5:28 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. has pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated after crashing his speeding Ferrari in 2019, prosecutors said. Spence, 32, pleaded guilty and was convicted last week in Dallas County Court of Criminal Appeals No. 2, the Dallas County district attorney’s office
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12:40 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — The troubled International Boxing Association may have to hold its presidential election again after the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday ruled in favor of a candidate barred from the original vote. The court said it upheld an appeal by Netherlands boxing official Boris van der Vorst
8:41 PM ET Associated Press VERONA, N.Y. — Reduced to tears at a banquet on the eve of his big day, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday, just a tinge of emotion in his voice as he accepted the honor. “I done a lot in my career,
1:54 AM ET Edgar Berlanga went into his Puerto Rican Day weekend fight wanting to be known for a big win on a night he’d wanted to fight on for years. Instead, the night might be remembered for the antics he tried to pull in the ring. Berlanga defeated Alexis Angulo by unanimous decision (98-92,
2:20 AM ET Edgar Berlanga defeated Alexis Angulo on Saturday by unanimous decision to stay unbeaten, in the main event of a Top Rank card at the Hulu Theater inside Madison Square Garden in New York, but the fight will be remembered for a different reason. In Round 7, Berlanga tried to bite Angulo on
5:05 PM ET Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A judge on Friday dismissed a case against five suspects charged in the 2012 killing of renowned Puerto Rican boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho after authorities said the star witness fled the island. Prosecutors requested a second opportunity to have their case heard, adding that they
2:59 PM ET Jake Paul and Amanda Serrano will once again be sharing a fight card as the pair announced they are returning to the ring Aug. 6 at Madison Square Garden in what they are labeling “two main events.” The fights will be on Showtime Pay Per View. It is the second straight fight
7:49 AM ET The International Boxing Hall of Fame induction ceremony is usually celebrated the second weekend in June in Canastota, New York. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IBHOF was forced to cancel its events in 2020 and 2021. This weekend, however, three classes of inductees will get their place at the Hall,
10:21 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — While Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue was winning his title bout against Nonito Donaire, burglars were breaking into his home. Inoue stopped Donaire in the second round Tuesday night, unifying three bantamweight world titles. That same evening, two men broke into his home southwest of Tokyo, knowing Inoue and
7:58 AM ET Naoya Inoue scored an impressive second-round TKO victory over Nonito Donaire in their rematch of the ESPN 2019 fight of the year and solidified his spot as the No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Inoue (23-0, 20 KOs), 29, of Japan, received more votes than ever before from our 16-member panel,