Boxing

Mike Coppinger Nick Parkinson Close Nick Parkinson •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 Dec 23, 2023, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A full day of fights headlined by Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin and Deontay

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 22, 2023, 06:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Five of ESPN’s top 10 heavyweights — three of them former champions — compete Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on one of the most stacked cards in years (ESPN+ PPV, 11 a.m. ET). Anthony Joshua meets Otto Wallin in the main event while Deontay

Dec 21, 2023, 04:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Gabriela Fundora will defend her IBF flyweight title against Christina Cruz on Jan. 27 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, a source told ESPN’s Michael Rothstein on Thursday. The fight will be on the undercard of the Jaime Munguia-John Ryder super middleweight bout. Fundora (12-0,

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterDec 21, 2023, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boxing unified women’s featherweight champion Amanda Serrano will headline in her homeland of Puerto Rico early next year — with Jake Paul in the co-main event, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) announced Thursday. Serrano will defend her belts against Germany’s Nina Meinke on

Timothy Bradley Jr.Dec 21, 2023, 07:48 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 Boxing is embracing the festive season with a special treat, a spectacular event featuring four of ESPN’s top ten heavyweights

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 20, 2023, 07:08 PM ET Jermell Charlo was arrested Saturday in Texas and charged with misdemeanor assault causing bodily injury to a family member, a Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office public information officer told ESPN on Wednesday. Charlo, 33, was released after bond was posted Monday, according to court records. The alleged

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 20, 2023, 06:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos are in the process of finalizing a deal for an IBF lightweight title fight in April or May in Kambosos’ native Australia, sources told ESPN. Lomachenko, a future Hall of Famer, and Kambosos, the former undisputed lightweight champion, planned

Nick ParkinsonDec 20, 2023, 07:53 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions Dmitry Bivol insists he is just as motivated for Saturday’s title fight against Lyndon Arthur as he was before

James Regan Dec 19, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions What Joseph Parker intends to do on December 23rd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is the definition of spoiling the party. While the Saudi megashow may be a feast for boxing fans, the hopes of two of the heavyweights on the card seem to be

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterDec 19, 2023, 11:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul is doubling down on his commitment to boxing with a unique endeavor. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter will partner with USA Boxing ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, officials told ESPN on Tuesday. Paul, 26, will travel to the Olympic Training

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 18, 2023, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jai Opetaia announced on social media that he’s vacated his IBF cruiserweight title after the organization ruled he must next rematch his mandatory challenger, Mairis Briedis. Instead, Opetaia (23-0, 18 KOs) will proceed with a fight vs. Ellis Zorro on Saturday’s stacked card in

Nick ParkinsonDec 18, 2023, 10:19 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions Lyndon Arthur was 10 years old when he faced the biggest trauma of his life. Given that perspective, how

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 17, 2023, 01:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions At just 23 years old, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has already amassed quite the boxing resume. Stoppage victories over Carlos Cuadras and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Titles in two weight classes. The No. 1 spot on ESPN’s best 25 fighter sunder the age of 25. And

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 17, 2023, 12:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez scored a ninth-round stoppage of Sunny Edwards on Saturday evening in Glendale, Ariz., to unify the WBO and IBF flyweight titles in an action fight. Rodriguez slowly broke down Edwards before he floored the Englishman at the end of Round 9

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 11:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul scored a first-round, highlight-reel knockout of Andre August on Friday night in Orlando, Florida, to signal the second act of his boxing career as he looks to establish himself as a cruiserweight title contender. Paul (8-1, 5 KOs) uncorked a right uppercut

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 11:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul started off his boxing career with a first-round TKO victory over a fellow YouTuber in January 2020. Few would have believed that nearly four years later, he would still be fighting and taking it more seriously than ever before. With a right

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 10:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Keyshawn Davis-Jose Pedraza lightweight bout has been rescheduled for Feb. 8 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN on Friday.. The bout will serve as the ESPN co-feature to Teofimo Lopez’s junior welterweight title defense vs. Jamaine Ortiz. Davis (10-0, 6 KOs) was set

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 07:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Sunny Edwards just returned to his hotel from a morning at Walt Disney World, where he hopped on Prince Charming’s Regal Carousel, galavanted around the Magic Kingdom and soaked in the experience as a tourist. Back at the Caribe Royale resort,