Boxing

Timothy Bradley Jr.Mar 6, 2024, 03:37 PM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions There is a saying in the streets: “Mess around and find out.” That’s precisely what Tyson Fury encountered when he

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 5, 2024, 10:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez and Premier Boxing Champions are discussing a reunion, sources told ESPN, after the sides split last week with two fights remaining on a three-fight deal signed in June. Alvarez, boxing’s top star, is in talks with PBC about a May 4 pay-per-view

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 3, 2024, 01:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In a thrilling finish, Ray Ford stopped Otabek Kholmatov with seven seconds remaining to capture the vacant WBA featherweight title Saturday evening in Verona, New York. Ford trailed 106-103 on two scorecards and was up 105-104 on the other heading into the final round

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMar 2, 2024, 10:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul’s critics wanted him to fight actual boxers. He’s now knocked out two of them in a row inside the first round. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter stopped Ryan Bourland via TKO at 2:37 of the first Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Paul

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMar 2, 2024, 10:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The scheduled main-event boxing match between Amanda Serrano and Nina Meinke was cancelled on Saturday night, just minutes before it was supposed to happen, it was announced on the card’s broadcast. Serrano suffered an eye injury Friday and was deemed medically unfit

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMar 2, 2024, 07:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be at the center of the boxing world Saturday night, when Amanda Serrano defends her WBO, IBF and WBA featherweight world titles against Nina Meinke at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot. Serrano (46-2-1, 30

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 2, 2024, 12:30 PM ET Heavyweight contender Jared Anderson was charged with third-degree felony fleeing a police officer at his arraignment Saturday morning after officers said he led them on a 6-plus-mile chase with speeds exceeding 130 mph, according to the Huron Township (Michigan) director of public safety. Anderson, per police, fled

Andreas Hale Mar 1, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul continues his pursuit of one day becoming a boxing world champion when he faces Ryan Bourland (17-2) in the co-main event of Amanda Serrano’s homecoming fight against Nina Meinke on Saturday night in Puerto Rico. The fight will be Paul’s second

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMar 1, 2024, 06:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A top Indian boxer waged a viral social media campaign to land a fight against Jake Paul for months. Now, the two are joining forces. Paul, the YouTuber-turned-boxer, has signed Neeraj Goyat to his boxing promotional company, Most Valuable Promotions, officials told

Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 29, 2024, 11:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Heavyweight contender Jared Anderson was arrested Thursday on a warrant for allegedly obstructing police in Huron Township, Michigan, according to court records obtained by ESPN. Anderson, ESPN’s No. 8 heavyweight, is set to headline Top Rank Boxing on ESPN on April 13 vs. Ryad