Boxing

12:47 AM ET After shuffling a couple of fights and securing opponents, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn arrived in Chicago and unveiled on Wednesday the lineup of fights for the first of his United States-based cards on the DAZN streaming service. He had previously announced the Oct. 6 card, dubbed “Worlds Collide,” would take place
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10:39 AM ET Lennox Lewis believes Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder will regret not fighting each other for the rest of their lives if they fail to agree terms for a massive unification showdown. The former unified heavyweight champion, who is the last man to hold the Undisputed Champion title, has warned both Joshua and
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7:14 AM ET Carl Frampton has vowed to lay Luke Jackson “out cold” when the pair meet in the ring at Belfast’s Windsor Park on Aug. 18. Frampton (25-1, 14 KOs) has not recorded a knockout win since a TKO victory over Chris Avalos back in 2015, but made the promise after Jackson claimed he
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10:48 PM ET Former heavyweight world titleholder Joseph Parker said he isn’t going anywhere, despite the fact that he has lost two fights in a row. “A lot of people say I should give up and retire,” Parker said during a news conference at promoter Duco Events’ offices in hometown of Auckland, Zealand, on Tuesday.
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4:02 PM ET Junior lightweight Ryan Garcia, the 2017 ESPN.com prospect of the year, will return to action to face Carlos Morales on Sept. 1, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Tuesday. Garcia and Morales will meet in a scheduled 10-round lightweight fight at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, in the main event
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6:53 PM ET Lightweight contender Luke Campbell will have a chance for revenge against Yvan Mendy in a fight for high stakes. Campbell, who suffered his first professional knockdown and loss to Mendy in a split decision in December 2015 in a major upset, will face him again. This time the fight will be a
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2:07 AM ET ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A “Storm” came ashore and laid waste to Sergey Kovalev on Saturday night. Trailing on all three scorecards, Eleider “Storm” Alvarez, not known for his punching power, went wild on Kovalev in the seventh round, knocking him down three times and stopping him to take his light heavyweight
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11:38 PM ET ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Dmitry Bivol’s mission was twofold: retain his light heavyweight world title for the third time and continue to create more demand for a unification fight with main event star Sergey Kovalev. Bivol did the first part with ease as he rolled past Isaac Chilemba on Saturday night in
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