Oct 31, 2020 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 Oleksandr Usyk came through his hardest test yet as a heavyweight with a unanimous decision over Derek Chisora on Saturday to move closer to
Nov 1, 2020 Unified lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez had surgery Friday to repair micro fractures and ligament damage in his right foot suffered during his win over Vasiliy Lomachenko on Oct. 17, Lopez told ESPN’s Mark Kriegel. Lopez, 23, was bothered by the big toe of his right-plant foot during the unanimous decision win
Deontay Wilder spoke publicly for the first time in months Saturday about his loss to WBC heavyweight titleholder Tyson Fury in their second fight earlier this year, accusing Fury of having loaded gloves and also calling him out about not honoring the rematch clause in their contract. In a Twitter video and three subsequent tweets,
12:30 AM ET Steve KimESPN Putting on a surgical display, unified bantamweight world titleholder Naoya Inoue defeated Jason Moloney by seventh-round knockout Saturday night at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Showing the form and class that have him ranked as ESPN’s No. 3 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Inoue scored two knockdowns
12:49 AM ET A devastating left uppercut from Gervonta “Tank” Davis put Leo Santa Cruz to sleep and launched Davis into boxing stardom Saturday night. Davis (24-0, 23 KOs) defended his WBA regular lightweight title and won Santa Cruz’s WBA super junior lightweight title with his sixth-round KO, which immediately becomes a top contender for
9:47 PM ET The biggest development of Week 9 came off the field, shaking up ESPN’s power rankings. Clemson star quarterback Trevor Lawrence tested positive for COVID-19, and coach Dabo Swinney said following the Tigers’ 32-28 comeback win over Boston College on Saturday that Lawrence will not be back in time for the trip to
1:42 AM ET A wildly entertaining month of boxing rose to a fittingly exciting conclusion Saturday night, with a pair of world title fight main events that each ended with highlight reel knockouts. Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz seemed to be on even footing in their battle for titles at both 130 and 135
6:22 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff West Indies coach Phil Simmons has backed the players arriving on the New Zealand tour from the IPL to be ready for the T20I series at the end of November, despite the fact that they will not have completed their managed isolation until the eve of the opening match in
8:08 PM ET Danny Lewis The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the globe.
11:59 PM ET In the real world, where typical human beings react to unreal situations with shock and amazement, Boston College‘s 18-point lead late in the first half over Clemson on Saturday seemed like a big deal. After all, think about how the previous 72 hours wreaked havoc with college football’s status quo. Trevor Lawrence,