Boxing

6:19 AM ET Conor Benn has said he considered suicide after testing positive for a banned substance which led to the cancellation of his fight with Chris Eubank Jr in October. Benn, 26, was recently reinstated to the WBC rankings after the body concluded his failed test was unintentional. They added the positive result could

8:07 AM ET Russia and Belarus athletes should be able to compete under their flag, International Boxing Association president Umar Kremlev said Friday. The IBA lifted a ban on Russian and Belarusian boxers in October, against the International Olympic Committee’s guidance following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022. “They should participate. It

7:49 AM 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 There has been a significant shift in the schedule and plans for once-undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor. After progress in negotiations and multiple

1:00 PM ET Chris ConnellyReporter Close Reporter for ESPN and ABC Stories appear on Outside the Lines and E:60, as well as College GameDay and SportsCenter, Has won three Sports Emmys and six Edward R. Murrow Awards, as well as a Prism, a Gracie, and a National Headliner Award. MICHAEL B. JORDAN and Jonathan Majors

7:58 AM ET Conor Benn said the World Boxing Council (WBC) did him a “disservice” when it suggested his failed drugs tests were caused by an excessive consumption of eggs after the governing body cleared him of intentional doping last week. Benn, 26, also criticised the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) for lacking consideration

12:01 PM ET The WBO has ordered its welterweight champion, Terence Crawford, to start negotiations for a mandatory defense against Alexis Rocha, ranked No. 3 by the organization. In a letter sent to both sides Monday, the WBO stated that the parties have 20 days to “reach an agreement” for the bout. If no agreement

10:26 AM ET Undisputed featherweight champion Amanda Serrano is out of her rematch against undisputed lightweight champ Katie Taylor on May 20, Matchroom Boxing and Most Valuable Promotions announced Tuesday. “Due to an injury sustained by Amanda Serrano, Matchroom Boxing and Most Valuable Promotions regret to announce that the Taylor-Serrano II bout on May 20

Feb 26, 2023 Jake Paul’s unbeaten streak in boxing has come to an end. Tommy Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight great Tyson Fury, beat Paul, the YouTuber-turned-prizefighter, via split decision (74-75, 76-73, 76-73) in a close bout on Sunday in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Fury landed the cleaner shots throughout the fight, but Paul came back

8:08 PM ET There was a time when a loss in boxing might have spelled an end to the Jake Paul phenomenon. Let’s say Ben Askren beat him or even Tyron Woodley in their first fight. The past two years would have been very, very different for Paul if that would have been the case.

6:04 PM ET Jake Paul’s unbeaten streak in boxing has come to an end. Tommy Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight great Tyson, beat Paul, the YouTuber-turned-prizefighter, via split decision (74-75, 76-73, 76-73) in a close bout Sunday in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Fury landed the cleaner shots throughout the fight, but Paul came back with a

5:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Jake Paul approached the ring for his fight against Tommy Fury on Sunday night in an all-black outfit, lit up with flickering lights and black rhinestones on the waistband. The design should look familiar to car enthusiasts, as the idea for Paul’s latest trunks came from the interior design

5:03 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The fight between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia is now finalized. Davis and Garcia announced on social media that they’ll meet April 22 in Las Vegas. Finalizing the broadcast agreement between Showtime and DAZN was all that was left, as ESPN reported last week, and that’s now been done. The

9:25 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN OSCAR DE LA HOYA walked into Jake Paul’s locker room ahead of Paul’s third professional bout, a matchup with former UFC fighter Ben Askren in Atlanta in April 2021. The Hall of Famer, who starred on the biggest stage in boxing as the face of the fight game throughout the

12:50 PM ET Mark Kriegel Mike Coppinger Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez have agreed to a deal for Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight title June 10 in New York on ESPN/ESPN+, sources told ESPN. The 140-pound bout, which pits the former undisputed junior welterweight champion against Lopez, the ex-undisputed lightweight champion, will take place at either

7:49 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Tommy Fury comes from a fighting family. After all, his half-brother, Tyson Fury, is a heavyweight world champion. But Fury has made his name another way, becoming a television personality and gaining fame on the U.K. reality show “Love Island.” Fury started fighting professionally at the end of 2018

7:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The British Boxing Board of Control is looking into an incident in which Mauricio Lara allegedly spit on rival Josh Warrington on Saturday night following Lara’s featherweight title victory over Leigh Wood, Robert Smith, the general secretary of the board, told ESPN. Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) rallied to score a

4:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Conor Benn will return to the WBC welterweight rankings after it found his “documented and highly elevated consumption of eggs … a reasonable explanation” for the boxer’s adverse finding for the performance-enhancing drug clomiphene, the organization announced Wednesday. Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) was set to fight Chris Eubank Jr. in

9:29 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Overtime, which disrupted basketball with six-figure salaries for some of the world’s best high school players, will enter boxing in August with a four-event series on DAZN aimed at developing the next generation of fighters, the company announced Tuesday. All four shows will take place on Friday nights at the