8:34 PM ET Associated Press QUEBEC CITY — Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson has been upgraded from critical to stable condition and remains in an induced coma Sunday after being knocked out Saturday night in his light heavyweight title fight. Boxing promoter Yvon Michel tweeted about the 41-year-old Stevenson’s condition. “The state of Adonis has gone
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3:59 AM ET Steve KimESPN In a decision that will forever be debated, WBC heavyweight titlist, Deontay Wilder retained his belt with a controversial draw versus the crafty, Tyson Fury on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. While many believed Fury should have had his hands raised in victory, Robert Tapper had
12:53 AM ET Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury fought to a split-decision draw Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The judges scored the bout 115-111 for Wilder, 114-110 for Fury and 113-113. Wilder, who retained his WBC heavyweight belt, knocked Fury down in Rounds 9 and 12. Wilder (40-0-1, 39
12:11 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Unified junior middleweight world titlist Jarrett Hurd had two things on his agenda in his third defense, which came on Saturday night in the co-feature of the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury heavyweight championship fight at the Staples Center. The big one was to win and stay on course for a
2:28 PM ET On a Saturday highlighted by college football conference championship games, the heavyweight title fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury was generating the most buzz — and the biggest bets — around Las Vegas. MGM’s sportsbook reported taking a $170,000 bet on the favored Wilder at -170 odds, and Caesars Palace said
8:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder was so animated and emotional during the traditional faceoff with lineal champion Tyson Fury that the two wound up scuffling at the end of the final prefight news conference Wednesday. But at Friday’s weigh-in outside the Los Angeles Convention Center, next to Staples Center,
3:50 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder was so animated and emotional during the traditional faceoff with lineal champion Tyson Fury that the two wound up scuffling at the end of the final prefight news conference Wednesday. But at Friday’s weigh-in outside the Los Angeles Convention Center, next to Staples Center,
11:58 AM ET LOS ANGELES – The old saying is as the heavyweight division goes, so goes boxing. If that is truly the case, the sport is in good shape because there is a big-time heavyweight championship fight at hand. The 6-foot-7 Deontay Wilder from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will defend his world title against England’s 6-9
7:27 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — The International Olympic Committee ordered an inquiry Friday into the amateur boxing federation, which elected an alleged heroin trafficker as president four weeks ago. The IOC said AIBA cannot contact organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during the inquiry. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the inquiry into finance,
9:07 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Junior lightweight world titleholder Gervonta Davis and former three-division titlist Abner Mares are nearing a deal that would see them meet in February in a Showtime-televised main event, Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza told ESPN on Thursday. Floyd Mayweather will repay more than $600,000 as part of a settlement