Andreas Hale, ESPNMay 31, 2024, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The upcoming boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson on July 20 has been postponed. Tyson experienced a health issue on a flight from Los Angeles to Miami that required medical attention Sunday. Initially, it didn’t appear that it would affect the fight,
They are two of the most intriguing fighters on the landscape, each poised to produce the most significant fights and moments of this decade. On June 15, unbeatens Gervonta “Tank” Davis and David Benavidez – with a combined 51 knockouts in 57 bouts – will share a Las Vegas pay-per-view in the 100th championship boxing
By: Sean Crose “The upcoming highly anticipated boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson will unfortunately be postponed.” So stated Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions in a Friday press release. The reason? Mike Tyson’s reported ulcer flare up, which occurred while the former heavyweight champion was on a plane in flight to Los Angeles
The Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight scheduled for July 20 in Texas has been postponed, which probably isn’t any huge surprise to many people, nor would it be if the fight ultimately does not happen at all. The postponement comes from Tyson having a “recent ulcer flare-up.” The statement from Most Valuable Promotions: [T]he
ZHILEI ZHANG will hold a staggering 68.2lb weight advantage over Matchroom captain Deontay Wilder when they collide in Riyadh on Saturday night. The two heavyweights will meet in the fifth and final clash of the unprecedented Matchroom v Queensberry event which takes place at the Kingdom Arena. Both men are coming off decision defeats to
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderMay 31, 2024, 07:48 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 For 15 years, Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn have towered over
By Matt Bozeat COLCHESTER light-middleweight Lewis Richardson is heading to Paris for this summer’s Olympic Games after victory in Bangkok today. There was an Olympic place at stake when the Colchester light-middleweight faced Angel Gabriel Llanos Perez (Puerto Rico) in the quarter-finals of the Boxing Road to Paris Qualifying Olympic qualifying event. Richardson reached the last
Often, when a late replacement is called upon they are rarely an improvement on the original opponent. Poor Malik Zinad was never going to be seen as an upgrade over the injured Artur Beterbiev. Zinad was tasked with the gig a month ago, ahead of one of this year’s most eagerly-awaited fights, as Beterbiev prepared
Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang meet in the headline fight of Saturday’s Queensberry vs Matchroom 5v5 show from Riyadh. It’s a fight that could be a brutal heavyweight slugfest, could be a brutal (the other way) heavyweight slog, and doesn’t have a clear favorite going in. So who wins? Bet on Wilder vs Zhang and
Open Extended Reactions The much-anticipated WBA Super Welterweight interim world title fight between former WBO Champion Tim Tszyu and Vergil Ortiz has been cancelled, after the Australian received medical advice that he needs more time to recover from the nasty head cut he suffered during his last fight. The title fight was meant to take
WBC bantamweight champion and three-weight king Junto Nakatani will defend his strap against Filipino contender Vincent Astrolabio on Saturday, July 20, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Nakatani-Astrolabio tops a world title tripleheader that also includes WBO junior bantamweight champion Kosei Tanaka against Jonathan “Titan” Rodriguez and the vacant WBO flyweight title showdown between Riku Kano
By Elliot Worsell PART I TEN YEARS on, it is clear now that it became a numbers game, the rivalry of Carl Froch and George Groves. In the first installment, there was the promise of two right hands in round one and then six months later it all ended in round eight with one right
FILIP HRGOVIC and Daniel Dubois could contest the IBF Interim heavyweight belt tomorrow night (June 1) in Riyadh. The news comes as the sanctioning body has yet to approve Oleksandr Usyk’s request to allow him and Tyson Fury to contest all four titles in their rematch on December 21. Many had expected the IBF to
As revealed at the start of the month, unified middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly will defend his belts against unbeaten Russian-born Kiwi challenger Andrei Mikhailovich on July 13th at Las Vegas’ Palms Casino Resort. Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KO) is Alimkhanuly’s (15-0, 10 KO) highest-ranked challenger on the IBF side and sits at no. 11 with the
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderMay 30, 2024, 10:23 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 Two supplements listed on doping control forms submitted by star boxer
The highly anticipated fight between former junior middleweight titleholder Tim Tszyu and undefeated contender Vergil Ortiz won’t be happening on August 3. That’s because of lingering damage from the bad cut Tszyu suffered in his loss to Sebastian Fundora earlier this year, according to boxing reporter Dan Rafael, citing an anonymous source. “Doc ruled him
By: Sean Crose Deontay Wilder, the former WBC heavyweight champion of the world, returns to the ring this Saturday when he takes on the popular and powerful Zhilei Zhang in a scheduled 12 rounder in Saudi Arabia. Wilder, who some have believed is the most powerful puncher boxing has ever seen in its long and
Argentine slugger Gustavo Lemos has signed a “long-term promotional contract” with Top Rank, which will promote him alongside O.R. Promotions going forward. Lemos said, “When my promoters from O.R. Promotions told me that they had begun talks with Top Rank, I was thankful. The wait and hard work have paid off, and I will make