7:48 AM ET Boxing did it again. The anticipated unification fight for all four heavyweight world titles between champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk seems to be off for the moment after months of negotiations and just when it looked like it was going to happen. Fury has options. Deontay Wilder is the mandatory WBC

Mar 22, 2023 Mike CoppingerESPN The proposed undisputed heavyweight championship fight next month between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury at Wembley Stadium in London is in jeopardy as the fighters continue to haggle over deal points beyond the 70-30 split in favor of Fury for the net revenue, sources told ESPN. Usyk has shut down

7:40 PM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com Jake Paul, the YouTuber-turned-prizefighter, was among eight celebrities charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for touting a crypto asset without disclosing that they were being paid to do so, according to a filing on Wednesday. The filing cited Paul’s tweet on Feb. 12, 2021, in which he promoted Tronix

2:00 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 Anthony Joshua has said he is not rushing to call on Tyson Fury for his next fight after talks for Fury’s proposed bout with

8:57 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 After months of negotiations, in private and public, Tyson Fury’s fight against fellow world champion Oleksandr Usyk is off, sources to both fighters told

1:05 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Talks to finalize the undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk on April 29 at London’s Wembley Stadium have broken off, sources connected to both fighters told ESPN. The sides agreed on a 70-30 split in favor of Fury for the net revenue earlier this month, but

3:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Naoya Inoue suffered an injury in training and his May 7 fight in Yokohama, Japan, vs. Stephen Fulton for the unified 122-pound championship has been postponed, sources tell ESPN. The fight, which was set to be streamed on ESPN+ stateside, is being rescheduled for the summer in Japan, sources said.

10:57 AM ET Two of the top young fighters in boxing will face off May 20 when Ellie Scotney challenges Cherneka Johnson for Johnson’s IBF junior featherweight title. The fight will take place on the undercard of the Katie Taylor-Chantelle Cameron undisputed junior welterweight championship fight that is also Taylor’s homecoming fight in Ireland. This

9:12 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN After the WBO gained recognition in the early 2000s — kicking off boxing’s four-belt era — it became that much more difficult to earn status as an undisputed champion. Even when a fighter can collect all four major world titles, as Josh Taylor did nearly two years ago when he

1:23 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Luis Alberto Lopez will defend his IBF featherweight title against Michael Conlan on May 27 in the challenger’s native Belfast, Northern Ireland, after the fighters struck a deal, sources told ESPN. The 126-pound title fight, which shapes up as a slugfest, will be streamed stateside on ESPN+ in the afternoon.