Boxing

Dec 5, 2023, 06:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Featherweight world champion Amanda Serrano has relinquished her WBC title after it refused to allow her to compete in bouts under the same rule-set as men’s boxing, with 12 three-minute rounds. Women’s championship fights are typically scheduled for no more than 10 rounds with each round

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jaime Munguia and John Ryder will meet in a super middleweight bout on Jan. 27 in Phoenix, it was announced Saturday. Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs), a native of Mexico, is coming off a career-best victory, a unanimous-decision win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko in June. Munguia,

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 2, 2023, 11:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia was troubled by Oscar Duarte’s mauling tactics but found the fight-ending shot in Round 8, a check left hook followed by a barrage of punches that earned him the knockout victory Saturday night in Houston. Garcia, in his first fight since an

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 12:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia admitted his fight with Oscar Duarte on Saturday in Houston was “very tough.” After all, Garcia was competing for the first time since his April TKO loss to Gervonta Davis, and Duarte was a tougher-than-usual comeback opponent. Duarte (26-2-1, 21 KOs) was

Dec 1, 2023, 01:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ebanie Bridges has a new opponent for her defense of the IBF bantamweight title. Bridges will face former junior bantamweight champion Miyo Yoshida on Dec. 9 on the Regis Prograis-Devin Haney DAZN PPV at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Bridges announced Friday on her Instagram

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 1, 2023, 06:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Emanuel Navarrete underwent left hand surgery on Friday at Hospital Mexico Americano in Guadalajara, Mexico, the junior lightweight champion announced on Instagram. Navarrete, ESPN’s No. 1 boxer at 130 pounds, referred to the surgery as minor and said it was an old injury that

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 1, 2023, 11:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The WBA has joined the WBC with an 18th weight class following Friday’s introduction of a super cruiserweight division for boxers between 200 and 224 pounds. The WBC created the bridgerweight division (190 to 224 pounds) in 2020 and was met with harsh criticism

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 1, 2023, 07:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia, WEARING an open black shirt with sparkles that revealed his chest and an oversized gold cross pendant, stood at the dais and answered questions, one after another. With media members glued to every word, he attempted to explain why he couldn’t beat

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 30, 2023, 05:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Junior welterweight contender Ryan Garcia claimed at Thursday’s news conference that Hall of Fame fighters Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins, his promoters at Golden Boy, are “backing” his opponent, Oscar Duarte, to defeat him Saturday in Houston. Duarte (26-1-1, 21 KOs) is

Nick ParkinsonNov 30, 2023, 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 This year has been good to boxing fans. A lot of big fights took place, including Terence Crawford‘s epic