Anthony Joshua’s slow reboot of his career is complete after a sharp display forced Otto Wallin’s corner to stop the fight after a punishing fifth round Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.…
What Joseph Parker intends to do on December 23rd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is the definition of spoiling the party. While the Saudi megashow may be a feast for boxing fans, the hopes of two…
Ryan Garcia was troubled by Oscar Duarte’s mauling tactics but found the fight-ending shot in Round 8, a check left hook followed by a barrage of punches that earned him a knockout Saturday night in…
Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder will compete in separate fights on Dec. 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN, in what could serve as a prelude to the long-awaited battle between the former heavyweight…
Cris Cyborg’s next professional fight will be in boxing, and her adversary will be Kelsey Wickstrum, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Cyborg, the Bellator women’s featherweight champion and one of the greatest women’s fighters in…
Boxing star Ryan Garcia will return in a junior welterweight fight versus Oscar Duarte on Dec. 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya told ESPN on Monday.…
Canelo Alvarez pushed and pushed for the knockout that eluded him in his three previous fights, but it never materialized Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. That was through no fault of his own. Alvarez floored…
Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo both weighed 167.4 pounds on Friday, one day before they will meet for Alvarez’s four 168-pound titles. Alvarez, boxing’s top star, will make the third defense of his undisputed super…
Finnish heavyweight Robert Helenius has stepped in on short notice to fight former world champion Anthony Joshua in London on Saturday after Dillian Whyte was ruled out for failing a drug test. Promoters Matchroom stated on…
Things got physical onstage 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…
Chantelle Cameron is heading back to Ireland for a second time to have a rematch with Katie Taylor, once again putting up her junior welterweight titles. Taylor-Cameron II will take place on Nov. 25 in…
Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, is planning his second fight of 2023 and two leading candidates have emerged: Jermall Charlo and Badou Jack. Alvarez, the undisputed super middleweight champion, and his trainer/manager, Eddy Reynoso, met…
Amanda Nunes laid her two UFC championship belts on the Octagon mat and had the cutman remove her gloves. She put the gloves in the middle of the two titles, kneeled down and cried into the…
The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s long-overdue return to Canada comes in the form of a pay-per-view that should provide plenty of entertainment despite being a second-tier numbered event for the promotion. Amanda Nunes gets back to business in the UFC…
Sticky stuff. A dugout quarrel. Growing tension between division rivals and no shortage of drama. The New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays delivered again Tuesday with a game that had a bit of everything.…