Boxing

2:56 PM ET Opening Bell: What now, Pacquiao? LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao’s return to fight in the United States for the first time in 26 months went exactly how I and most expected it go. He easily outpointed the perennially underachieving Adrien Broner via unanimous decision on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden
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2:51 PM ET Manny Pacquiao suffered a scratched cornea in his left eye during his lopsided unanimous decision over Adrien Broner in defense of his secondary welterweight world title on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The injury, which his team has deemed minor, did not, however, come from one of the
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1:50 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao vowed to show that in his first fight since turning 40 last month that he was still a force to be reckoned with in boxing. He is. While he might not be the overwhelming force he was in his electrifying prime, boxing’s only eight-division world champion showed
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10:50 AM ET Former unified light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev faces a maximum of four years in prison because of a felony assault charge. Kovalev was arrested on June 9 in connection with an incident in Big Bear Lake, California, in which he is accused of punching a woman in the face, according to
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7:52 AM ET Anthony Joshua’s next opponent could be confirmed next week according to promoter Eddie Hearn, with a U.S. debut against Jarrell Miller looking increasingly likely. Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) has London’s Wembley Stadium booked on Apr. 13 for his next fight, with the plan having been to face WBC champion Deontay Wilder to
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1:12 AM ET Smooth boxing stylist Demetrius Andrade retained a middleweight title with a 12th-round TKO over Artur Akavov at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Friday night. Andrade was originally scheduled to fight Billy Joe Saunders, but Saunders, who won a 12-round decision over Akavov in March 2016, failed a prefight drug
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12:45 AM ET Steve KimESPN It was a dramatic finish to an otherwise tepid affair between heavyweights Bryant Jennings and Oscar Rivas on Friday night at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. For the better part of 11 rounds, it was a tactical bout in which neither Jennings nor Rivas really asserted himself
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