Boxing

3:34 PM ET One year after Tony Harrison won a heavily disputed decision and a junior middleweight world title in upset fashion against Jermell Charlo, they will meet again in a rematch on Dec. 21. The rematch was originally scheduled to take place on June 23 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, but Harrison withdrew
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9:17 PM ET Steve KimESPN The agreement struck between DAZN and the UFC to ensure their respective main events would not coincide Saturday night may have been great for fight fans who wanted to view both showdowns, but it wasn’t ideal for at least one of the fighters. “It was a pain in the ass,”
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5:14 PM ET UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal said Monday he’s “dead serious” about wanting to fight Canelo Alvarez. Both fighters won in their respective sports Saturday night, with Masvidal claiming the UFC’s mythical BMF title while Alvarez beat Sergei Kovalez for the WBO light heavyweight boxing title. “Is Canelo a better boxer than me? Has
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2:35 PM ET LAS VEGAS – As referee Russell Mora raised Canelo Alvarez’s arm aloft to signify his triumph over Sergey Kovalev, the smiling Alvarez extended four fingers. Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, was making another statement, just as he had with his ferocious 11th-round knockout of Kovalev minutes earlier on Saturday night at the MGM
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12:07 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Lightweight up-and-comer Ryan Garcia felt like he had something to prove against Romero Duno, and he did just that on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Garcia scored a sensational first-round knockout in the co-feature of the Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev fight. “It’s kind of what I expected,”
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1:15 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, constantly driven to make boxing history, secured another piece of it on Saturday night — but it was not easy. Alvarez, having a very hard time dealing with Sergey Kovalev’s size and jab, scored a massive 11th-round knockout to win take his light heavyweight world title at
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12:12 AM ET Steve KimESPN Miguel Berchelt (37-1, 32 KOs) dominated Jason Sosa (23-4-4, 16 KOs) by fourth-round TKO to retain his WBC junior featherweight title Saturday night at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The fight was stopped at 2 minutes, 56 seconds when Sosa’s corner threw in the towel. It was
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