5:20 PM ET Anthony Joshua spent much of the past six months soul searching, figuring out what went so wrong in his first encounter with Andy Ruiz Jr. and vowing to be better in the rematch. He was better. Much better, as he completely shut down Ruiz in a dominating tactical masterpiece to regain his
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6:52 AM ET Connor O’Halloran WEMBLEY, London — Not long after the bell sounds to begin Anthony Joshua’s rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr., fans, who are packed four-deep at the bar and fill every corner at a fan zone in London on Saturday night, are growing in anticipation to see who will strike first. Jab
12:15 AM ET After two wins in a row by decision, middleweight world titlist Jermall Charlo was antsy to return to his knockout ways and predicted he would score one against Dennis Hogan on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Charlo did just that, scoring two knockdowns and stopping Hogan in the
11:56 PM ET Steve KimESPN Emanuel Navarrete capped off what was a productive 2019 campaign by halting Francisco Horta in four rounds at the Auditorio GNP Seguros in Puebla, Mexico. In the fourth defense of his WBO 122-pound belt, Navarrete (30-1, 25 KOs) once again showed that while he’s not a textbook fighter from a
3:47 PM ET United Kingdom Anti-Doping on Friday announced that it has withdrawn a doping violation against British heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte. The ruling was issued 24 hours before Whyte is scheduled to step into the ring to fight former world title challenger Mariusz Wach of Poland on the undercard of the heavyweight title rematch
1:24 PM ET Heavyweights Alexander Povetkin and Michael Hunter battled to a fierce draw in world title elimination bout in the co-feature of the Andy Ruiz Jr.-Anthony Joshua rematch on Saturday at Diriyah Stadium in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. They were fighting to become one of the mandatory challengers for the winner of the main event
Dec 4, 2019 THEY CALLED IT the Kangaroo Punch. The challenger leaped forward like he had springs attached to the bottom of his boxing boots, unleashing an arcing left hook as he propelled himself toward his opponent. The punch connected flush on the champion’s dimpled chin, sending him crashing down on his back, as the
9:19 AM ET When Andy Ruiz Jr. knocked out Anthony Joshua in the seventh round to take his three heavyweight world title belts in a massive upset June 1 in New York, few had given him a chance because of his chubby physique compared with the muscled Joshua. Ruiz, never a body-beautiful kind of fighter,
11:04 PM ET Dennis Hogan, the smaller man moving up one division, will be the decided underdog when he challenges Jermall Charlo for his middleweight world title, but he believes the rise in weight is just what the doctor ordered. “I’ve got an extra snap on my punches right now. The power is there,” Hogan
6:58 PM ET Former two-division world titlist Carl Frampton has been diagnosed with fractures in both hands following his win against Tyler McCreary. Frampton dominated McCreary, knocking him down twice with body shots and winning a 10-round shutout decision in their junior lightweight bout on Saturday night on the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card