Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 20, 2024, 07:06 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 Shakur Stevenson will defend his WBC lightweight title against Joe Cordina
The undercard is set for Naoya Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight title defense against TJ Doheny on September 3 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Four-division champion Inoue, 27-0 (24 KOs), is one of the leading fighters in the world while Australia-based Irishman Doheny is 26-4 (20 KOs) and popular in Japan after several underdog victories
Just about a month away from Canelo Alvarez’s return to the ring, taking on Edgar Berlanga on September 14, Canelo speaks to TMZ Sports about his upcoming fight and his thoughts on the matchup. Canelo on the importance on fighting on Mexican holiday weekends “For me it’s always great to represent my country on those
WBC and WBO female bantamweight champion Dina Thorslund (22-0) has suffered a cut in training and her defense against Japanese challenger Terumi Nuki (15-5) has been postponed from August 30 until October 25 with Holstebro (Denmark) remaining as site. Thorslund-Nuki is billed as “The Last Dance” and will be Thorslund’s last fight on Danish soil.
A CHANGE in fortune was overdue for Steed Woodall. Last year his mother suffered a heart attack and then COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Believing she was close to losing her life, depression hit her son who had also gone through a break-up with the mother of his daughter. Having accepted fights with some of
A few days ago, WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson claimed that his “verbally agreed” mandatory defense against William Zepeda would come in February as opposed to the initially stated October 12th Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev undercard. Now, the historically reliable Julius Julianis reports that Stevenson has signed a one-fight deal with Matchroom to face
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MATCHROOM have announced a return to Monaco, which will take place on December 14. Eddie Hearn shows have become a fixture on the sporting calendar in the Principality and this will be the fifth time he has promoted there. Last time out, Welshman Joe Cordina controversially defended his IBF super-featherweight title via a razor tight
By: Sean Crose Providing there are no further disruptions, the highly publicized bout between former heavyweight great Mike Tyson and social media star turned professional boxer Jake Paul will go down November 15th at AT&T Stadium in Texas. The bout may likely draw a sell out crowd of close to 100,000 people and will also
Andy Cruz has aligned himself with one of boxing’s most respected deal brokers, adding 2022 BWAA Manager of the Year award winner Peter Kahn to his team. Kahn, the head of Fight Game Advisors, will join Cruz’s collective in a co-managerial role to support the fighter’s existing management and advisement duo consisting of Yolfri Sanchez
Three-time cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis announced on Twitter that he’s calling it a career after nearly 15 years in the ring. The Latvian spent his first six years as a big fish in a small pond on the Euro circuit before moving up to heavyweight to destroy Mahmoud Charr with a single punch. Two years
THREE-TIME world cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis has announced his retirement from boxing. The 39-year-old, who will celebrate his 40th birthday next January, brings the curtain down on a professional career which began in his native Latvia on October 11, 2009. His four-round points win against Raulis Racilauskas kicked off a 15-year professional career which culminated
Former cruiserweight world champion Mairis Briedis has retired, aged 39. He last fought in May, when on the undercard of Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk he lost his rematch for the IBF title with Jai Opetaia of Australia. The Latvian also won the WBC and WBO titles during a fine career, and is regarded by some to
Matchroom founder Barry Hearn tells Sky Sports that his company has a responsibility to deliver a big British fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury — who is currently scheduled to rematch Oleksandr Usyk while Joshua is lined up to face Daniel Dubois. But while Fury is focused on Usyk, Hearn says Joshua also has
REGIS PROGRAIS believes he will be back at the top of the 140lbs division after his fight against Jack Catterall. The two had been scheduled to meet this weekend at Co-op Live in Manchester but an injury to Catterall postponed their bout until October 26 at the same venue. Prograis will be keen to prove
Edgar Berlanga may laud what Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has accomplished, but he says all respect will go out the window when the two meet on Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This isn’t to say that Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) is underestimating the Mexican superstar ahead of their super middleweight unification bout. But
MIKE TYSON insists he is healthy enough to face Jake Paul in a professional boxing match on November 15. The former world heavyweight champion, who turned 58 in June, was supposed to face the Youtuber turned boxer on July 20. However he suffered what was confirmed as an ‘in-flight medical emergency’ in May due to
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