Sunday, Oct. 13 ESPN+, 4:00 am ET, Takuma Inoue vs Seiya Tsutsumi. The first of two Japanese cards on the docket this week, and arguably the stronger of the two, but they’re both pretty good at worst with a lot of relevant names in action. Inoue’s defending his WBA bantamweight title. Also on the card:
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ANTHONY Yarde hopes to take a step back towards world class when he appears at the Copper Box Arena this Saturday evening. The Hackney light heavy features as part of an eight-fight undercard, supporting the Adam Azim-Ohara Davies main event on Sky Sports. Yarde will showcase his talents on a Boxxer/Ben Shalom show rather than
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Dan Morley was ringside, soaking up every punch, flurry and feint. THE super-fight between Beterbiev and Bivol in essence, was so close, either man could’ve won marginally, or it could’ve been a draw. It was a brilliant fight at the highest level. After an intense 12 rounds of high-level action, the feeling ringside was that
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By Harrison Baskind PUNCHING someone in the face and catching a ball shaped like an elongated sphere in an end-zone are at two completely different ends of the sporting spectrum, right? Well, despite the obvious difference between individual and team dynamics, many key attributes such as endurance, power, and hand-eye coordination are fundamental to both
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Former light heavyweight king Roy Jones Jr. has called for an immediate rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol after Beterbiev eked out a majority decision win on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Jones, who won the 175-pound undisputed championship in 1999, believes the undisputed light heavyweight title bout between Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and Bivol
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Oct 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron became tangled and fell over the top rope during their fight in Riyadh. Richard Pelham/Getty Images The fight between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ended in bizarre circumstances on Saturday as the contest had to be ended following
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 14, 2024, 08:29 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 Junto Nakatani retained his WBC bantamweight title with a sixth-round TKO
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JUNTO NAKATANI added to his reputation as one of boxing’s pound-for-pound best by crushing Petch Sor Chitpattana inside six rounds. The three-weight world champion dominated the early stages against his opponent, who had never been stopped, before going through the gears in search of his third straight stoppage win. Chitpattana was dropped for the first
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Results Phumelele Cafu SD-12 Kosei Tanaka (113-114, 114-113, 114-113) Anthony Olascuaga NC-1 Jonathan Gonzalez (2:25) Junto Nakatani returns to defend his WBC bantamweight title against Petch Sor Chitpattana in the main event of a four-fight card that features two more world title fights as well as the latest fight for Tenshin Nasukawa. Along with Nakatani’s
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