A pair of world title rematches are featured tonight on ESPN and ESPN+, and we’ll be here with live coverage. Emanuel Navarrete faces Oscar Valdez in the night’s main event, a rematch of their summer 2023 fight, while Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez run it back in the chief support. Navarrete is defending his WBO
Month: December 2024
In this week’s mailbag, coach Stephen “Breadman” Edwards talks about big-time women’s boxing, the Shakur Stevenson-Floyd Schofield fight on February 22, the breakdown in talks between Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Vergil Ortiz and what it means for Ennis and what would “Bread’ have done if he was in the corner when Sunny Edwards said he
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderDec 5, 2024, 03:37 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 Manny Pacquiao, one of the greatest and most popular fighters ever,
When Brad Pauls beat Nathan Heaney to achieve a lifelong dream and win the British middleweight title in July, the 31-year-old didn’t disappear off on an extended victory tour. He decided it was time to push on. Initially, it looked like Pauls, 19-1-1 (11 KOs), would be making a mandatory defence against the newly crowned
Emanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez 2 Scott Christ I like both guys, but I also think they’re past their primes for real, not just by a little but notably so. Maybe I’m wrong. I’d rather be wrong. But the Navarrete we’ve seen the last two times out has seen, it appears, bad habits in camp
ESPN News Services Dec 6, 2024, 05:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tommy Fury has called off his fight with Darren Till, citing that the former UFC star will not ‘abide by professional boxing rules.’ The bout was set to take place as eight rounds at heavyweight on Jan. 18 in Manchester but Fury, the
Rafael Espinoza has serious work to do as the champion heads to Saturday night’s WBO featherweight title rematch as a slight underdog against Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez. Yet, as the 6-feet-1 Mexican considers his physical growth and surging popularity, there is increasing speculation that a victory could send Espinoza up a division, perhaps toward a match
A proposed Jan. 18 boxing match between Tommy Fury and former UFC fighter Darren Till is officially off as Fury announced his withdrawal from the match. Fury took to social media to make his announcement where he cites safety concerns over his belief that Till doesn’t intend to abide by the rules of boxing. “For
Dec 6, 2024, 01:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Mike Tyson is being sued in a London court for nearly $1.59 million (1.5 million euros) for allegedly breaking a deal to promote a gambling company in order to fight social media influencer-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul. Medier, a Cyprus-registered company that promotes online casino and
Officially, Denzel Bentley will be the challenger when he walks out to face Brad Pauls in a high stakes middleweight shootout on Saturday night. Pauls will put his British title up for grabs whilst the vacant European belt has also been added to the pot but Bentley is pushing in some pretty big chips of
LAWRENCE OKOLIE has been impressed with one of his new promotional stable-mates in recent months. The former WBO cruiserweight and WBC bridgerweight champion debuts at heavyweight tomorrow night in Birmingham against Hussein Muhamed, 18-1 (14 KOs). This year there have been a number of firsts for Okolie, 20-1 (15 KOs). Signing with Queensberry, joining Joe
Andres Ferrari, ESPN EditorDec 6, 2024, 07:37 AM ET Close Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com’s boxing and MMA editor. Open Extended Reactions Emanuel Navarrete puts his WBO junior lightweight world title on the line in a rematch against Oscar Valdez on Saturday at Footprint Center in Phoenix (ESPN/ESPN+, 10:30 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn spent some time talking to Fight Hype about the latest news in the boxing world of Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis supposedly turning down an offer to fight against Vergil Ortiz. Hearn admits that there was an offer for Boots to face Ortiz at 154 but that Boots had very little time to
FRANK WARREN only has his eye on one rematch for Tyson Fury at the moment. On December 21, ‘The Gypsy King’ returns to Riyadh seven months after suffering his first defeat. On May 18, Fury, 34-1-1 (24 KOs), lost a chance to become undisputed heavyweight champion after being beat on a split decision by Oleksandr
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez faced the assembled media on Thursday for the first time since September, when he scored a knockdown and a unanimous decision win against Edgar Berlanga. Alvarez, 62-2-2 (39 KOs), was front and center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Chula Vista, California, for the grand opening of El Pastor Del Rica, a new
Nick ParkinsonDec 3, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions NEWQUAY, ENGLAND — Cornwall in the far southwest of England is more known for its surfing than boxing, but Brad Pauls is bucking the trend. When Pauls floored Nathan
As is tradition in early December, the International Boxing Hall of Fame has revealed its latest suite of inductees. This year’s additions: Eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao, the only boxer to ever enjoy title reigns in four decades. Two-division champion Vinny Paz, author of one of boxing’s most remarkable comebacks from injury and subject of the
By: Sean Crose In what should come as a surprise to no one, Manny Pacquiao, known as PacMan has been voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Pacquiao who, along with Floyd Mayweather, represented the pinnacle of boxing in his era, was always a shoe in. It would have been a crime if the
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