CONNOR Coyle is primed and prepped for his next big challenge. The US-based middleweight clashes with Kyle Lomotey tomorrow evening at Barnsley’s Oakwell Football Stadium as part of the Zak Chelli-Callum Simpson support act. The eight-rounder is a must-win for Coyle, 20-0 (9 KOs). Trudging around domestic level is not something Coyle wants to spend
Month: August 2024
SHAKUR Stevenson says that a fight between himself and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is destined to happen and that his side of the negotiating table has told Tank’s people to fire over an offer. While no response has yet been received, this has not impacted Shakur’s confidence that the fight will get made. “Like I said,
Bob Arum tells Lance Pugmire that WBO super featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete’s mandated rematch with Oscar Valdez will land at Glendale’s Desert Diamond Arena on December 7th. The same venue hosted their first fight and also hosts Jaime Munguia’s Top Rank debut three months prior. Navarrete’s (38-2-1, 31 KO) and Valdez’s (32-2, 24 KO) battle
Terence Crawford, the three-weight world champion, will attempt to conquer a fourth division on Saturday [July 30] when he takes on Israil Madrimov for the WBA junior middleweight title. Crawford may have enjoyed huge success in his career, from becoming undisputed champion in two divisions to beating his long-time rival Errol Spence, but it’s not
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 2, 2024, 08:18 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 TERENCE CRAWFORD HAS spent a lot of time waiting. Specifically, he
By Alan Dawson THE prospective rematch between Isaac Cruz and Gervonta Davis will be prime for 2025. That’s according to ‘Pitbull’ Cruz’s manager Sean Gibbons, who told Boxing News this week that a second fight against ‘Tank’ Davis is likely only a matter of time as his fighter continues to develop a significant fanbase. The
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Jared Anderson’s burgeoning career is on the brink of a breakout. “Big Baby” has already evolved into a headliner for Top Rank, and with the recent demise of Deontay Wilder, Anderson can now officially be considered the best American heavyweight in boxing. Anderson (17-0, 15 KOs) plans to further prove his
Jul 31, 2024, 08:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Caroline Dubois blames Katie Taylor for delaying her progress in fighting for a women’s world lightweight title. The English boxer believes she should be fighting for a full world title this Saturday, but instead she challenges Maira Moneo for her secondary WBC interim world lightweight title
Olympic boxing in Paris continues today with two sessions of action, starting at 9:30 am ET and wrapping up with the second set at 2:00 pm ET. For those in the United States, you can stream all the action live with Peacock. We’ll be here with live updates and results for each fight every day.
Forty-six seconds into the first round of their women’s boxing match at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday, Italy’s Angela Carini abandoned her fight against Algeria’s Imane Khelif. At issue, it seemed, was Khelif’s gender, which, along with the classification of a handful of other Olympic athletes – particularly boxers – has recently driven a
By: Sean Crose The Olympic Games in Paris have another major controversy on their hands – and this time the controversy comes courtesy the sport of boxing. While competing in the women’s boxing category Thursday, Italy’s Angele Carini quit her fight against Imane Khelif just 46 seconds into the first round. After getting hit clean,
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 1, 2024, 12:49 PM 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 Alycia Baumgardner will defend her WBC 130-pound title vs. Delfine Persoon
Terence Crawford will move up to the 154 lb division on Saturday, challenging Israil Madrimov for the latter’s WBA super welterweight title in a 12-round main event on pay-per-view. Can Crawford (40-0, 31 KO) become a four-division titlist, or will Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KO) hold “Bud” off from further glory? We’ve got our picks in.
THE International Olympic Committee have released a statement declaring they are ‘saddened by the abuse’ that Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting have received since their inclusion at the Paris Games. Khelif became global news on Thursday when her Italian opponent Angela Carini quit after 46 seconds of their bout after only a handful of scoring
THERE had been plenty of room in the press seats at the Paris Nord Arena – until today. Reporters squeezed in to watch what would happen when Algeria’s Imane Khelif met Angela Carini (Italy) at 66kgs. Khelif had been disqualified before the Women’s World Championship final in New Delhi last year after failing to meet
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Eddie Hearn got another taste of Terence Crawford’s competitiveness Wednesday when the unbeaten three-division champion settled a prior dispute with the promoter by defeating him in darts. “To be honest with you, I really, really like Terence Crawford. He’s got such a good heart, and he’s such a good person,” Hearn
ESPN News Services Aug 1, 2024, 07:04 AM ET Imane Khelif of Algeria won her opening Olympic boxing bout Thursday when opponent Angela Carini of Italy quit after 46 seconds. Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing an unspecified gender eligibility test, and her presence at the Paris Olympics has become a
SANTA MONICA — Terence Crawford returns to the ring Saturday for the first time since the all-time great beating he inflicted on his long-time rival Errol Spence Jr., last year. Crawford unified all of the major welterweight world championships with his ninth-round knockout win over Spence, and appeared on top of the world. After one