Boxing

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2023, 05:12 PM ET DALLAS — Things got physical on stage Thursday at the Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz news conference, after the two main-event fighters did their traditional faceoff. Both camps’ security teams got into a shoving match with punches thrown after things became heated between Paul, Diaz

Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 3, 2023, 07:34 PM ET The IBF on Thursday ordered an Aug. 15 purse bid for a junior welterweight title fight between its champion, Subriel Matias, and mandatory challenger Shohjahon Ergashev, according to a letter obtained by ESPN. The typical purse split for IBF title fights is 85-15 in favor of the

Timothy Bradley Jr. Aug 3, 2023, 07:49 AM ET Jake Paul returns to the ring on Saturday for the first time since suffering the first loss of his boxing career, a split decision against Tommy Fury back in February. That was Paul’s first fight against a conventional boxer. Before that, he had victories over former

Aug 3, 2023, 07:51 AM ET Heather Hardy wanted one more shot at gold. A last chance at a championship. One final attempt at the type of payday the 41-year-old long had wanted but never received. Hardy, a former champion with only two losses over a pro career lasting more than a decade, made that

Aug 3, 2023, 04:25 AM ET Tim Tszyu will be elevated to full WBO light middleweight world champion as soon as Jermell Charlo is announced as such in his controversial clash with Canelo Alvarez. The WBO confirmed the move on Thursday in a lengthy statement that also sanctioned the September 30 super-fight that scuppered Tszyu’s

Aug 2, 2023, 07:48 AM ET In the most anticipated fight this year, Terence Crawford dominated Errol Spence Jr. in a battle between the two current best welterweights in boxing. And it wasn’t close, as Crawford knocked down Spence three times en route to a ninth-round TKO win at a packed T-Mobile Arena in Las

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2023, 10:34 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Nate Diaz came out of one of the six bedrooms of a preposterously large villa overlooking the posh Bel-Air Country Club and walked down a spiral staircase. Diaz, wearing a Mike Tyson T-shirt, faded jeans and black Travis Scott Nike Air Jordan

Aug 1, 2023, 06:40 PM ET Terence Crawford left no doubt who the best 147-pound fighter in the world was on Saturday night. His dismantling of Errol Spence Jr. inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will go down as one of the most dominant performances in the history of the sport. For “Bud”, this was

Jul 31, 2023, 02:30 PM ET Jake Paul returns to the ring to face Nate Diaz in a 10-round cruiserweight bout (catchweight of 185 pounds) at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 5 (ESPN+ PPV, 8 p.m. ET). Paul (6-1, 4 KOs), 26, of Cleveland, Ohio, is coming off a split-decision loss to

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 28, 2023, 04:27 PM ET Logan Paul and KSI, two YouTubers who pioneered the influencer boxing trend, will fight on the same boxing card Oct. 14 in Manchester, England, they announced Friday on Instagram. Paul and KSI will not fight each other but will compete against separate opponents to be