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Aug 11, 2022 Katie Taylor has said Jake Paul's suggestion her rematch with Amanda Serrano should take place at a catchweight is "nonsense." Taylor, 36, beat Serrano, 33, via a split decision at their highly anticipated fight at Madison Square Garden in April, with the Irish boxer keeping her lightweight title. 1 Related Last

8:34 AM ETAssociated Press LONDON -- Tyson Fury has decided to "walk away" from boxing, only three days after saying he was returning to the sport. Fury turned 34 on Friday and posted a message on social media saying: "Massive thanks to everyone who had an input in my career over

8:48 AM ETMark KriegelESPN RINGOES, N.J. -- The last time Teofimo Lopez fought it was with a condition later diagnosed as pneumomediastinum, a balloon-like intrusion of air in his thoracic cavity, the likely result of a tiny tear in his esophagus that developed as he rehydrated after the weigh-in. "How

8:52 AM ET Katie Taylor has said that Jake Paul's suggestion that her rematch with Amanda Serrano should take place at a catchweight is "nonsense." Taylor, 36, beat Serrano, 33, via a split decision at their highly anticipated fight at Madison Square Garden in April, with the Irish boxer keeping her lightweight

8:19 PM ET Dmitry Bivol will have a tough test on his hands if he wants to remain a champion. Bivol must face top contender Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez in a mandatory defense, the World Boxing Association announced Wednesday. Ramirez is the No. 1 contender in the WBA's 175-pound ranking. Bivol had requested to

1:32 PM ET Marlen Esparza did exactly what was expected Saturday night. She dominated another flyweight opponent. The WBA and WBC flyweight champion beat Eva Guzman by unanimous decision in a dominant 99-91, 98-92, 98-92 performance. The victory kept Esparza (13-1, 1 KO) atop ESPN's flyweight rankings. The options for her now

12:28 AM ET Cris Cyborg's next fight won't be inside an MMA cage -- it'll be in a boxing ring against Simone de Silva. Cyborg, one of the best women's MMA fighters of all time, said on her "The Catchup" YouTube show Monday that was finalizing a contract for her professional boxing

Aug 7, 2022 Evelin Bermudez stepped out of the ring Saturday night with another defense of her WBO and IBF junior flyweight titles complete -- and her third win of 2022. The only difference this time was that instead of knocking her opponent out, she had a dominating 99-91, 99-91, 98-92 decision

10:15 AM ETMike CoppingerESPN Former heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder and Robert Helenius are in the process of finalizing a deal for a PBC on FOX pay-per-view fight on Oct. 15 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, sources confirmed to ESPN. Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs) contemplated retirement following a brutal 11th-round KO loss to

5:13 AM ET British boxers Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn will square off in a highly-anticipated bout at London's O2 Arena on Oct. 8, three decades after their fathers fought each other. Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn were bitter rivals in the 1990s and the two former super-middleweight world champions fought