12:16 AM ET Brianna Williams The lightweight championship boxing match between Devin Haney and George Kambosos had plenty of drama before the bout even began Sunday at Marvel Stadium in Docklands, Australia. Kambosos, who entered the fight holding the WBO, WBA, IBF and The Ring titles, initially failed to make weight, and Haney took advantage
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12:57 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Devin Haney can no longer be called an email champion, a titleholder or anything but the undisputed lightweight champion of the world. The 23-year-old traveled from Las Vegas to Melbourne, Australia, and delivered a dominant performance to collect all four 135-pound belts in a unanimous-decision victory over George Kambosos before
12:24 AM ET Stephen Fulton had many sequences that displayed his dominance over Daniel Roman, but one in particular seemed to summarize his performance. In the closing seconds of the 10th round, Fulton stuck his tongue out at the challenger, circled away from any danger as Roman missed his punches. For Fulton, Saturday night was
1:42 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Stephen Fulton has his sights set on the undisputed 122-pound championship. He’ll continue his quest toward a meeting with fellow two-belt champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev with a fight vs. Danny Roman on Saturday In Minneapolis (9 p.m. ET, Showtime). A pair of victories for Fulton, who fights out of Philadelphia, could
10:07 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — All the lightweight belts officially will be on the line when George Kambosos Jr. and Devin Haney meet at Marvel Stadium on Sunday (9 p.m. ET Saturday, ESPN/ESPN+). But not before there was some late drama here Saturday morning. Kambosos initially came in .36 pounds over the 135-pound lightweight
3:15 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN At long last, Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford are on the verge of a summit meeting at 147 pounds. Spence, who holds three welterweight titles, and Crawford, owner of one 147-pound belt, are closing in on a deal for an October fight in Las Vegas for the undisputed welterweight
7:51 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN MELBOURNE, Australia — Devin Haney isn’t merely presumed to be a transcendent talent. He’s a bright, sincere, impossibly likable (for a fighter, at least) 23-year-old who suddenly finds himself in hostile environs 8,000 miles from home. What’s more, he’s here without the father who not only raised him but painstakingly
7:37 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. will defend his world titles at home in Australia on Saturday against Devin Haney (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET with prelims on ESPN+ at 7:30 p.m. ET). More than 50,000 fans are expected at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne to root for the local hero, who
11:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Teofimo Lopez is on the comeback trail. The former lightweight champion and Mexico’s Pedro Campa have agreed to a deal for a 140-pound bout on Aug. 13, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Top Rank Boxing on ESPN main event will mark Lopez’s junior welterweight debut and will likely take
7:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Muhammad Ali. Floyd Mayweather. Manny Pacquiao. Likenesses of those fistic titans peered at Devin Haney from the walls of the Top Rank Gym, where the budding star prepared for the fight of his life just days before he set off for Melbourne, Australia. That’s where Haney will