Boxing

Mike CoppingerFeb 5, 2025, 01:48 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 Janibek Alimkhanuly will defend his IBF and WBO middleweight titles vs. Anauel Ngamissengue on

Feb 4, 2025, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KSI’s next opponent in the boxing ring has been announced as Dillon Danis. Richard Sellers/PA Images via Getty Images KSI is to take on former Bellator star Dillon Danis in a boxing match on March 29 in Manchester, it was announced on Monday, renewing a rivalry that

James Regan Feb 4, 2025, 07:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Delicious Orie has signed with Frank Warren. Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images British Olympian Delicious Orie has opted to turn professional and has signed with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, it has been confirmed. Orie has been touted as a potential future star of British

Mike CoppingerFeb 4, 2025, 12:18 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 A meeting among promoters and boxing officials — including Top Rank CEO Bob Arum

Mike CoppingerFeb 3, 2025, 11:30 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, boxing’s top star, and Terence Crawford are in the process of finalizing

Eric WoodyardFeb 3, 2025, 12:21 AM ET Close Eric Woodyard covers the Detroit Lions for ESPN. He joined ESPN in September 2019 as an NBA reporter dedicated to the Midwest region before switching to his current role in April 2021. The Flint, Mich. native is a graduate of Western Michigan University and has authored/co-authored three

Open Extended Reactions Behind a sustained body assault and brutal power punching, David Benavidez outworked David Morrell to earn a unanimous decision in a battle of light heavyweight interim titleholders at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The clash between heated rivals was an entertaining battle of power punchers, but it would be Benavidez’s accuracy, aggression

Mike CoppingerFeb 1, 2025, 08:21 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 David Benavidez takes on David Morrell on Saturday, in the main event of a

James Regan Feb 1, 2025, 05:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Adam Azim beat Sergey Lipinets in London on Saturday. James Chance/Getty Images Rising British junior welterweight Adam Azim produced the biggest win of his career Saturday with a stoppage of Sergey Lipinets in the ninth round in London to claim the IBO title. On paper,

Open Extended Reactions A great fighter in his prime tends not to be a charitable one, certainly not as it concerns rivals or those who may have beaten him. That’s why I’ll always remember what Keith Thurman told me back in 2016 — when he was rightfully moving up pound-for-pound lists and a potential successor