12:47 AM ET Steve KimESPN In a fight that was presumed to be an afterthought for Adam Kownacki, Robert Helenius earned a TKO victory in Saturday night’s heavyweight title eliminator at Barclays Center and likely set himself up for at least a few significant fights to come. To put this fight into perspective, sportsbook William
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4:00 PM ET Rikki Soumpholphakdy The relationship between boxer and trainer is often put under a microscope. Sometimes it’s personal. Other times it’s strictly business. For Shakur Stevenson and many of his pugilist peers, they benefit from having a rare gem in Kompa Koroma, otherwise known as Coach Kay. The two met when Stevenson was
11:05 PM ET NEW YORK — Heavyweight Robert Helenius, a big underdog, who had taken a beating for most of the first three rounds, rallied for a shocking fourth-round technical knockout of contender Adam Kownacki in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions on Fox card on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Mar 6, 2020 NEW YORK — Blue-chip heavyweight prospect Efe Ajagba faced perhaps his toughest and most experienced opponent in former world title challenger Razvan Cojanu, and Ajagba laid a beating on him on Saturday night. Ajagba scored two knockdowns and stopped Cojanu in the ninth round of the co-feature of the Premier Boxing Champions
Mar 7, 2020 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 Jono Carroll dominated former world champion Scott Quigg in a non-title junior lightweight bout on Saturday, which left Quigg considering retirement. Carroll was too
4:41 PM ET Lightweight contenders George Kambosos Jr. and Lee Selby will meet in a world title elimination fight on May 9 at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Friday. The winner of the fight, which will stream on DAZN in the United States and headline on Sky Sports in
1:29 PM ET Top Rank has finalized the undercard for popular Irish featherweight Michael Conlan’s annual St. Patrick’s Day bout on March 17 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Before Conlan takes on Belmar Preciado and junior lightweight Mikaela Mayer fights Melissa Hernandez on the main card of the Top
7:57 AM ET Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, two of the pound-for-pound best in women’s boxing, have been on a collision course for the past few years. Now their long-awaited bout, perhaps the most significant that could be made on the women’s side of the sport, is finally on. Taylor, the undisputed lightweight world champion,
6:53 PM ET Steve KimESPN With the coronavirus spreading across the world, the boxing industry is taking precautions with its upcoming events. “Obviously, everybody in boxing who does international fights is concerned,” said Bob Arum, who’s company, Top Rank, has fights that are taking place abroad and also involve boxers who are flying in from
2:23 PM ET Canelo Alvarez will fight WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders in the traditional Cinco de Mayo weekend boxing slate on May 2, sources told ESPN Deportes’ Salvador Rodriguez. The announcement of the 168-pound unification fight could be made official in the next 24 hours or even sooner, the sources said. Alvarez
2:17 PM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim Mexican boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez will next fight on May 2 — Cinco De Mayo weekend, one of the two weekends on which
11:19 PM ET Former three-time light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev will return to the ring on April 25 to fight for the first time since Canelo Alvarez brutally knocked him out and took his belt last fall. Kovalev will face longtime light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera in a 12-round cruiserweight fight contracted at 180
5:51 PM ET After teasing a retirement in the near-future in the lead-up to his rematch against Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury doubled down on his idea of retirement after fighting out the last two bouts on his contract with Top Rank Boxing. “I’ve got two more fights left, and then we’re going to really think
7:51 AM ET Steve KimESPN It’s a fortuitous and lucrative moment to be near the top of the heavyweight division. Anthony Joshua holds three of the belts and is set to defend against Kubrat Pulev, and Tyson Fury’s star has never shone brighter after his TKO victory over Deontay Wilder. Those two will compete in
10:52 AM ET Heavyweight Dillian Whyte will make the first defense of his interim world title against Alexander Povetkin on May 2 at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Tuesday. The fight, which will be on Sky Box Office pay-per-view in the United Kingdom and likely on DAZN in
6:41 PM ET Hard-hitting super middleweight prospect Edgar Berlanga will be featured on the undercard of featherweight world titlist Shakur Stevenson’s first defense, on March 14 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Top Rank announced on Monday. Top Rank said Berlanga’s opponent for the scheduled eight-round bout will be finalized
11:08 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — The biggest question going into the Mikey Garcia-Jessie Vargas fight on Saturday night was: How viable Garcia is as a welterweight contender? Garcia has been one of boxing’s elite pound-for-pound fighters for the past several years, having won world titles at featherweight, junior lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight. But
5:42 AM ET Unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua is set to face mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, both fighters have confirmed. Joshua’s three major world title belts will be on the line at the north London stadium, which opened in 2019 and seats more than 60,000. “I