Month: February 2022

8:05 AM 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 Chris Eubank Jr. insists it was his intention to draw out Saturday’s unanimous points win against Liam Williams to make it last the full
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1:11 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Fighting for the first time in 31 months, Keith Thurman mostly looked sharp in a unanimous-decision victory over Mario Barrios on Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. The judges turned in tallies of 118-110, 118-110 and 117-111 for Thurman, who graded his performance a “C+, B-.” The former
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7:05 AM ET Chelsea will face Luton Town in the FA Cup fifth round while Liverpool will welcome Norwich City if they beat Cardiff City on Sunday. Manchester City, who won the competition in 2019, face a trip to Peterborough United and Middlesbrough’s reward for beating Manchester United is a visit from Tottenham Hotspur. –
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7:55 AM ET India’s Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan won their second ATP World Tour title together after beating the top seeded Australian pair of Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith in the final of the Tata Open Maharashtra on Sunday. The Indians erased the first set deficit to win 6-7(10), 6-3, 10-6 in one hour
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7:09 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 Claressa Shields unanimously out-pointed Ema Kozin to set up a potential unification title fight with rival champion Savannah Marshall. Shields (12-0, 2 KOs), who
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