Boxing

James Regan Feb 10, 2025, 05:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Queensberry have announced a bumper British card set for April 5 in Manchester, England, with heavyweights Dillian Whyte and Joe Joyce locking horns in the main event. The undercard features Lawrence Okolie taking on Richard Riakporhe in another all-British heavyweight clash. Whyte (31-3, 28KOs),

Feb 8, 2025, 06:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Derek Chisora dropped Otto Wallin twice on his way to a unanimous points decision victory in his 49th and penultimate professional fight to set up a blockbuster finish to his career. If this was to be Chisora’s final fight on British soil as he claims, it

Mike CoppingerFeb 8, 2025, 05:09 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, will meet William Scull for the undisputed super middleweight

Associated Press Feb 8, 2025, 04:36 PM ET Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast. The death of the 28-year-old Cooney was announced on Saturday in a statement published by his promoter Mark Dunlop on behalf of

Feb 7, 2025, 11:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul fired back at Canelo Alvarez on Friday night, claiming that the four-division champion “ducked” a fight with him to sign a lucrative deal with Riyadh Season. In a video posted to social media, Paul showed what he said was a contract signed by himself

Mike CoppingerFeb 7, 2025, 01:15 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez was slated to meet Jake Paul on May 3 in Las Vegas,

Mike CoppingerFeb 6, 2025, 08:39 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez and Jake Paul are in the process of finalizing a deal for

James Regan Feb 6, 2025, 08:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Savannah Marshall was set to fight on March 7 in London. Charlotte Tattersall/Getty Images IBF super middleweight champion Savannah Marshall has said she felt “humiliated and confused” after being left off the Natasha Jonas – Lauren Price undercard, set for March 7 in London. In

Nick ParkinsonFeb 6, 2025, 06:18 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Derek Chisora, one of the most controversial, entertaining and unpredictable heavyweights of the last 15 years, expects Saturday’s fight vs. Otto Wallin to be his last in a British

Feb 5, 2025, 07:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We have a new entrant in the first ESPN pound-for-pound rankings of 2025 as David Benavidez punched his ticket to the list with a convincing decision victory over David Morrell Jr. on Saturday in Las Vegas. The win was the best of Benavidez’s career and positioned