Boxing

Nick ParkinsonJan 31, 2025, 07:50 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Get ready for a month of sustained high-quality boxing fights in what looks like a great start to 2025. The Feb. 22 card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, boasts perhaps

James Regan Jan 30, 2025, 12:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mikaela Mayer (R) and Sandy Ryan will fight for a second time on March 29. Mikey Williams/Top Rank WBO welterweight champion Mikaela Mayer has said she wants to silence the doubters ahead of a hotly anticipated rematch against Sandy Ryan, which has been confirmed for

Timothy Bradley Jr. Jan 30, 2025, 07:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions David Benavidez and David Morrell will meet Saturday (Premier Boxing Champions PPV on Prime Video, 8 p.m. ET), in what could be a fight of the year, with the winner taking a giant step forward toward a shot at the Artur Beterbiev vs.

ESPN News Services Jan 28, 2025, 03:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul and Logan Paul made social media announcements Tuesday that created widespread speculation the brothers would fight each other, but the teased March 27 event on streaming service Max will be a reality series rather than a boxing match, sources told ESPN’s

Nick ParkinsonJan 24, 2025, 07:26 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Undisputed world junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue stormed to a predictable fourth-round knockout win over late replacement opponent Ye-Joon Kim on Friday, to set up a fight in the

Mike CoppingerJan 23, 2025, 08:06 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 Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis will meet in a welterweight title unification bout

Jan 23, 2025, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. will settle their differences in north London. Leigh Dawney/Getty Images The highly anticipated showdown between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. will be held on April 26 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London, it was announced Thursday. Benn and

Associated Press Jan 23, 2025, 09:35 AM ET BANGKOK — The boxer who became Thailand’s first Olympic gold medalist was convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced on Thursday to just over three years in prison. Somluck Kamsing, 52, was sentenced by the provincial court in Khon Kaen, his home province, to

Mike CoppingerJan 22, 2025, 07:17 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 Naoya Inoue, ESPN’s No. 3 pound-for-pound boxer, will help usher in the 2025 title

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 23, 2023, 07:30 AM ET His opponent, Paul Butler, was in survival mode the entire fight, ultra reluctant to throw a punch for fear of opening up his guard. Butler knew what he was up against: not just any boxer, but the one who earned the moniker “The Monster” for his unbridled