6:30 AM ET Nick Parkinson 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 Carl Frampton knows his dream fight will turn into a nightmare if he underestimates Luke Jackson on Saturday. The Northern Irish featherweight wanted a
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11:35 PM ET Fast-rising junior welterweight prospect “Mad Max” Maxim Dadashev will take on a former world titleholder for the second bout in a row when he faces former lightweight titlist Antonio DeMarco on Sept. 14 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, Top Rank announced on Monday. The scheduled 10-round fight will serve
10:50 AM ET Nick Parkinson 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 Promoter Frank Warren claims Anthony Joshua and his team swerved a world title unification clash with Deontay Wilder. Warren is in talks with Wilder’s
5:40 AM ET Nick Parkinson 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 Tyson Fury has dismissed any concerns over his fitness ahead of his pivotal fight on Saturday. The former WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion, who turned
1:08 AM ET Joseph Diaz Jr. won the fight but not the belt. Diaz won a grueling unanimous decision over secondary featherweight world titleholder Jesus Rojas on Saturday night at the Avalon Hollywood in Hollywood, California, but he was not eligible to win the belt because he failed to make the 126-pound division limit at
10:11 AM ET Deontay Wilder believes Anthony Joshua should be “embarrassed” for his role in the failure to set up a fight between the pair. Despite initial suggestions that a highly awaited unification fight was on the cards, an impasse has been reached in talks between the heavyweight duo’s respective camps. And Wilder (40-0, 39
11:40 PM ET Featherweight contender Joseph Diaz Jr. did not face much adversity on his way up the ladder. He was a 2012 U.S. Olympian, signed to a major promoter in Golden Boy and was given everything needed for success. And on May 19, Diaz, the mandatory challenger, entered the ring for the world title
10:25 PM ET Featherweight contender Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. failed to make weight Friday, costing himself the opportunity to win a world title. Diaz will still face secondary featherweight titlist Jesus Rojas on Saturday (Facebook Watch, 9 p.m. ET) at the Avalon Hollywood in Hollywood, California, in the main event of the first “Golden Boy
12:39 PM ET Featherweight contender Joseph Diaz Jr. did not face much adversity on his way up the ladder. He was a 2012 U.S. Olympian, signed to a major promoter in Golden Boy and was given everything needed for success. And on May 19, Diaz, the mandatory challenger, entered the ring for the world title
8:39 AM ET Tyson Fury has thanked God and his coaching team ahead of his fight with Francesco Pianeta later this month. The former heavyweight champion took to Instagram on Thursday to herald the influence of religion on his life, saying that God had made “everything possible”. Fury (26-0, 19 KOs) also praised the impact