Month: January 2022

7:45 AM ET Mike Coppinger Andres Ferrari Close ESPN Editor Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com’s boxing and MMA editor. Robson Conceicao dropped a controversial decision against Oscar Valdez in September, but he has another opportunity Saturday to prove he’s a player at 130 pounds. The winner of the fight between Conceicao and Xavier Martinez (10 p.m.
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There’s a bizarre saga that’s flown under the radar these past few months: the WBA’s attempts to pit “super” light flyweight champion Hiroto Kyoguchi against “world” champ Esteban Bermudez. They first ordered it back in June, but Matchroom tried to pull a fast one and have Bermudez defend his belt against Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, prompting
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2:12 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte will meet in the ring after all. There was an agreement in principle for both Whyte and Anthony Joshua to step aside and forego planned bouts with Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, respectively, in exchange for millions of dollars, but the deal fell apart after parties
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11:30 AM ET The biggest fight in women’s boxing history is officially on the schedule. The bout between undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor and seven-division world titlist Amanda Serrano — ESPN’s No. 1 and No. 2 in the pound-for-pound rankings — has been scheduled for April 30 to headline a card in one of the
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5:50 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Every time Canelo Alvarez prepares to select his next opponent, the fate of boxers in multiple weight classes hangs in the balance. Just whom — and at which weight — Canelo fights next is still undecided, but sources told ESPN that Alvarez has received two lucrative offers that stand as
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Less than a month into 2022 and the Canelo Sweepstakes is already in full swing. Though Alvarez’s trainer Eddie Reynoso previously declared an interest in pitting his charge against WBC cruiserweight champ Ilunga Makabu, who defends his title this Saturday against Thabiso Mchunu, Mike Coppinger reports that Alvarez has received offers from both Al Haymon’s
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