Boxing

Nick ParkinsonDec 18, 2023, 10:19 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions Lyndon Arthur was 10 years old when he faced the biggest trauma of his life. Given that perspective, how

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 17, 2023, 01:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions At just 23 years old, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has already amassed quite the boxing resume. Stoppage victories over Carlos Cuadras and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Titles in two weight classes. The No. 1 spot on ESPN’s best 25 fighter sunder the age of 25. And

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 17, 2023, 12:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez scored a ninth-round stoppage of Sunny Edwards on Saturday evening in Glendale, Ariz., to unify the WBO and IBF flyweight titles in an action fight. Rodriguez slowly broke down Edwards before he floored the Englishman at the end of Round 9

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 11:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul scored a first-round, highlight-reel knockout of Andre August on Friday night in Orlando, Florida, to signal the second act of his boxing career as he looks to establish himself as a cruiserweight title contender. Paul (8-1, 5 KOs) uncorked a right uppercut

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 11:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul started off his boxing career with a first-round TKO victory over a fellow YouTuber in January 2020. Few would have believed that nearly four years later, he would still be fighting and taking it more seriously than ever before. With a right

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 10:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Keyshawn Davis-Jose Pedraza lightweight bout has been rescheduled for Feb. 8 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN on Friday.. The bout will serve as the ESPN co-feature to Teofimo Lopez’s junior welterweight title defense vs. Jamaine Ortiz. Davis (10-0, 6 KOs) was set

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 15, 2023, 07:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Sunny Edwards just returned to his hotel from a morning at Walt Disney World, where he hopped on Prince Charming’s Regal Carousel, galavanted around the Magic Kingdom and soaked in the experience as a tourist. Back at the Caribe Royale resort,

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 14, 2023, 10:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Teofimo Lopez and Jamaine Ortiz are finalizing a deal to fight for Lopez’s WBO junior welterweight title on Feb. 8 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN. The 140-pound championship bout will headline Top Rank Boxing on ESPN on a Thursday evening, three days before

Associated Press Dec 14, 2023, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Smokin’ Joe will headline one more boxing card. The family of Joe Frazier is set to honor the former heavyweight champion with a slate of bouts in Atlantic City, New Jersey – site of his parents’ first date, his son noted –

Timothy Bradley Jr.Dec 14, 2023, 08:16 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions Boxing is like an unsynchronized dance ritual. Picture a dancer flowing to music. That’s how a boxer fights — all