5:42 PM ET Russian prospect Mikhail Aloyan on Tuesday filled the final slot available in the eight-man World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament that begins this fall. While the other competitors are either world titleholders, former titleholders or top contenders, the 29-year-old Aloyan (4-0, 4 KOs) was welcomed into the tournament based on his tremendous
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4:27 PM ET Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn’s deal to provide boxing content for DAZN, the all-sports streaming service about to launch in the United States, will kick off with live coverage of unified heavyweight world titleholder Anthony Joshua’s defense against Alexander Povetkin. Joshua and Povetkin were on hand at a news conference Tuesday in
Jul 15, 2018 Jeff Horn’s dream of a Manny Pacquiao rematch appears unlikely to come to fruition, with the Filipino great eyeing a return to the US and Horn’s management inching closer to a deal to fight Anthony Mundine. Pacquiao made an emphatic comeback to the ring on Sunday, scoring his first stoppage victory in
9:57 PM ET Lightweight Teofimo Lopez Jr., perhaps boxing’s most electrifying prospect, is headed to Los Angeles to see a hand specialist on Wednesday after suffering a hairline fracture in his right hand. The 20-year-old Lopez floored William Silva three times — in the first, fifth and sixth rounds — en route to a one-sided,
1:02 PM ET Manny Pacquiao is back! Or is he? Does it even matter? The 39-year-old Pacquiao appeared to turn back time, at least to a degree, as he easily stopped Lucas Matthysse in the seventh round to win a secondary welterweight world title on Saturday night in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Sunday morning local). Pacquiao
6:00 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 It is not the fight most wanted to see Anthony Joshua in next, but the WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion will defend his titles against
12:34 AM ET Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is set to announce the signing of several boxers at a news conference scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in New York in conjunction with his recently announced deal with the all-sports streaming service DAZN, and junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker is poised to be one of them.
12:31 PM ET Noel Zarate For fighters who have not personally experienced going up against Manny Pacquiao believe analyzing video and putting together game plans against sparring partners will help them prep for Manny Pacquiao. Once those fighters survive the first round, they usually have a different perspective on Pacquiao’s speed and power. It was
12:32 AM ET Noel Zarate Any doubts that Manny Pacquiao still has something left were put to rest as he dominated WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse, scoring a seventh-round knockout of Matthysse at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. So where does Pacquiao go from here and who are the possible opponents? AP Photo/John Locher
12:12 AM ET In his return to the ring, Manny Pacquiao defeated Lucas Matthysse via seventh-round technical knockout to claim the WBA welterweight title Saturday night in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The fight was Pacquiao’s first since his controversial unanimous decision loss to Australia’s Sam Horn in July 2017. Pacquiao dropped Matthysse three times en route