7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez stood in the center of the ring draped with four world titles. At long last, he was the undisputed super middleweight champion, accomplishing the goal he set out when he commenced his 168-pound campaign in December 2020. The 11th-round TKO victory over Caleb Plant in
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11:53 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Since Canelo Alvarez narrowly defeated Gennadiy Golovkin in 2018, he’s rarely lost a round. The one fight that was a genuine challenge came at a career-high weight of 174.5 pounds when Alvarez met Sergey Kovalev in 2019. The bout was even on one scorecard entering Round 11
7:49 AM ET Katie Taylor continues to lead the way in the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings. But the battle for No. 2 continues after a great weekend of boxing. Taylor (21-0, 6 KOs) defeated Amanda Serrano (42-2-1, 30 KOs) by split decision in one of the best fights of the year. A back-and-forth battle in
12:14 AM ET Brianna Williams Undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor’s face-off against seven-division champ Amanda Serrano was regarded as one of the biggest fights in women’s boxing history before either of them stepped foot in the ring. The bout at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night lived up to the hype as
6:48 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Demetrius Andrade suffered a right shoulder injury, and his May 21 fight vs. Zach Parker in the United Kingdom is postponed, sources told ESPN. It will be determined if surgery is required after the results of an MRI are examined by a doctor on Monday, sources said. Andrade (31-0, 19
1:44 PM ET NEW YORK — Jake Paul is making his return to the boxing ring. The boxing promoter/fighter/social media influencer tweeted Sunday afternoon he is going to be fighting again Aug. 13 against a to-be-determined opponent at a to-be-determined location. Paul, 25, began training again in March after taking a few months off following
12:57 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Shakur Stevenson jogged around the ring with his hands held high as the seconds ticked away on the biggest night of his career. For 12 rounds, he practically played with Oscar Valdez in what turned out to be an utter mismatch in the ESPN main event on
1:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — The outcome was never in doubt. The summit meeting at 130 pounds turned out to be a total mismatch as Shakur Stevenson used a superb southpaw jab and ring smarts beyond his years to dominate Oscar Valdez in the title unification matchup on Saturday at the MGM
3:10 AM ET NEW YORK — Katie Taylor showed up to the weigh-in Friday afternoon and it was then — more than 24 hours before she’d be in the ring at Madison Square Garden against Amanda Serrano — that the gravity of everything they’d been trying to pull off hit her. She has seen big
11:41 PM ET NEW YORK — As the seconds ticked down in their fight Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano stood in the middle of the ring, caring little about defending themselves or being in the proper stance. Hands were thrown constantly from both sides, one after another after another.