Boxing

4:59 PM ET Super middleweight world titlist Caleb Plant will defend his belt for the second time in a homecoming fight against mandatory challenger Vincent Feigenbutz on Feb. 15 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, Premier Boxing Champions announced on Monday. Plant, who has lived in Las Vegas for the past few years, is a
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12:11 AM ET Steve KimESPN ONTARIO, California — Jermell Charlo regained his WBC junior middleweight title in dramatic fashion Saturday by stopping Tony Harrison in the 11th round of a hard-fought, competitive affair at Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. “I got the belt back and I didn’t leave it up to the judges,” Charlo said.
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12:04 AM ET Former two-time middleweight world titlist Daniel Jacobs made a successful debut in the super middleweight division as he made the overweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. quit after the fifth round on Friday night at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. When the fight ended abruptly with Chavez, the favorite of the largely
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7:40 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 It’s been another wild year in boxing. From heavyweight-title redemption to the crowning of fighting queens, and a WWE crossover that nobody saw coming:
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11:16 AM ET Former welterweight world titlist Kell Brook will end a 14-month layoff when he returns to the ring on Feb. 8. Brook will take on Mark DeLuca in a 12-round junior middleweight fight at the FlyDSA Arena (DAZN) in Brook’s hometown of Sheffield, England, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Friday. “I’m
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