Boxing

2:02 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN In his first fight in more than three years, boxing Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. was defeated by former UFC champion Anthony Pettis by majority decision on Saturday night in Milwaukee. Two judges scored the bout 77-75 and 78-74 for Pettis, while a third judge scored it a 76-76

8:08 PM ET Connor O’Halloran LONDON — So much of Saturday’s fight was about starting a new chapter for former heavyweight unified champion Anthony Joshua. It had been eight months since the British heavyweight — once upon a time so clean cut and untouchable — gave an embarrassing speech in the ring in Riyadh, Saudi

11:16 AM ET Ken Buchanan, Scotland’s first undisputed boxing world champion, has died at the age of 77, the former lightweight’s charity foundation said Saturday. Edinburgh-born Buchanan beat Panama’s Ismael Laguna in Puerto Rico for the WBA lightweight title in 1970 and took the vacant WBC belt a year later after fighting Ruben Navarro in

11:53 AM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Anthony Joshua will come in at the heaviest fighting weight of his career when he takes on Jermaine Franklin in London on Saturday. Joshua, a former two-time world heavyweight champion, weighed in Friday at 255.4 pounds for the fight at the O2 Arena. That is nearly 11

7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Anthony Joshua’s likeness was plastered on the exterior walls of New York’s Madison Square Garden in larger-than-life form ahead of his hotly anticipated U.S. debut in June 2019. Joshua, of Watford, England, then one of the sport’s top-two global stars alongside Canelo Alvarez, already had conquered Europe and now was

7:50 AM ET As far as professional debuts go, it couldn’t have gone much worse for Robeisy Ramirez. Typically, the first fight for decorated amateurs such as Ramirez is a quick showcase for their potential. But after the two-time Olympic gold medalist for Cuba was knocked down in his first pro round — and lost

1:15 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The welterweight fight between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Eimantas Stanionis, scheduled for April 29 in Arlington, Texas, has been postponed after Ortiz was forced to withdraw with an unspecified medical issue, sources told ESPN. The 147-pound fight is expected to be rescheduled for this summer, sources said. It was originally

7:43 AM ET ARLINGTON, Tex. — After another signature win as a trainer, the car waited to whisk Derrick James back from the site of his latest success to the hotel. But after Errol Spence defeated Yordenis Ugas in April 2022, James waived away the black SUV parked in the bowels of AT&T Stadium. The

1:37 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The Stephen Fulton-Naoya Inoue fight for Fulton’s unified junior featherweight championship has been rescheduled for July 25 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Inoue’s American promoter, Top Rank, announced Wednesday. Inoue, ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer, suffered an undisclosed injury while training earlier this month ahead of the scheduled May 7

1:51 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN David Benavidez scored the biggest win of his career with a unanimous decision victory over Caleb Plant on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Plant jumped out to an early lead on the strength of his jab and movement in the large, 22-by-22 ring, but Benavidez was able to hurt his