1:56 AM ET Junior bantamweight contender Juan Francisco Estrada badly wanted a knockout victory Saturday night, but he had to settle for a unanimous decision in his scheduled 12-round bout with Felipe Orucuta at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The judges scored it 118-110, 117-111 and 117-111 for Estrada. Orucuta (36-5, 30KOs) proved a much
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2:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Conventional wisdom said Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia, both former welterweight world titleholders with massive experience against many of the best fighters in their division, were about as evenly matched as one could hope. Former junior welterweight world titleholder Amir Khan showed his speed and timing are still there
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12:57 AM ET DALLAS —Tyron Woodley took every negative critique against him — boring, old, slowing down — and delivered a brutal right hand to each one, scoring a second-round submission victory over Darren Till in the main event of UFC 228. Before UFC 228’s main event between Tyron Woodley and Darren Till, a multitude
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2:13 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic served impeccably and used his typical brand of court-covering defense to reach his record-tying eighth US Open final by beating Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 on Friday night. Defending champion Rafael Nadal retired after two sets in his semifinal match vs. Juan Martin del
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12:14 AM ET NEW YORK — Welterweight contender Yordenis Ugas won his eighth fight in a row and earned a mandatory world title opportunity as he easily outpointed Cesar Barrionuevo in a dreadful fight on Saturday night in the co-feature of the Shawn Porter-Danny Garcia card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Ugas’ victory put him
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