Boxing

Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 1, 2023, 06:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Emanuel Navarrete underwent left hand surgery on Friday at Hospital Mexico Americano in Guadalajara, Mexico, the junior lightweight champion announced on Instagram. Navarrete, ESPN’s No. 1 boxer at 130 pounds, referred to the surgery as minor and said it was an old injury that
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Dec 1, 2023, 01:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ebanie Bridges has a new opponent for her defense of the IBF bantamweight title. Bridges will face former junior bantamweight champion Miyo Yoshida on Dec. 9 on the Regis Prograis-Devin Haney DAZN PPV at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Bridges announced Friday on her Instagram
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Dec 1, 2023, 01:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bantamweight contender Avril Mathie suffered an undisclosed injury and is out of her title fight against IBF champion Ebanie Bridges, a source told ESPN’s Mike Rothstein on Friday. According to the source, promoter Matchroom is looking for a replacement opponent for Bridges. The fight between the
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 30, 2023, 05:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Junior welterweight contender Ryan Garcia claimed at Thursday’s news conference that Hall of Fame fighters Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins, his promoters at Golden Boy, are “backing” his opponent, Oscar Duarte, to defeat him Saturday in Houston. Duarte (26-1-1, 21 KOs) is
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Nov 29, 2023, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder is part of a diverse investment group that has joined forces to buy the United States SailGP Team, the global sailing league said on Wednesday. Former WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder is part of an investment group that
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 26, 2023, 12:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — David Benavidez, with each punishing left and right hand, left no doubt: He has earned a shot at Canelo Alvarez. In another thrilling performance for the undefeated fighter, Benavidez defeated Demetrius Andrade when Andrade’s corner stopped the super middleweight bout following
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Nick ParkinsonNov 25, 2023, 08:19 PM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions Talks that Katie Taylor wasn’t the same great fighter after losing to Chantelle Cameron by majority decision six months
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Katie Taylor produced a career-best performance to avenge her only professional defeat, beating Chantelle Cameron by majority decision to capture the undisputed world junior welterweight title Saturday. With the victory, Taylor joins Claressa Shields as the only female boxers to become undisputed champion in two weight classes. She also is undisputed in the lightweight division.
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Nov 25, 2023, 02:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions World Boxing elected former Dutch federation head Boris van der Vorst as its first president on Saturday with the task of securing the sport’s Olympic future beyond next year’s Paris Games. The breakaway body launched in April after a long breakdown in relations between the Russian-led
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Nov 22, 2023, 02:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nikita Tszyu has captured the Australian super-welterweight title with a devastating TKO victory over Dylan Biggs to have the nation’s most famous boxing family on the precipice of an extraordinary sporting milestone. After a heated, at-times ugly build-up, the much-anticipated showdown at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre
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Timothy Bradley Jr. Nov 22, 2023, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sugar Ray Robinson is still widely regarded by many as the greatest male boxer ever, winning titles in two divisions (welterweight and middleweight) and recapturing the middleweight title five times throughout his career. However, when it comes to the most remarkable women fighter
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