Tag: Boxing

11:01 AM ET Featherweight contender Michael Conlan suffered an anterior talofibular ligament injury in his right foot and has withdrawn from his Dec. 5 fight against former featherweight titlist Isaac Dogboe.Conlan (14-0, 8 KOs), 28, is back home in Belfast, Northern Ireland, recovering after suffering the injury at a gym in

6:27 AM ETMark KriegelESPN MARQUETTE, Mich. -- THOSE WERE DARK months after Vernon Forrest died, shot to death in a gas station robbery at 38. Al Mitchell had lost kids before. But that was back in North Philadelphia, where it seemed for a time that the natural progression of life

1:21 AM ETIt was nearly two decades ago, that Jason Moloney first laced up the gloves and stepped into a ring as a kid with a dream. On Saturday night in Las Vegas, that dream can become reality when the Australian faces Japan's Naoya Inoue for the WBA and IBF

Oct 29, 2020LOS ANGELES -- Shawn Porter was watching Ryan Garcia's boxing match with Francisco Fonseca on Feb. 14, and a thought crossed his mind.The very next morning, Porter, a former two-time welterweight boxing champion, was set to appear on "Celebrity Family Feud" as part of a team representing the

4:08 PM ETEric WoodyardESPN Mike Tyson isn't pulling any punches entering his exhibition bout against former champion Roy Jones Jr. He wants to win."My mindset is totally bliss. This is something I've done all my life since I was 13 years old," Tyson said. "I'm more evolved now than I've

9:07 AM ETNaoya Inoue is one of the world's best pound-for-pound fighters, and on Saturday in Las Vegas, he'll make his promotional debut with Top Rank inside the bubble at the MGM Grand conference center.The 27-year-old bantamweight is a superstar in Japan and his signing with Top Rank presented an

8:48 AM ETSteve KimESPN The last weekend in October brings four boxing cards involving some of the best fighters in the sport, as Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Usyk and Gervonta Davis, among others, step into the ring.Golden Boy Promotions hosts a card on Friday highlighted by middleweight contender Jaime Munguia and

9:04 AM ETGervonta "Tank" Davis packed up his things, left his home in Baltimore and traveled west to prepare for the biggest fight of his young career. For three months, the rising lightweight has been stationed in Las Vegas, under the direction of his mentor and promoter, Floyd Mayweather.Ever since

Nick Parkinson Close  •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation's Boxing Matters showDavid Haye has predicted that his fighter Derek Chisora will be able to pull off an upset similar to when Teofimo Lopez beat Vasiliy Lomachenko

7:21 PM ETAustralian boxing sensation Tim Tszyu has locked in his next fight, which will take place on December 16 at Sydney's Bankwest Stadium.Tszyu (16-0) will take on New Zealander Bowyn Morgan (21-1) in his first outing since crushing former welterweight world champion Jeff Horn in Townsville.Australian users can personalise