Boxing

Andrew Lopez, ESPNJun 18, 2023, 12:49 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — It wasn’t the performance Regis Prograis wanted to put on in his hometown, but he was able to successfully defend his WBC junior welterweight title on Saturday night. Prograis defeated Danielito Zorrilla by split decision on Saturday night at the Smoothie King Center. Prograis

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 09:09 PM ET Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions filed a lawsuit against Ryan Garcia and his attorney and advisor, Guadalupe Valencia, on Friday in U.S. District Court of Nevada to enforce its contract with the star boxer. The suit comes one week after Garcia’s legal team sent Golden

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 04:54 PM ET Subriel Matias will defend his IBF junior welterweight title against Sergey Lipinets on Aug. 26, sources told ESPN on Friday. The site of the PBC on Showtime fight, which shapes up as a slugfest, was not disclosed. Matias (19-1, 19 KOs) is one of boxing’s top action

Andrew Lopez, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 07:50 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Tuesday was a typical summer day in Regis Prograis’ hometown. A bright, blue sky gave way to afternoon showers that drenched the New Orleans area, forcing Prograis and his team to head inside the empty Smoothie King Center early before beginning the open workout

Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJun 15, 2023, 05:30 PM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. AS FIGHT FANS

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 14, 2023, 09:17 PM ET Sergiy Derevyanchenko once again came up just short in a big fight, and this time, he’s hoping to secure a rematch. The Ukrainian dropped a unanimous decision to Jaime Munguia on Saturday in Ontario, California, in a brutal back-and-forth super middleweight battle that is among the front-runners

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 14, 2023, 03:49 PM ET Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford both vowed to cement their legacies when they meet July 29 in Las Vegas in what they both called an “old-school fight,” arguably the biggest boxing match since Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao in 2015. The undisputed welterweight championship will be on the

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 12, 2023, 08:05 PM ET Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, is planning his second fight of 2023 and two leading candidates have emerged, sources told ESPN: Jermall Charlo and Badou Jack. Alvarez, the undisputed super middleweight champion, and his trainer/manager, Eddy Reynoso, met with PBC founder Al Haymon last week in the

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 12, 2023, 05:23 PM ET NEW YORK – Teofimo Lopez claimed retirement following a victory over Josh Taylor on Saturday to capture the WBO and lineal junior welterweight championship and reiterated that statement during an interview with ESPN’s Max Kellerman on Monday, but those close to Lopez told ESPN there’s no validity

Jun 12, 2023, 12:54 PM ET The International Boxing Association (IBA) will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to strip it of recognition, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The IOC’s executive board last week recommended withdrawing recognition of the IBA over its