1:16 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Welterweight world titlist Errol Spence Jr. had just finished with his one-sided domination of Mikey Garcia when he went to the postfight news conference in the bowels of AT&T Stadium in the wee hours of Sunday morning. It was there where Ringstar Sports promoter Richard Schaefer declared what many
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3:46 PM ET Opening Bell: Daring to be great ARLINGTON, Texas — The boxing world was treated to something rare on Saturday night when welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr. squared off with Mikey Garcia: a fight between undefeated, in-their-prime titleholders who both ranked among the elite pound-for-pound fighters in the world. In the end,
9:48 PM ET When Michael Conlan returned to the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Sunday for his third St. Patrick’s Day bout at the famous venue, a packed house of Kelly green clad fans greeted him with an ovation. The switch-hitting native of Belfast, Northern Ireland didn’t let them down. He was in
8:21 PM ET Former welterweight titleholder Luis Collazo, blood streaming down his face from a cut over his left eye for much of the later rounds, stayed relevant with a split decision over Samuel Vargas in a hard fought 10-round battle. Two judges scored the fight for Collazo 96-94 and 98-92 and the third for
9:14 PM ET The mandatory fight between junior middleweight world titlist Jaime Munguia and Dennis Hogan, agreed to last month for April 13 at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, has been finalized, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday. The fight, which will stream in the United States on DAZN, will be the fourth defense for
3:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN Errol Spence Jr. wasn’t just bigger and stronger than Mikey Garcia, he was also better. Yeah, size matters in boxing — but so do skills. In successfully defending his IBF welterweight title, Spence (25-0, 21 KOs) thoroughly outclassed the fundamentally gifted Garcia in every way. This wasn’t just about hitting
12:43 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr. said a few days before his defense ageist Mikey Garcia that the fight would be “a one-sided massacre” in his favor. Oh, boy, was it ever. Spence pummeled the iron-chinned Garcia for the entire fight en route to a shutout decision as he
2:30 PM ET DALLAS — Manny Pacquiao made his way through a sea of boxing fans on Saturday afternoon as he entered his hotel after a long flight with his wife, Jinkee, from their vacation through Austria, Germany and Switzerland. They went to their suite on the hotel’s top floor and once inside, Pacquiao reflected
2:09 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Tevin Farmer retained his IBF junior lightweight title Friday with a unanimous 12-round decision over Jono Carroll by scores of 117-110, 117-111 and 117-111 at the Liacouras Center. The fight seemed closer than the scores would suggest but was not a robbery. Carroll — a native of Dublin, Ireland, who
9:12 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Mikey Garcia is here in the hometown of welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr., but it was Garcia who drew the biggest cheers from the thousands of fans at AT&T Stadium on Friday afternoon as two of boxing’s pound-for-pound best stepped on the scale to weigh in for their