Boxing

2:08 AM ET Sibusiso Zingange claimed the South African Junior Lightweight belt at Africa Boxing on Feb. 24, beating four-time defending champion Phila Mpontshane by unanimous decision over 12 rounds. It wasn’t the only title bout of the night though, as South Africa’s Smangele Hadebe dominated from start to finish to beat Tanzania’s Halima Vunjabei
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5:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, plans to take up arms to defend against Russia’s invasion, which began in the early hours Thursday. “It’s already a bloody war,” Klitschko, a Hall of Fame boxer, said Thursday on ITV’s “Good Morning Britain.” “… I don’t have
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11:05 AM ET Savannah Marshall’s defense of her WBO middleweight title will have to wait a few more weeks. BOXXER, which is putting on Marshall’s fight against Femke Hermans, announced Tuesday that Marshall will now fight Hermans on April 2 in Newcastle, England, after being previously scheduled for March 12. This is the latest move
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7:48 PM ET Terri Harper will need a new opponent for her return to the ring March 12. The former WBC junior lightweight champion made the decision to move to lightweight and was set to make her return against American veteran Heather Hardy. But Hardy posted on Twitter on Wednesday that she is going to
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6:56 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Bantamweight titleholder John Riel Casimero was accused of sexual abuse, according to a Feb. 11 complaint filed by the Women and Children Protection Desk in Taguig City, Philippines. The complaint says the 33-year-old inappropriately touched a 17-year-old girl while she was sleeping in his hotel room on June 7, 2021.
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9:58 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Dillian Whyte on Monday signed the contract for his WBC heavyweight title fight vs. Tyson Fury on April 23 at London’s Wembley Stadium, sources told ESPN, hours ahead of the organization’s midnight CT deadline to keep the bout intact. There remains one issue related to Whyte’s contract that the WBC
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5:17 PM ET Women’s boxing is divided between 17 weight classes, from heavyweight to atomweight. The four major sanctioning bodies, WBO, IBF, WBA and WBC have champions in most of the divisions and to make it easier for boxing fans, below is a chart of who holds each of the titles and secondary belts. For
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7:05 PM ET 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 show MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — For years Kell Brook has insisted he has the beating of Amir Khan, and on Saturday he executed his gameplan to
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5:46 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia explained why he parted ways with trainer Eddy Reynoso during a Friday appearance on ESPN’s “Max on Boxing” with Max Kellerman, saying Reynoso “didn’t really have time to train me.” The star boxer announced last week that he’s training with Joe Goosen ahead of his April 9 comeback
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12:36 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez has verbally agreed to a two-fight deal with Matchroom Boxing for DAZN PPV bouts on May 7 against Dmitry Bivol and Sept. 17 against Gennaidy Golovkin, sources told ESPN. Bivol, a light heavyweight titleholder, signed the contract, but talks are ongoing between Golovkin and DAZN to resolve issues,
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11:04 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The wait to crown an undisputed junior middleweight champion will be a little longer — if it happens at all. Brian Castano suffered a minor right biceps tear while sparring, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, postponing the Jermell Charlo rematch on March 19 in Los Angeles for all four 154-pound
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