Damon Allen Jr. was always surrounded by sports. Spending time at the local West Philadelphia rec center after school, where he said his “grandpop ran a boxing gym,” he tried his hand at team sports, specifically basketball, but it “just wasn’t his thing.” Due in part to his highly competitive nature, he found boxing as
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2:38 PM ET Over the years, I have used my podium to criticize judges who I felt were either incompetent or corrupt in rendering decisions in the sport of boxing. I felt it was my responsibility to say something when their actions were hurting the fighters and chasing away fans. Well, now I feel I
12:07 PM ET Opening Bell: Judging the judges All in all, the boxing card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday yielded three generally entertaining bouts but with many questions about the judging in two of them. Heavyweight contender Dominic Breazeale (20-1, 18 KOs) — titlist Deontay Wilder’s mandatory challenger — opened the
7:11 AM ET Sean Nevin, ESPN UK LONDON — Dillian Whyte insists he has more respect for Dereck Chisora than heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Whyte (25-1, 18 KOs) called out the onlooking IBF-WBA-WBO champion after knocking out Chisora in the 11th round of their rematch at London’s O2 Arena, with Joshua responding that he will
12:46 AM ET Jermall Charlo entered the ring having just watched his twin brother, Jermell Charlo, suffer a controversial upset decision loss to Tony Harrison that cost him his junior middleweight world title and perfect record in a Premier Boxing Champions co-feature on Saturday night. Ronnie Shields, Jermall’s trainer, admitted that he had to talk
11:23 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 MANCHESTER, England — Josh Warrington’s intense pressure and energy earned a unanimous points victory over Carl Frampton in a first defense of his IBF
10:41 PM ET Tony Harrison pulled a major upset to win a junior middleweight world title by controversially outpointing Jermell Charlo on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Harrison, in his second world title opportunity, won by scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113 to claim the belt from Charlo, who was making
9:46 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 MANCHESTER, England — Josh Warrington declared his intent to fight in the United States in 2019 after his unanimous decision win over Carl Frampton
8:29 PM ET Former light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson, who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in a knockout loss on Dec. 1, has been brought out of a medically induced coma. “Despite recent reports being leaked to media, I wanted to clarify that Adonis is awake,” Simone “Sisi” God, Stevenson’s girlfriend and mother of
11:24 AM ET Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis believes Anthony Joshua does not want to fight either Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury for now and is happiest being protected in England. Both Wilder and Fury have been mentioned as potential opponents to the Briton for his next fight in the wake of their impressive