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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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