Oct 10, 2021 Brianna Williams Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder 3 did not disappoint in the slightest. Fury defeated Wilder by knockout to retain his WBC heavyweight title. It was a spectacular fight and one that will be considered by many as the fight of the year for 2021. The hype leading up to the

8:24 PM ET Jamie Mitchell became the WBA bantamweight title-holder Saturday afternoon in England after beating former champion Shannon Courtenay by majority decision. It was a fight filled with drama before either participant stepped into the ring. Courtenay lost the title on the scales Friday after missing the 118-pound weight limit by 2.5 pounds —

6:13 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Anthony Joshua exercised his contractual right to an immediate rematch with Oleksandr Usyk for the unified heavyweight championship, Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, announced on Saturday. Hearn said he plans to stage Usyk-Joshua 2 in early spring. “Back in the game and looking for him to become a three-time world champion,”

12:45 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Deontay Wilder just simply wouldn’t go away. Not after a third-round knockdown. Not as Tyson Fury battered him around the ring, round after round. But Fury wore down the challenger, scoring another knockdown in Round 10 before brutally finishing Wilder with a highlight-reel knockout in the 11th

Oct 10, 2021 Tyson Fury stopped Deontay Wilder in the 11th round of their trilogy fight to retain his WBC and lineal heavyweight titles. Brett Okamoto, Ben Baby and Michael Rothstein react to the night filled with impressive heavyweight performances and a prospect who learned a valuable lesson. Immediately after the second chapter of the

Oct 10, 2021 Mark KriegelESPN LAS VEGAS — As the evening began, Deontay Wilder looked as if he had stepped out of a comic book. The shoulders, the arms, the fearsome arch of his torso — it all suggested a character on loan from the Marvel universe. Turned out, he was even more than that.

5:56 PM ET Mike Coppinger Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Tyson Fury defends his WBC heavyweight world title and the heavyweight lineal championship against Deontay Wilder on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ PPV, 9 p.m. ET, with

9:45 AM ET This time, Tyson Fury is the favorite — and a big one. Fury is a -280 favorite over Deontay Wilder in their WBC heavyweight title bout, according to Caesars Sportsbook. Wilder is a +230 underdog for Saturday’s fight in Las Vegas (9 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). It’s the third meeting between the

7:47 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder both tipped the scales at the heaviest of their careers on Friday, one day before they’ll meet in a heavyweight championship trilogy fight (9 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). Fury weighed 277 pounds, four more pounds than he weighed in his February 2020

4:38 PM ET WBA women’s bantamweight title holder Shannon Courtenay lost her belt on Friday by missing weight ahead of her bout against Jamie Mitchell. Courtenay weighed in at 120.5 pounds, 2.5 pounds over the bantamweight limit for the fight before her first defense of the title on the undercard of the Liam Smith-Anthony Fowler