madison Square Garden, two women slugged it out to a roar from the raucous sold-out crowd of 19,287 crammed into the arena. “It was so loud that I couldn’t hear the bell,” Katie

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterNov 14, 2024, 12:49 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions The betting public is overwhelmingly siding with Mike Tyson for Friday’s fight against Jake Paul that bookmakers say is on pace to be the most heavily bet boxing match in years.

Nov 13, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mike Tyson will compete in a sanctioned fight for the first time since June 2005 when he faces Jake Paul in a eight-round heavyweight bout Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (Netflix, 8 p.m. ET). The last time Tyson, 58, fought in a official bout,

James Regan Nov 13, 2024, 12:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Promoter Oscar De La Hoya has hinted the winner of Gilberto Ramírez and Chris Billam-Smith on Saturday could put themselves in line for a fight against heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Ramírez (46-1, 30 KOs) will put his WBA cruiserweight title on the line against

Andreas Hale, ESPNNov 13, 2024, 02:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — As Mike Tyson prepares to compete in his first professional boxing match in nearly two decades against YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul, the 58-year-old Tyson wants to remind the world why he was once considered “the baddest man on the planet.” For a newer

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderNov 12, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions MIKE TYSON SAT on the canvas with his back against the

Associated Press Nov 12, 2024, 07:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Sarah Ourahmoune, a silver medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games, has withdrawn her bid to become president of the French boxing federation, saying she has been the target of vicious racist and sexist attacks. In an open letter published this week, Ourahmoune

Nov 6, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The anticipated boxing match between the legendary Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has been rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium (Netflix, 8 p.m. ET). The bout was first scheduled for July 20 but was postponed after Tyson, who had a scare on a

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderNov 10, 2024, 12:43 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Jaron “Boots” Ennis retained his IBF welterweight title with a unanimous-decision

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderNov 9, 2024, 01:03 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Keyshawn Davis needed just two rounds to dismantle Gustavo Lemos on

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderNov 8, 2024, 09:50 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Keyshawn Davis’ homecoming fight vs. Gustavo Lemos will proceed Friday evening

Nick ParkinsonNov 6, 2024, 02:39 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Welterweight contender Conor Benn had his suspension lifted by the U.K. National Anti-Doping Panel (NAPD) following his positive test for a banned substance before his cancelled fight with Chris

Nov 6, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis takes on Gustavo Lemos in the main event of a Top Rank card on Friday at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia (ESPN+, 6:20 p.m. ET). Davis (11-0, 7 KOs), of Norfolk, will be fighting at home for the first time since he

Mike Coppinger Close Mike Coppinger ESPN Boxing Insider Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Nick Parkinson Close Nick Parkinson Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for

Associated Press Nov 4, 2024, 10:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The most successful boxing nation at the Paris Olympics has joined the new governing body that aims to keep the sport in the 2028 Los Angeles Games after years of turmoil outside the ring. The boxing federation of Uzbekistan, whose fighters won five of