7:09 PM 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 Katie Taylor’s reign as undisputed world lightweight champion was never in doubt as she produced a dazzling display to unanimously outpoint Miriam Gutierrez on
Month: November 2020
1:29 AM ET Leave it to the pandemic to stop one of the biggest fights in boxing. A potential welterweight unification bout between Terence “Bud” Crawford and Manny Pacquiao was nixed because of COVID-19 restrictions, Crawford said early Sunday morning after he retained his WBO welterweight belt with a fourth-round stoppage over Kell Brook. During
12:40 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Going into his fourth WBO welterweight title defense on Saturday, Terence Crawford was supposed to be a quicker, better boxer than Kell Brook. He was clearly the more powerful puncher, as well. Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) scored a highlight-reel knockout over Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) at the 1:14 mark
1:09 AM ET Terence Crawford is boxing’s best. His combination of speed, power and skill were on display Saturday night, finishing Kell Brook with a flurry of punches that led to a fourth-round TKO. But the lingering question about Crawford remains: when will he put a bow on his career by making a megafight with
6:32 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine has described his side as having “polarising” opinions about his India counterpart Virat Kohli. Though he says Kohli is “just another player to me”, Paine remained upbeat about the rivalry that he and his side shared with the Indian captain. “With Virat, it is a
1:05 AM ET ESPN News Services GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kyle Trask has gone from Heisman Trophy hopeful to potential Heisman front-runner in two months, much of it coming in the past two weeks. Trask threw for 356 yards and six touchdowns, extending his school record for consecutive games with at least four TDs to six,
12:39 AM ET Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said everything must be reevaluated for his 1-3 team after the Wolverines’ 49-11 home loss to No. 13 Wisconsin on Saturday night. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, Michigan’s 38-point loss marked its largest at home since 1935, when it fell 38-0 to archrival Ohio State. The
4:17 PM ET The college football schedule absorbed its biggest blow yet from COVID-19 issues this week, meaning there was very little movement in ESPN’s Week 11 power rankings. 1 Related The SEC alone had four games postponed, and five of the top six teams in last week’s power rankings either had open dates or
1:05 AM ET There have been Saturdays with more drama. Look no further than last week’s Clemson-Notre Dame thriller. There have been Saturdays with bigger games. This week lacked a single matchup between top-25 teams, with four of the top five teams sitting this weekend out. With 15 games postponed or canceled because of the
11:59 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Former WBA super flyweight champion Andrew Moloney went from a dream scenario to an absolute nightmare on Saturday night, as his bid to reclaim his title against Joshua Franco resulted in a no-contest. Moloney (21-1, 14 KOs), who surrendered the title to Franco (17-1-2, 8 KOs) in a 12-round