Artur Beterbiev will face Dmitry Bivol in a long-anticipated light heavyweight showdown for the undisputed world championship today in Saudi Arabia. You can watch the main event starting around 6 pm ET on ESPN+, with the undercard streaming through DAZN starting at Noon ET. We’ll be here with live results, highlights, and more, including round-by-round
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By Declan Taylor AT 20-0 (20), Artur Beterbiev is the only world champion with a 100 per cent knockout ratio. But not all inside-distance wins are equal so we have put together his top five. What is striking is that many of Beterbiev’s stoppages have come more as a result of accumulation as opposed to
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 11, 2024, 04:02 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 A pair of title-fight rematches will take place Dec. 7 in
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Former junior middleweight titleholder Austin Trout is best known for a career-defining win against Miguel Cotto in 2012, and for giving Saul “Canelo” Alvarez all he could handle in a competitive fight in 2013. “No Doubt” Trout (37-5-1, 18 KOs), now 39, is competing in the Conor McGregor-backed Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, and he’ll be
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IN a remarkably unexpected twist, where politics invaded world sport, Imane Khelif accidentally became one of the stories of the 2024 Olympic Games. A strong Algerian athlete, focused on doing her best to represent her country by winning a medal; a combination of fact, fiction and plenty of hyperbole pushed the boxer into a maelstrom
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During today’s final press conference for this weekend’s undisputed light heavyweight unification between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn was asked in front of Beterbiev why he referred to him as being arrogant, drawing a carefully crafted response from Hearn. “Did I say that? I can’t remember,” Hearn joked. “I think he
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