Tag: Boxing

11:27 AM ET ESPN's divisional boxing rankings highlight the best in the sport in every weight class. They will change often, based on recent results and performances. Rankings are based on what a fighter has accomplished in the weight division in which he is ranked. A fighter who has announced he

5:12 AM ET Jake Paul said on Sunday that Tommy Fury had until Wednesday to clear up the issues that prevented him travelling to the United States last week or their Aug. 6 fight at New York's Madison Square Garden would be called off. Fury said he was barred at Heathrow airport

6:11 PM ETNick ParkinsonClose•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 If you were wondering who is going to be the next serious heavyweight contender, then check out how Joe Joyce dealt with Christian

6:11 PM ETNick ParkinsonClose•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 If you were wondering who is going to be the next serious heavyweight contender, then check out how Joe Joyce dealt with Christian

1:10 PM ET In conversations with Mikaela Mayer over the years, one of the constant themes that has come up has been an element of starting something. Beginning something for herself and setting things up for those who follow her once she's done boxing. It's part of the deal when you're in

1:06 PM ET The Mikaela Mayer-Alycia Baumgardner title unification fight at 130 pounds will take place on the Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall card at O2 Arena in London on Sept. 10, a source told ESPN. Mayer, the WBO and IBF champion, and Baumgardner, the WBC champion, agreed to the fight in May with

12:42 PM ET Junior welterweight Josh Taylor has opted to give up one of his titles. The unified 140-pound champion relinquished his WBC belt ahead of a scheduled purse bid on Friday afternoon for a matchup against Jose Zepeda, the WBC announced. The sanctioning body had ordered the purse bid for the

6:43 AM ET play0:55Emmany Kalombo wins by 7th-round TKO after Rayton Okwiri elects not to come back out to fight. Democratic Republic of Congo's Emmany Kalombo was crowned the new IBF International Junior Middleweight champion with an impressive TKO win over Kenya's Rayton Okwiri at ESPN Africa Boxing 18 in Johannesburg, South

12:00 AM ETAnirudh Menon In March this year, Neeraj Goyat was busy placing calls and connecting people: he was helping Indian students stranded in Ukraine escape in the wake of Russia's invasion. Later that month, he was busy training Telugu superstar Ram Charan for an action sequence in the mega-budget film

1:57 PM ETMike CoppingerESPN Social media influencer Logan Paul has signed a deal with WWE, the organization announced on Thursday. The pact is a multi-event deal, sources told ESPN, that will push into 2023. Paul will compete in the ring at multiple WWE premium live events (formerly called pay-per-views by the