This week: A look ahead at Beterbiev vs Bivol. Who’s got the edge going in? What can we expect of Beterbiev coming off of another injury, and possibly too soon? Will the fight live up to our imaginations? Also: the undercard, featuring Chris Eubanzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz … … … … HEY! Also: Two cards in Japan by
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 9, 2024, 03:59 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 Bruce Carrington will fight on the Nov. 15 Mike Tyson-Jake Paul
ANOTHER intriguing heavyweight matchup could have implications for Daniel Dubois. The IBF have called for a final eliminator between Martin Bakole and Agit Kabayel with the winner becoming mandatory champion for their champion Dubois. Bakole turned in a career best performance in August knocking out American hope Jared Anderson in five rounds. Kabayel, meanwhile, has
DMITRY BIVOL won’t be short of options should he become undisputed light-heavyweight champion on Saturday night. The 33-year-old must beat his Russian compatriot Artur Beterbiev to do so in what experts believes is a 50-50 fight. Becoming undisputed champion will put many targets on Bivol’s back and one of those could well come from Mexico
International Boxing Hall of Fame electors received their 2025 ballots in the mail this week. The “modern” category page features one absolute sure-shot, slam-dunk, if-he-doesn’t-get-voted-in-we-riot candidate in Manny Pacquiao. And it includes 41 other nominees who can’t reasonably feel confident until the phone call from Ed Brophy comes. On the morning of October 13, Dmitry
Nick ParkinsonOct 9, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Saturday brings another stacked boxing card in Saudi Arabia, headlined by the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol matchup for the undisputed light heavyweight championship. It’s a fight of rare
After allegedly agreeing to defend his “bridgerweight” title against interim champ Kevin Lerena and subsequently heading to a purse bid instead, Lawrence Okolie has officially vacated the belt and confirmed a move to heavyweight. As Jake Donovan points out, this makes Okolie (20-1, 15 KO) the third consecutive WBC “bridgerweight” titlist to ditch the belt
By Oscar Pick How do you define a pure boxer? What attributes do they rely on most when carrying out their rhythmic, defensively polished style? Well, without claiming to be an expert on the subject, one could say that a pure boxer will always utilise their sharp jab and educated footwork to control the distance
By: Sean Crose “There was a lot of names on the table,” David Benavidez stated on social media Tuesday, “but I wanted to give my fans the best fight possible. I reached out to David Morrell and his team to make this happen and we got the contract done. This fight really gonna be a
The bond between heavyweight prospect Dainier Pero and his coach Bob Santos was evident during a recent media workout, where Pero sported a T-shirt featuring his coach’s name and achievements. Pero is set to return to the ring on October 19 in a non-televised undercard fight at Caribe Royale Orlando. He is the only fighter
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 8, 2024, 06:29 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 David Benavidez will meet David Morrell in a high-stakes light heavyweight
Light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol spent some time talking to boxing media members during today’s grand arrival for his weekend fight with Artur Beterbiev, and fielded questions about his preparations for the fight and what this chance at undisputed means to him. Check out some excerpts from Bivol below. Bivol on how he’s training to
TURKI Alalshikh revealed the undercard for Usyk vs Fury 2 this evening, and it appears to have been initially well received by boxing fans. On May 18, Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by split decision to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. While the IBF has since slipped away and into the hands
Ryan Garcia’s hotel vandalism charge and case stemming from a June 8 incident at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills was dismissed on Tuesday, his attorneys told BoxingScene. During the incident at the upscale Los Angeles hotel, footage showed a shirtless Garcia, 26, being taken into custody in handcuffs and arrested on suspicion of felony
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 8, 2024, 02:55 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 The vandalism charge against boxing star Ryan Garcia was dismissed Tuesday
Dmitry Bivol tells Sky Sports that he’s on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming an undisputed champion, and will take his shot at accomplishing that when he unifies all light heavyweight titles against Artur Beterbiev this Saturday. Bivol sees this fight as sort of a cumulation of everything he’s done in his life
ZHANIBEK Alimkhanuly has been ordered to defend his WBO 160-pound crown against Britain’s Hamzah Sheeraz. An official letter sent out by the organisation explained how both parties -Alimkhanuly’s representatives Top Rank and Queensberry for Sheeraz- are now obligated to reach a deal over the next 15 days. It will go to purse bids if no
By: Sean Crose This weekend’s undisputed light heavyweight title bout between unbeatens Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is rightfully drawing a lot of attention. While it’s true the winner will be declared the undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world, he will also enter the pantheon of all time light heavyweight greats – and that’s
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