Boxing

Nick ParkinsonMar 13, 2024, 07:53 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions Maxi Hughes thought he was done with boxing as then world featherweight champion Josh Warrington drove him home from

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 12, 2024, 09:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Subriel Matias and Liam Paro are in the process of finalizing a deal for a junior welterweight title fight June 15 in Manati, Puerto Rico, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. It’s a homecoming for Matias, who will defend his IBF title at 140 pounds

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 11, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Muhammad Ali will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024, the promotion announced Monday morning. The ceremony will take place April 5 during WrestleMania 40 weekend in Philadelphia. Ali died in June 2016 at the age of 74. A sporting

Mike Coppinger Nick Parkinson Close Nick Parkinson •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 Mar 8, 2024, 09:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Following Anthony Joshua‘s pulverizing second-round KO victory on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 8, 2024, 08:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joseph Parker was floored twice by Zhilei Zhang but otherwise outboxed his foe for large stretches of the heavyweight fight to earn a majority-decision victory on Friday evening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. One judge scored it 113-113 but was overruled by 114-112 and 115-111

Mike Coppinger Nick Parkinson Close Nick Parkinson •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 Mar 8, 2024, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou returns to the boxing ring to face former

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 7, 2024, 10:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia are finalizing a deal for a May 4 fight in Las Vegas for Alvarez’s undisputed super middleweight championship, sources told ESPN. It’s a one-fight deal for Alvarez and PBC, sources said, after the sides parted ways last week with

Mike Coppinger Marc Raimondi Mar 7, 2024, 11:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mike Tyson is returning to the ring. Yes, you heard that right. Tyson will face Jake Paul in a boxing match on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys. The YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) has

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMar 7, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul rose to combat sports fame when he knocked out former NBA player Nate Robinson on the undercard of Mike Tyson’s exhibition boxing match with Roy Jones Jr. in 2020. Now, Paul, the YouTuber-turned-prizefighter, and Tyson, the former heavyweight boxing champion,

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 7, 2024, 07:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury crashed to the mat, dropped by a left hook from Francis Ngannou that produced one of the most shocking moments in recent boxing history. This wasn’t part of the script. Ngannou, after all, was making his pro boxing debut that night in