The Tokyo Olympics have wrapped up, and after 15 days and 276 bouts, the boxing results are set in stone (well, at least for now). Here’s a full rundown of all the medals awarded: Women’s flyweight Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Gold: Sofya Krasteva (Bulgaria) Silver: Buse Naz Cakiroglu (Turkey) Bronze: Huang Hsiao-wen
10:40 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Josh Taylor is coming home to defend his undisputed championship. Taylor and Jack Catterall have agreed to terms for a Dec. 18 fight at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, sources told ESPN, and all four 140-pound belts will be on the line. Exact TV plans haven’t been finalized, but
Sean Gibbons, the madcap handler for eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao, may be prone to hyperbole, but he may have a point with his latest pronouncement. (photos by Ryan Hafey) Gibbons recently tried to unpack what a win over IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. on Aug. 21 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas would
Posted on 08/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode Although it’s been well over two years since Keith Thurman has entered the ring, the former unified welterweight champion is slowly rounding into form and looks forward to making his return. Having dropped his WBA 147 pound title to Manny Pacquiao in July of 2019, Thurman had subsequent hand
2:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The 17-year gold-medal drought for USA Boxing’s men continues after a pair of losses Sunday morning at the Tokyo Olympics. First, it was Keyshawn Davis who settled for silver after dropping a split decision to Andy Cruz of Cuba in the lightweight gold-medal match. Then, with one last chance to
The wait for the U.S. men’s boxing team will go on. Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov, heavily favored going into this Olympics to win gold, did just that by beating Richard Torrez Jr of the United States, winning the super heavyweight division and closing the boxing in Tokyo. Torrez, who had a strong run to the final,
Amateur Lauren Price is in control as she defeats China’s Qian Li to win Olympic gold in Tokyo WELSH middleweight Lauren Price defeated China’s Qian Li to win the Olympic gold medal at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on Sunday (August 8). Price was calm and in control from the beginning. Li was taller but
According to ABC Action News in Toledo, Ohio, former world champion Robert Easter Jr., has been charged with assault for allegedly punching a woman. ABC Action news obtained court records, which indicate that the incident happened at around 3:38 a.m. on Saturday, August 7, 2021. Easter is alleged to have struck a woman on the left
Posted on 08/07/2021 By: Sean Crose Lithuania’s 13-0 welterweight Eimantas Stanionis squared off against popular 39-8 vet Luis Collazo at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota Saturday night in the main event of a PBC on Fox card. Stanionis came out with his high guard and immediately began pursuing his man. At forty years of age,
6:24 PM 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 Kid Galahad picked apart James “Jazza” Dickens to force a stoppage at the end of 11 rounds and win the IBF world featherweight title
Tonight at 8 pm ET on FOX, Premier Boxing Champions is back with a welterweight-focused card from Minneapolis, featuring Eimantas Stanionis taking on Luis Collazo in the main event. Live updates will come in this stream: Stanionis is an unbeaten, 26-year-old Lithuanian who likes to bring pressure, a hopeful in the 147 lb division. But
Keith Thurman, Ricky Hatton, Shane Mosely, Amir Khan… are just a few of the opponents Luis Collazo has been in the ring with. With his experience, one mistake could cost you the fight. That’s exactly what happened to Sammy Vasquez on February 2, 2017. Vasquez was showing dominance early on in the fight, landing power
David Adeleye notched up win number seven of his career but made to work for it by the durable Mladen Manev. Big D eventually closed the show with an uppercut which sent his Manev to the canvas, before a left to the body saw the referee wave off the fight. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing After halting Jazza Dickens, Kid Galahad vows to ‘dominate’ the featherweight division KID GALAHAD stopped James ‘Jazza’ Dickens after 11 rounds in an increasingly brutal fight on Saturday (August 7) at Matchroom’s HQ on the second show in the new Fight Camp series. Liverpool’s Dickens had started brightly, aiming shots at
Fabio Wardley (12-0, 11 KOs) battered Nick Webb to defeat in the first round to retain his English heavyweight title at Fight Camp in Essex. The unbeaten Wardley was under pressure for the first two minutes as he was caught by some good right hands. But the more ambitious Webb got, the more open he
Posted on 08/07/2021 By: Sean Crose Tonight’s PBC card on FS1 might not look particularly extraordinary on the surface of things, but anyone who saw last week’s Michael Coffie-Jonathan Rice showdown knows that you don’t need stars to present a great evening of boxing. And so, Lithuania’s 13-0 welterweight Eimantas Stanionis will be squaring off
3:35 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN For the third consecutive year, Canelo Alvarez won’t fight on Mexican Independence Weekend. The pound-for-pound king planned to fight Sept. 18, but after prolonged negotiations for two different fights, Alvarez has decided to move his next bout to November, promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN on Friday. The Mexican star wanted
After two weeks, we have arrived at the end, and what a final day we’ve got on tap for boxing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Team USA will have two chances today to end the long men’s boxing gold medal drought, which dates back to Andre Ward in 2004. Lightweight Keyshawn Davis and super heavyweight