Boxing

9:48 PM ET When Michael Conlan returned to the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Sunday for his third St. Patrick’s Day bout at the famous venue, a packed house of Kelly green clad fans greeted him with an ovation. The switch-hitting native of Belfast, Northern Ireland didn’t let them down. He was in
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8:21 PM ET Former welterweight titleholder Luis Collazo, blood streaming down his face from a cut over his left eye for much of the later rounds, stayed relevant with a split decision over Samuel Vargas in a hard fought 10-round battle. Two judges scored the fight for Collazo 96-94 and 98-92 and the third for
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3:44 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Former super middleweight world titlist David Benavidez ended a frustrating 13 months with a one-sided, second-round demolition of J’Leon Love in the Errol Spence Jr.-Mikey Garcia co-feature on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium. “It’s a dream come true to fight on this stage in front of these fans. These
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3:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN Errol Spence Jr. wasn’t just bigger and stronger than Mikey Garcia, he was also better. Yeah, size matters in boxing — but so do skills. In successfully defending his IBF welterweight title, Spence (25-0, 21 KOs) thoroughly outclassed the fundamentally gifted Garcia in every way. This wasn’t just about hitting
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12:43 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr. said a few days before his defense ageist Mikey Garcia that the fight would be “a one-sided massacre” in his favor. Oh, boy, was it ever. Spence pummeled the iron-chinned Garcia for the entire fight en route to a shutout decision as he
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2:30 PM ET DALLAS — Manny Pacquiao made his way through a sea of boxing fans on Saturday afternoon as he entered his hotel after a long flight with his wife, Jinkee, from their vacation through Austria, Germany and Switzerland. They went to their suite on the hotel’s top floor and once inside, Pacquiao reflected
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2:09 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Tevin Farmer retained his IBF junior lightweight title Friday with a unanimous 12-round decision over Jono Carroll by scores of 117-110, 117-111 and 117-111 at the Liacouras Center. The fight seemed closer than the scores would suggest but was not a robbery. Carroll — a native of Dublin, Ireland, who
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9:12 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Mikey Garcia is here in the hometown of welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr., but it was Garcia who drew the biggest cheers from the thousands of fans at AT&T Stadium on Friday afternoon as two of boxing’s pound-for-pound best stepped on the scale to weigh in for their
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1:54 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — The fight between welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr. and Mikey Garcia, which matches two of boxing’s elite pound-for-pound fighters, will be the maiden voyage for both as headliners on pay-per-view, and both said they are hopeful the event will be a success and lead to more. “I don’t
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