5:21 PM ET Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Multiple boxing cards, featuring
Today at 3:30 pm ET, Jaime Munguia headlines in El Paso against Kamil Szeremeta in a middleweight main event, streaming live on DAZN. BLH will be here with full coverage for the four-fight main card, including round-by-round for the main event. We’ll have full updates throughout the card in this stream: Munguia was originally supposed
In anticipation of their third heavyweight championship showdown, WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury and former longtime heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder will go face-to-face at a Los Angeles press conference on Tuesday, June 15. Boxing’s most charismatic and explosive heavyweights, Fury and Wilder will continue their rivalry in the ring
Opinion Matchroom Last weekend referee Steve Gray dramatically overruled Lewis Ritson’s corner when they tried to halt the contest. But was it the right decision? Micky HellietManager & promoterThe referees go through a stringent training process so are experienced. Steve Gray was the man nearest to the action and in a good position to read
Opinion Dan Smith/Allsport We ask a panel of experts who they felt was the best British fighter to never win a world title Micky HellietManager & promoterAt his best Kirkland Laing was a boxing genius. It’s a tragedy that he was unable to meet the rigorous levels of mental discipline required to fulfil his potential.
Anthony Yarde introduced the newest member of his training team James Cook. Cook will now be working closely with Tunde Ajayi in preparing Yarde for his upcoming fights, starting with July 10th. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook
August 14th is the date that WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero (30-4) and WBA world bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux will collide. The fight will headline a Showtime Championship Boxing telecast. Casimero will enter the fight riding a six fight win streak. He is undefeated since dropping a unanimous decision to Jonas Sultan in September,
Posted on 06/18/2021 By: Hans Themistode Regis Prograis thoroughly enjoyed his most recent trip to the squared circle. The former 140 pound world champion picked up an easy win against Ivan Redkach at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta Georgia on April 17th. Although his ring appearance was just a few months ago, the New Orleans
Boxers • Issue • Premium Martin Rose/Getty Images Paul Wheeler talks to Denis Radovan, a middleweight who wishes he could eat like a heavyweight When and why you started boxing:I started boxing at the age of seven. My father was always a big boxing fan. One time he took me to a boxing club in
Former UFC light heavyweight (205 lbs) champion “Suga” Rashad Evans is looking to come out of combat retirement, according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, and he’s got at least two targets in mind. The names Okamoto reported are Logan Paul and Roy Jones Jr, a pretty wildly different pairing other than they’re two guys happy to
Ronnie Shields’ resume as a top-notch trainer dates back to the ’90s. But lately, over the last 10 years or so, he has gained another ludicrously idiosyncratic reputation; he has become the defacto mentor of virtually every fighter from every corner of the globe whose name is excruciatingly difficult to pronounce. Some of the recent
Posted on 06/18/2021 By: Sean Crose “The people have been great,” says Hector Camacho Jr of Mexican fans, many of whom will likely be tuning into his Saturday exhibition bout against all-time great Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. “(There’s) a lot of love.” Although the fight is said to be the main event of a pay
10:40 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Lightweight undisputed champion Katie Taylor is in discussions with Estelle Yoka-Mossely over a potential fight, sources have told ESPN. Taylor, who is No. 1 in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings, has not fought since coming away with an unanimous decision victory over Natasha Jonas on May 1. Taylor (18-0, 6 KOs) appears
Fight Hub’s Marcos Villegas reports that despite enjoying the largest weight allowance of his professional career, Julio Cesar Chavez came in at 184 pounds for his 182-pound match with former UFC champion Anderson Silva tomorrow night. He must now surrender $100,000 to “The Spider,” who fights below 185 for the first time in over 15
Naoya “Monster” Inoue is a man of few words, but his devastating knockouts, climb up the pound-for-pound rankings and cult hero status among combat sports fans have elevated the Japanese prodigy to main event status. (photos by Mikey Williams) Inoue will defend his WBA and IBF bantamweight world titles Saturday against Filipino mandatory challenger Michael
Posted on 06/18/2021 By: Hans Themistode While it may have come as a surprise to Anderson Silva, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been down this road before. As the two spent the past several months preparing for their eight-round co-main event showdown, which will take place at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico, tomorrow night,
2:57 PM ET Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has missed weight once again. The son of the legendary Mexican boxer weighed in at 184 pounds Friday, two pounds over the contracted weight for his scheduled fight with UFC all-time great Anderson Silva, promotion officials confirmed with ESPN. The bout will go on Saturday in Guadalajara, Mexico,
Issue • Premium • Preview Mikey Williams/Top Rank Dasmarinas does not appear to be a worthy test of Naoya Inoue’s significant skillset, writes Matt Christie NAOYA INOUE is now so well respected in boxing circles that the hipsters, the self-proclaimed ‘historians’ and the so-called afficionados – annoyed that their long-time favourite fighter is suddenly everyone’s