7:49 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Floyd Mayweather and Gervonta “Tank” Davis were vacationing together in Miami several years ago. The two lounged on Mayweather’s yacht and rode bicycles in South Beach. Davis got a taste of the life of luxury that Mayweather enjoys as the biggest pay-per-view draw in boxing history. During that trip,
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4:07 PM ET Undisputed welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill is still scheduled to fight on the undercard of the Devin Haney-Joseph Diaz fight on Saturday night. It’s just her opponent that will change in Las Vegas. McCaskill will now fight Kandi Wyatt, out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, after her initial opponent, Argentinian Victoria Bustos, had travel
8:46 AM ET Britian’s Amir Khan and Kell Brook will face one another in a welterweight showdown on Feb. 19, 2022, promoters announced on Monday. Promoters Boxxer said the long-awaited bout had been signed and confirmed after lengthy delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Last week Ben Shalom, told ESPN the deal was close, and
Nov 27, 2021 Claressa Shields’ return to the boxing ring and debut in the United Kingdom is going to have to wait until 2022. Shields and BOXXER, the promoter for the fight, announced Saturday that Shields’ defense of her IBF, WBA and WBC middleweight crowns against Ema Kozin will now take place Jan. 29 instead
12:57 AM ET Brianna Williams Teofimo Lopez promised to put on a show at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Lopez, a New York native, fought in his hometown for the seventh time in his career. He had won all of the previous fights by knockout. However, this fight against George Kambosos
1:59 AM ET Brandon Figueroa seemed to stare almost in disbelief. In a razor-close bout, Figueroa thought he had won the WBC and WBO junior featherweight unification title fight over Stephen Fulton Jr. in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Except one thing: Figueroa lost. Fulton won a majority decision to take the two belts, with
2:27 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK – Teofimo Lopez was on top of the world. With the win over Vasiliy Lomachenko in December 2020, Lopez was instantly and universally recognized as one of the 10 best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. With a big personality on top of his success, Lopez was on the
12:03 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK — Teofimo Lopez promised a first-round knockout and pushed hard to accomplish just that by unloading on George Kambosos, but the opening round ended with the champion on the canvas. Turns out, the knockdown wasn’t a fluke but a harbinger of what was to come Saturday night at
6:07 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano will meet to determine the best junior middleweight in the world – again. The boxers have agreed to terms for a rematch on Feb. 26 at Toyota Center in Houston that will crown an undisputed 154-pound champion, multiple sources tell ESPN. All four belts were
8:37 AM 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 Amir Khan and Kell Brook are close to agreeing terms on a long-awaited, and almost forgotten, welterweight fight in Manchester on Feb. 19, according