Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 1, 2024, 12:47 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 Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn’s defamation lawsuit against Jake Paul is proceeding
By Ruth Raper OVER the last weekend, we saw three shows headlined by female main events. A few years ago, if you had told me this would be happening, I’m not sure I would have believed you. In New York, Mikaela Mayer took on WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan in a clash that will undoubtedly
As we inch closer to one of this year’s most highly anticipated fights — a light heavyweight showdown between world titleholders Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol on October 12 — Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season has released an epic cinematic trailer previewing the impending battle in grand fashion. Most of boxing’s pre-fight promotional activities are quite
By Ben Palmer “I’ll enjoy my victory and see what comes next”. That was Saul ‘Canelo’ Álvarez’s somewhat terse response when asked what his future holds after a unanimous decision victory over the resolute Edgar Berlanga. It was business as usual at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 14th. Another hungry young
Birmingham, England, is Galal Yafai’s hometown – and it’s where the Olympic gold medalist will face former flyweight titleholder Sunny Edwards on Nov. 30. But don’t tell Edwards that the Resorts World Arena is the so-called lion’s den. “I disagree,” Edwards told iFL TV. “I know I’ve got more people in Birmingham than him, in
Oct 1, 2024, 03:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan has called for an immediate rematch against Mikaela Mayer after Ryan was attacked with a can of paint before their fight Friday. Ryan was leaving her New York hotel to travel to Madison Square Garden on Friday evening when a
DEVIN Haney has filed a lawsuit against Ryan Garcia regarding the ongoing fallout from their controversial April 20 clash in Brooklyn. The lawsuit alleges that Garcia is guilty of breach of contract, purposely missing weight, battery, and fraud. Golden Boy Promotions, headed by former multi-weight world champion Oscar De La Hoya, has also been named.
By: Sean Crose “I didn’t think he beat me last time,” Tyson Fury recently said to IFL, “and I’m damn sure not going to let him beat me this time.” Fury, for those who don’t know, lost a war to Oleksandr Usyk last May on the cards in Saudi Arabia. He doesn’t want things to
Teofimo Lopez Sr took some time to talk to Fight Hub TV about a number of topics, including the recent news of Devin Haney suing Ryan Garcia. As Lopez Sr views it, Haney is attempting to restore his image both in and out of the ring, but he’s not at all buying into the notion
For a coach, perhaps the only thing better than a fight going exactly as expected is for the same fight to end up being even easier than they expected, or indeed hoped. That was the experience of Don Charles and Kieran Farrell the night their man, Daniel Dubois, took on Anthony Joshua in front of
Lamont Roach Jnr has been given “special permission” to move up from junior lightweight to fight Gervonta “Tank” Davis for the WBA lightweight title on December 14. Roach Jnr, 29, is the WBA champion at 130lbs; the sanctioning body has approved of a request made by his promoters to allow him to enter what would
Though PBC has yet to officially announce its rumored December 14th Gervonta Davis/David Benavidez doubleheader, but we’re about as close to official as we can get. Shortly after Benavidez dispelled rumors that of a David Morrell Jr fight and confirmed that he’d face Jesse Hart, the WBA has given super featherweight champion Lamont Roach Jr
IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia has set up shop in London for the final stages of his training camp. Opetaia is set to face England’s Jack Massey in Riyadh on October 12 and flew back to London for the press conference last week. But, rather than spending another 30 hours to get back to Australia,
THE next fight in the career of boxing superstar Gervonta Davis looks to have been confirmed. That’s because today the WBA revealed they have granted their super-featherweight champion Lamont Roach special permission to challenge Davis for his WBA lightweight belt on December 14. WBA grants special permit for Lamont Roach to fight for the lightweight
Tyson Fury is promising to bring a different demeanor to his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on December 21. The former WBC heavyweight champion (34-1-1, 24 KOs) suffered a knockdown and a split-decision loss to Usyk in May, when the Ukrainian outlanded him 170 to 157 over 12 rounds by overcoming a serious size disadvantage with
Where is Nick Ball vs. Ronny Rios being held? The M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool. More commonly known to the locals as the Echo Arena. Ball will be on home turf while Rios will be fighting outside America for the first time. What time does Nick Ball vs. Ronny Rios start? Ringwalks for the main event
Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn believes Devin Haney’s lawsuit against Ryan Garcia could be a positive tipping for the sport. Garcia defeated Haney in April in New York on points, dropping Haney three times, but the result was overturned after Garcia tested positive for banned substances. Haney, on Friday, filed a lawsuit, and Hearn believes it
With Sandy Ryan set to make a defense of her WBO welterweight title against Mikaela Mayer tonight on ESPN, the pre-fight build up has gotten a bit personal for both fighters with more than a couple disagreements over Ryan coming to America to train with Mayer’s team — which Mayer felt was stepping on her
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