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Marc Raimondi Michael Rothstein Close Michael Rothstein ESPN Staff Writer Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Aug 6, 2023, 02:40 AM ET The Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz rivalry isn’t over. That much was clear following Paul’s unanimous decision

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 6, 2023, 12:42 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Amanda Serrano stuck her tongue out after the final bell, looking right at her old friend and sparring partner, Heather Hardy. Serrano

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 5, 2023, 07:57 PM ET Jake Paul takes on former UFC star Nate Diaz in a 10-round cruiserweight bout (catchweight of 185 pounds) at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday (ESPN+ PPV, 8 p.m. ET). Paul (6-1, 4 KOs), 26, suffered a split-decision loss to Tommy Fury in his

Brianna Williams, ESPNAug 6, 2023, 12:26 AM ET Logan Paul’s Saturday evening started with a victory over Ricochet in WWE SummerSlam at Detroit’s Ford Field. It ended alongside his younger brother Jake Paul at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The 28-year-old rising WWE superstar immediately hopped on a private jet after his win to walk

Aug 5, 2023, 08:08 AM ET Next Saturday’s fight between British heavyweights Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte has been cancelled after Whyte failed a pre-fight drugs test, promoters Matchroom announced on Saturday. The bout, Joshua’s latest fight as he charts his comeback to the top of the heavyweight division, was meant to take place at

Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 4, 2023, 12:19 PM ET Jack Catterall, ESPN’s No. 1 junior welterweight, will fight former four-division champion Jorge Linares on Oct. 21 in Liverpool, England, Matchroom Boxing announced Friday. Catterall, a 30-year-old Englishman, dropped a controversial split decision to Josh Taylor last February in a bid for the undisputed 140-pound championship. Following

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 4, 2023, 08:04 AM ET Logan Paul and fellow wrestler Ricochet were on either side of a ladder, which was standing in the ring at WWE’s Money in the Bank on July 1 at The O2 in London. Another wrestler in the match, LA Knight, pushed the ladder over with

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2023, 05:12 PM ET DALLAS — Things got physical on stage Thursday at the Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz news conference, after the two main-event fighters did their traditional faceoff. Both camps’ security teams got into a shoving match with punches thrown after things became heated between Paul, Diaz

Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 3, 2023, 07:34 PM ET The IBF on Thursday ordered an Aug. 15 purse bid for a junior welterweight title fight between its champion, Subriel Matias, and mandatory challenger Shohjahon Ergashev, according to a letter obtained by ESPN. The typical purse split for IBF title fights is 85-15 in favor of the

Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 3, 2023, 03:02 PM ET Lightweight boxing champion Devin Haney was facing a felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, but the district attorney declined to proceed Thursday morning after Haney appeared in court in Los Angeles, according to records. “The DA rejected to file charges due to insufficient

Aug 3, 2023, 07:51 AM ET Heather Hardy wanted one more shot at gold. A last chance at a championship. One final attempt at the type of payday the 41-year-old long had wanted but never received. Hardy, a former champion with only two losses over a pro career lasting more than a decade, made that

Timothy Bradley Jr. Aug 3, 2023, 07:49 AM ET Jake Paul returns to the ring on Saturday for the first time since suffering the first loss of his boxing career, a split decision against Tommy Fury back in February. That was Paul’s first fight against a conventional boxer. Before that, he had victories over former

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2023, 03:39 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Terri Harper will defend her WBA junior middleweight title against Cecilia Braekhus on Oct. 7 in Sheffield, England, a rescheduling of a

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2023, 10:34 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Nate Diaz came out of one of the six bedrooms of a preposterously large villa overlooking the posh Bel-Air Country Club and walked down a spiral staircase. Diaz, wearing a Mike Tyson T-shirt, faded jeans and black Travis Scott Nike Air Jordan

Aug 2, 2023, 07:48 AM ET In the most anticipated fight this year, Terence Crawford dominated Errol Spence Jr. in a battle between the two current best welterweights in boxing. And it wasn’t close, as Crawford knocked down Spence three times en route to a ninth-round TKO win at a packed T-Mobile Arena in Las

Aug 1, 2023, 06:40 PM ET Terence Crawford left no doubt who the best 147-pound fighter in the world was on Saturday night. His dismantling of Errol Spence Jr. inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will go down as one of the most dominant performances in the history of the sport. For “Bud”, this was

Jul 31, 2023, 02:30 PM ET Jake Paul returns to the ring to face Nate Diaz in a 10-round cruiserweight bout (catchweight of 185 pounds) at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 5 (ESPN+ PPV, 8 p.m. ET). Paul (6-1, 4 KOs), 26, of Cleveland, Ohio, is coming off a split-decision loss to

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 30, 2023, 03:55 PM ET Artur Beterbiev’s unified light heavyweight championship defense against Callum Smith on Aug. 19 has been postponed as Beterbiev deals with a dental injury, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The timetable for Beterbiev’s recovery is unclear at this time. The 38-year-old Beterbiev, ESPN’s No. 8 pound-for-pound boxer, was