12:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Emanuel Navarrete outlasted Liam Wilson in a back-and-forth slugfest on Friday night in Glendale, Arizona, to claim the vacant WBO junior lightweight title with a ninth-round TKO. Navarrete, who is from Mexico, was floored by the 8-1 underdog in Round 4 — the first knockdown of his career — but

11:22 AM ET Katie Taylor’s homecoming fight slated for May. 20 will not be staged at Croke Park because of an on-going dispute over costs between promoters Matchroom and the 82,000 venue. Taylor previously said she wants to have her first fight in her home country, Ireland at a sold-out Croke Park. But the bout

7:28 AM ET THERE WERE EIGHT people crammed into a small house on South Street in Fremont, Ohio in 1998. The four sisters lived in one room, the parents and one brother in another and the maternal grandma in a third room that doubled as a living room. The space where Mario and Sherry Guzman

7:46 AM ET Light heavyweight unified champion Artur Beterbiev defended his three world titles with an eighth-round TKO victory over Anthony Yarde on Jan. 28 in London. It was Beterbiev’s 19th stoppage victory in 19 professional fights. He’s the only current champion with 100% KO accuracy. However, for many of our panelists, the victory wasn’t

1:21 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Keyshawn Davis and Emmanuel Tagoe have struck a deal for a lightweight fight on April 8 in Newark, New Jersey, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Davis, ESPN’s reigning Prospect of the Year, will step up in class for his first scheduled 10-rounder. The Olympic silver medalist fought three times in

8:41 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN When Emanuel Navarrete meets Liam Wilson on Friday in Glendale, Arizona, for the WBO’s vacant 130-pound championship (10 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+), he’ll have the opportunity to join the storied lineage of Mexican boxers with titles in three divisions. Navarrete (36-1, 30 KOs) captured a title at 122 pounds when

11:34 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Olympic gold medalist Wladimir Klitschko has joined Ukraine’s fight against IOC plans to let some Russians compete at the 2024 Paris Summer Games. The former heavyweight champion boxer suggested in a video message published Monday that sports leaders will be accomplices to the war if athletes from Russia

9:03 AM ET This was not always the plan. This was nowhere near Amanda Serrano’s goal. Throughout her division-winding, title-winning career through seven boxing weight classes, the thought never came to them. Being undisputed in a division? Nah, it wasn’t for Serrano and her team. They were content chasing a different type of history, winning

6:47 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 LONDON, England — Artur Beterbiev maintained his 100% knockout record as a professional by stopping Anthony Yarde in eight thrilling rounds to defend his

7:26 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Artur Beterbiev once again delivered a violent display of boxing with his 19th-career stoppage in his 19th fight, an eight-round TKO of Anthony Yarde on Saturday in London to retain his three light heavyweight titles. Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KOs) entered the ring ranked No. 8 in ESPN’s pound-for-pound list and