Oct 17, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Artur Beterbiev became the first undisputed light heavyweight champion in the four-belt era with a majority-decision victory over Dmitry Bivol on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Beterbiev won by scorecards of 114-114, 115-113 and 116-112 to add the WBA belt to his WBC, WBO and IBF
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 14, 2024, 08:29 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 Junto Nakatani retained his WBC bantamweight title with a sixth-round TKO
Nick ParkinsonOct 13, 2024, 11:44 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Fabio Wardley claimed he was ready for a world heavyweight title shot after his savage first-round destruction of Frazer Clarke despite his relative lack of experience compared to his
Nick ParkinsonOct 13, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Seiya Tsutsumi’s relentless pressure earned him a unanimous points decision victory over Takuma Inoue for the WBA world bantamweight title in Tokyo on Sunday. The 28-year-old Inoue (20-2, 5
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 12, 2024, 07:02 PM 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 Artur Beterbiev captured the undisputed light heavyweight championship with a majority
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 12, 2024, 08:28 PM 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 Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol was a fight seven years in
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 12, 2024, 05:20 PM 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 Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will meet in a rare match
Oct 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron became tangled and fell over the top rope during their fight in Riyadh. Richard Pelham/Getty Images The fight between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ended in bizarre circumstances on Saturday as the contest had to be ended following
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 11, 2024, 04:02 PM 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 A pair of title-fight rematches will take place Dec. 7 in
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 11, 2024, 07:50 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 THERE ARE UNDISPUTED championship boxing fights, and then there are genuine
Oct 11, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will fight on Saturday for the chance to become the first ever undisputed light heavyweight champion in the four-belt era. The last time the division had a three-belt undisputed champion was in 2000 (Roy Jones Jr.). The fight at Kingdom Arena,
Andreas Hale, ESPNOct 10, 2024, 03:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Even at age 58, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson isn’t expecting to work overtime in a boxing ring. Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) will face Jake Paul (10-1, 7 KOs) on Nov. 15 in his first professional boxing match in nearly two
Timothy Bradley Jr.Oct 10, 2024, 07:49 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions Call him Mr. Perfect. With a 20-0 record, and all 20 of those victories coming by knockout, Artur Beterbiev strikes
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 9, 2024, 07:28 PM 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 Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa will meet in a featherweight rematch
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 9, 2024, 06:48 PM 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 Teofimo Lopez, in a legal letter sent to Top Rank on
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 9, 2024, 03:59 PM 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 Bruce Carrington will fight on the Nov. 15 Mike Tyson-Jake Paul
Nick ParkinsonOct 9, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Saturday brings another stacked boxing card in Saudi Arabia, headlined by the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol matchup for the undisputed light heavyweight championship. It’s a fight of rare
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 8, 2024, 06:29 PM 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 David Benavidez will meet David Morrell in a high-stakes light heavyweight