Boxing

11:37 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — The Court of Arbitration for Sport refused to stop the International Boxing Association’s delayed presidential election on Friday, a day after the challenger was ruled ineligible. The court dismissed Dutch boxing federation president Boris van der Vorst’s request for an urgent ruling to block the vote, according to
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11:25 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — The challenger to the Russian incumbent in the presidential election at the troubled International Boxing Association was ruled ineligible Thursday, a day before the vote. Dutch boxing federation president Boris van der Vorst was taken out of Friday’s election by an independent candidate vetting panel after an investigation
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8:00 AM ET Nikita Tszyu throws a punch during his bout against Mason Smith. Mark Evans/Getty Images Nikita Tszyu has lived up to the hype and preserved the proud family name with a brutal victory over Mason Smith in a super-welterweight mismatch in Newcastle. The son of former world champion Kostya and younger brother of undefeated
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8:00 AM ET Harry Garside throws a punch during his Australian Lightweight Title bout against Layton McFerran. Mark Evans/Getty Images Johnny Lewis reckons Harry Garside is “the real deal” after the Olympic bronze medallist retained his Australian lightweight title with a power-packed display in Newcastle. Garside continued his meteoric rise up the professional ranks with a
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9:00 AM ET Kris Terzievski sneaks a punch through the guard of Paul Gallen, . Mark Evans/Getty Images Unheralded Kris Terzievski is the new Australian heavyweight boxing champion after outlasting Paul Gallen and likely ending the veteran warrior’s decorated sporting career in an epic 10-round battle in Newcastle. Terzievski dominated for much of the encounter but
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3:54 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia is inching closer to his first title shot. The WBC on Tuesday ordered a lightweight title eliminator between Garcia and Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, according to a letter sent to the fighters that was obtained by ESPN. If no deal is struck between Garcia’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya’s
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12:48 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Mike Tyson won’t be charged in connection with an incident on an airplane last month, the San Mateo County (California) District Attorney announced Tuesday. “We have reviewed the police reports of the San Francisco Police Department and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and have viewed the various videos collected
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May 8, 2022 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 After years of yearning for a fight against Amir Khan, Kell Brook realised that in the afterglow of the most satisfying win of his
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1:07 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Dmitry Bivol, in one of the biggest boxing upsets in recent memory, scored a unanimous decision over the sport’s top star, Canelo Alvarez, on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. All three judges score the fight 115-113, but the bout wasn’t nearly that close. Still, Bivol needed to win
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3:19 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, sunglasses covering some of the redness and welts that peppered his face, found himself in unfamiliar territory. For the first time since a 2013 loss to Floyd Mayweather at age 23, Alvarez sat on the dais afterward and explained how — and why — he
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10:39 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Kell Brook is retiring from boxing. The 36-year-old British fighter, who was world welterweight champion from 2014 to 2017, said in an interview with the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph: “It’s over for me. I’ll never box again.” His last fight, therefore, was his win over longtime rival
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