Month: December 2022

12:32 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN NEW YORK — In the aftermath of another disappointing performance Saturday night, Teofimo Lopez sought reassurance from his father. “I don’t know if I still have it,” Lopez told his father and trainer, Teofimo Lopez Sr. “Do I still have it?” Lopez never appeared to be in control against Sandor
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12:30 PM ET Associated Press MALELANE, South Africa — Ockie Strydom claimed his first DP World Tour title with a 2-shot victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa on Sunday. Strydom made four birdies in his first five holes after the turn to seize the outright lead and finished with a 3-under 69
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Dec 11, 2022 One dynamic combination showed Terence “Bud” Crawford remains one of boxing’s pound-for-pound best. In front of a raucous hometown crowd, Crawford floored David Avanesyan with a sixth-round TKO on Saturday at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. A left uppercut followed by a textbook right put Avanesyan on his back, quickly
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Dec 10, 2022 Kendra AndrewsESPN IT’S NOV. 20 AND the Golden State Warriors are in the middle of a surprisingly competitive tilt against the 3-13 Houston Rockets. On paper, the Warriors should be running away with this game, against a much younger, less experienced, much happier to lose team. With 4:46 left in the first
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The Heisman Trophy is the most coveted hardware in college football, perhaps all of sports. USC Trojans quarterback Caleb Williams is the newest member in the Heisman brotherhood. He is the seventh Trojans player (not including Reggie Bush, who forfeited his Heisman) to win the award, tying USC with Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Ohio State
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1:31 AM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC lost its light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka to injury in November. UFC 282 was supposed to crown his successor. Unfortunately, it did not. Former champion Jan Blachowicz (29-9-1) and Magomed Ankalaev (18-1-1) fought to a five-round split draw in the main event Saturday inside T-Mobile Arena. Judge Mike
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3:06 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia and Mercito Gesta have signed contracts for a Jan. 28 fight in Phoenix, sources told ESPN. The 140-pound bout will serve as a tuneup for Garcia, who is slated to meet Gervonta Davis on April 15 in a Las Vegas superfight at a 136-pound catchweight. Davis (27-0, 25
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Dec 10, 2022 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 Josh Warrington’s career suffered another setback Saturday as Luis Alberto Lopez took his IBF world featherweight title by majority decision. Lopez did most of
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