Month: July 2018

9:42 AM ET 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 emerged a serious danger to world heavyweight titleholders Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder on Saturday. The Ukrainian unanimously outpointed Murat Gassiev to
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8:04 AM ET Free-agent center Alex Len has agreed to a two-year, $8.5 million contract with the Atlanta Hawks, a source confirmed to ESPN. Yahoo Sports first reported the deal. Len averaged 8.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game for the Suns last season. The 25-year-old was taken fifth overall by Phoenix in the 2013
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6:43 AM ET 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 Anthony Joshua says British rival Tyson Fury must lose two stones in weight before they fight. The WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion is open to
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3:49 AM BST ESPN staff In one of the most exciting games of Day 2, England broke USA hearts’ with an incredible Tom Mitchell cross-field kick and score to Phil Burgess in extra time for a 24-19 quarterfinal victory in the men’s championship, booking themselves a semifinal spot at AT&T Park in San Francisco. In
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1:01 AM ET Junior middleweight world titlist Jaime Munguia said before defending his belt against former titlist Liam “Beefy” Smith on Saturday night that he hoped to outdo Canelo Alvarez’s performance against him. While Munguia didn’t do what Alvarez did, which was to knock Smith out in the ninth round of a 2016 junior middleweight
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12:46 AM ET ESPN News Services Shin-Soo Choo‘s streak of reaching base safely has been snapped at 52 games — the longest such single-season streak in Texas Rangers history. Choo went 0-for-4 in Saturday night’s 16-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians in Arlington, Texas. Choo was pulled from the game in the eighth inning after
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