Boxing

6:15 PM ET The women’s undisputed junior middleweight world title fight between Claressa Shields and Marie-Eve Dicaire has been postponed, as expected, due to the coronavirus pandemic, Salita Promotions announced Wednesday. Shields’ two world titles, Dicaire’s one, and a vacant title were all to be on the line on May 9 in the main event

Mar 25, 2020 The fight between unbeaten heavyweights Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce was postponed with just over three weeks to go before the first bell. It was the first of the big heavyweight fights to officially be called off, the first of many to fall inevitable victim to circumstances. One day it was on

3:23 PM ET Since the coronavirus became a pandemic, it has caused the sports world, including boxing, to shut down in recent weeks. Promoters around the world have been forced to cancel or postpone more than 60 cards — hundreds of bouts — between March and May, some with no choice because local governments shut

Dec 4, 2019 Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: This was originally published ahead of Crawford’s fight against Jeff Horn on June 9, 2018. OMAHA, Neb. — Grover Wiley was 25, six years into a pro career that would see him retire the great Julio Cesar Chavez. Terence Crawford Jr. — “Bud,” as everyone called him —

6:48 AM ET Amateur boxing’s international governing body (AIBA) should be able to complete its reforms and have its suspension lifted before the Tokyo Games are held in 2021, a Russian boxing official who also holds a senior position at AIBA said on Wednesday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) last year suspended AIBA, the International

5:17 PM ET The third fight between heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury and former titlist Deontay Wilder is still on track to be their next bout, but it will not take place on July 18 as originally planned due to the coronavirus pandemic, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum told ESPN on Tuesday. After Fury knocked

Mar 24, 2020 Steve KimESPN With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed until next year due to the ongoing threat of the coronavirus, athletes with professional aspirations have difficult decisions to make. Keyshawn Davis, considered the most talented boxer on the U.S. boxing team, seemed as though he had made up his mind. He later clarified

9:02 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 Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said on Tuesday that due to the coronavirus pandemic, the third fight between heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury

9:04 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic has brought the boxing world to a halt. Nearly all events worldwide are off through at least early May and more cancellations and postponements are expected to be announced in the upcoming days. So for a year-round sport that never has a real offseason, this is a first. During

9:01 AM ET Associated Press The Tokyo Olympics have been officially postponed until 2021. The International Olympic Committee along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and local organizers have decided that the Tokyo Games cannot go ahead as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. The IOC says the games will be held “not

8:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN As Buddy McGirt watched the rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, a thought came to the trainer’s mind. “I told my wife in the second round, I said, ‘Something’s not right.'” McGirt said he thought Wilder looked unsteady — his legs were not underneath him. He looked rather flimsy.

8:28 AM ET Steve KimESPN FRISCO, Texas — On Feb. 29, a talent-rich card at the Ford Center at The Star — the training facility of the Dallas Cowboys — was headlined by a welterweight contest between Mikey Garcia and Jessie Vargas. It also featured a pair of title fights, pitting Julio Cesar Martinez against

1:37 PM ET The WBC, the one sanctioning body long at the forefront of randomly drug testing boxers year-round, has suspended its Clean Boxing Program during the coronavirus pandemic. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman announced the decision over the weekend on social media. “It is not possible to collect samples as collectors and boxers must abide

11:26 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 The suspension of professional boxing in the UK has been extended until the end of April due to the coronavirus pandemic. The British Boxing

Feb 21, 2020 There are a handful of unforgettable moments that are seared forever into the minds of boxing fans. There is a discombobulated Mike Tyson on all fours grasping for his mouthpiece and trying to shove it back in before he is counted out in his monumental upset loss to Buster Douglas. There is

11:03 AM ET Franchon Crews-Dezurn has one of her women’s super middleweight world titles back. The WBO announced that it has reinstated Crews-Dezurn as its 168-pound titlist in the wake of a positive drug test by Alejandra Jimenez. Jimenez won a disputed split decision over Crews-Dezurn to claim her unified WBO and WBC belts on

1:22 PM ET Dozens of boxing cards scheduled to take place around the world — big and small — have been postponed or canceled over the past week due to the coronavirus pandemic. One show after another was removed from the schedule, leaving fighters, promoters, venues, broadcasters and fans alike with no idea when boxing

8:36 PM ET Steve KimESPN IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez has made it clear that a showdown with Vasiliy Lomachenko (who holds the WBO, WBA and WBC ‘franchise’ title) is the fight he is targeting. The target date was May 30 at Madison Square Garden in New York, but with sporting events all around the