BRAD Pauls is the new British middleweight champion after stopping Nathan Heaney in the 12th and final round of a thrilling domestic battle. Headlining in Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, the fight picked up where they left off in March when Heaney retained his title by a split draw. Heaney’s jab was working well early on
Month: July 2024
The date was April 18, 2015. Nine months shy of a full decade ago. That was the night Andrzej “Andrew” Fonfara, aged 27, stopped Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, aged 29, in the ninth round of a light-heavyweight bout atop a Showtime card at what was then called the StubHub Center in Carson, California. That was
Nick ParkinsonJul 20, 2024, 08:26 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Junto Nakatani sent out a chilling warning to his rival bantamweight champions after a body shot knocked out Vincent Astrolabio in the first round of his first defense of
No Limits Boxing announced yesterday that former super welterweight champion Tim Tszyu will return to the ring in a September 22nd IBF eliminator. Shortly thereafter, the sanctioning body formally ordered him to face Erickson Lubin. Tszyu (24-1, 17 KO) accepted a short-notice fight with Sebastian Fundora in March after Keith Thurman predictably went down to
THREE DOWN18:51:51 Some great work from Cooper in round three but he ships a big left hook from Essuman after a minute of the fourth. Essuman, perhaps sensing his opponent growing into the fight, has decided now is the time to turn up the heat. ENGINE BREAKING?18:40:02 Amazingly, Essuman is a full 12 years older
Boxing is unforgiving, and junior featherweight Angel Barrientes knows this better than most. At just 21, Barrientes has a loss on his record – a blemish that, fairly or unfairly, means he is no longer mentioned among the top prospects, despite his great amateur career. Barrientes will fight veteran journeyman Edwin Rodriguez on Saturday on
Jul 19, 2024, 09:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Robert Helenius has been banned for two years due to anti-doping rule violations for using a prohibited substance for his bout against Anthony Joshua in August 2023, UK Anti-Doping said Friday. Former heavyweight world champion Joshua beat stand-in Helenius with a seventh-round, single-punch knockout at the
By Jack Walsh ALEXIS Rocha outclassed Santiago Dominguez over 10 rounds last night in their welterweight matchup. Rocha claimed a unanimous decision win by scores of 99-91 (twice) and 98-92, picking up the vacant WBO-NABO championship. Headlining at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, Rocha’s speed and consistent ring tenacity proved difficult to withstand
Junto Nakatani will defend his WBC bantamweight title against Vincent Astrolabio today in Tokyo, headlining a card that will stream live on ESPN+ starting at 5 am ET. Nakatani (27-0, 20 KO) claimed the title in his last fight, stopping Alexandro Santiago in the sixth round on Feb. 24. He had previously won world titles
IBF welterweight titleholder Jaron Ennis has warned Manny Pacquiao to stay out of his way ahead of the former champion’s return to the sport. Pacquiao is rumored to be coming back, at the age of 43, to fight current WBC titleholder Mario Barrios. Pacquiao hasn’t fought since losing his title to Yordenis Ugas back in
By: Sean Crose There’s nothing like writing about the fight game. There’s no off-season in boxing. What’s more, there’s no one league to dominate the sport or its coverage. Again, there’s nothing like writing about the sweet science. With that being said, it’s hard to stay neutral, especially in a time when objective reporting is
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 19, 2024, 10:36 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Kosei Tanaka’s WBO junior bantamweight title defense was scrapped Friday after
Tomorrow morning’s Junto Nakatani vs Vincent Astrolabio show is down a title fight after Jonathan Rodriguez came in nearly two weight classes heavy for his shot at WBO super flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka. “Titan” Rodriguez (25-2-1, 17 KO) hit the scales at 121.25 pounds compared to Tanaka’s (20-1, 11 KO) 114.8, prompting a swift cancellation.
JUERGEN Uldedaj outboxed and comprehensively stopped Steven Ward at 2-46 in round five of their cruiserweight clash this evening. Headlining in Dubai, Ward’s short-notice jaunt ended in devastating defeat as the patient winner stepped off, used the jab and went home with the (previously vacant) IBF International title. Ward struggled in the opening round as
Joe Cordina has revealed the extent to which he remains “sickened” by his defeat by Anthony Cacace. The Welshman lost for the first time as a professional when in May, on the undercard of Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk, he was unexpectedly stopped in eight rounds. He therefore sacrificed his IBF super-featherweight title – his struggles to
Jul 19, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We have spent the last week counting down our list of the top 100 athletes of the 21st century, but what about the next generation? If we were doing another list in 2050, which current athletes who didn’t make it this time around are likely to
KOSEI Tanaka will not defend his WBO super-flyweight title in Japan tomorrow after his opponent, Jonathan Rodriguez, completely missed the 115-pound weight limit. Champion Tanaka, 20-1, 11 KOs, made the weight fine, but Rodriguez came in at 121.5 lbs and declined the invitation to try to get down any closer. The Japanese Boxing Commission (JBC)
Jake Paul took some heavy shots at Conor McGregor and Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) at today’s press conference ahead of Saturday’s fight with Mike Perry. McGregor recently said that Perry, a BKFC standout, was fighting a “dweeb” in Paul, who fired back. McGregor is a part-owner of BKFC. “You’re going to see what I’m
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