Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 3, 2024, 09:59 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 LOS ANGELES — Martin Bakole scored a devastating fifth-round TKO victory
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Aug 4, 2024, 01:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford overcame a tougher than expected challenge to become a four-division champion Saturday night in Los Angeles, defeating Israil Madrimov in a close decision to win the WBA junior middleweight title. Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), fighting at 154 pounds for the first time, had some
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Aug 5, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The two female boxers at the heart of a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics will stay in the competition for as long as they keep winning because they meet all eligibility criteria, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. The IOC is in
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IMANE KHELIF, one of the most talked about athletes of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has called for the bullying to end amidst a row over her eligibility to compete. The 25-year-old Algerian faces Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng in the women’s welterweight semi-finals tomorrow (August 6). Khelif’s qualification for the last four has already guaranteed her
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By: Sean Crose Jared “Big Baby” Anderson and Martin Bakole, two supersized heavyweights, met in a ring in Los Angeles Saturday night to do battle in a scheduled ten rounder. A Bakole combination put Anderson down at the end of the first, a round Anderson had previously been fighting well in. Anderson got up and
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Connor O’Halloran Aug 4, 2024, 11:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, France — After eight years of waiting, the Refugee Olympic Team will win its first medal at an Olympic Games this week. A portion of the team watched on and jumped with joy as boxer Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba fought in the women’s
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While a potential match between former welterweight titleholder Errol Spence Jr. and junior middleweight Sebastian Fundora has yet to be made official, it remains a fascinating fight that could wind up on one of Premier Boxing Champions’ pay-per-view slots on Amazon’s Prime Video. “That’s an intriguing fight to me, just to see how Errol comes
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