6:01 PM ET Australian boxer Jeff Horn’s inspirational story is set to be brought to the big screen. Sydney-based film production company Unbreakable Films has announced plans for a movie based on Horn’s life. The feature length film, which will be titled “The Hornet,” is set to chronicle Horn’s life from bullied schoolboy to world
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10:22 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published on January 31, 2018. HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. — There’s a universal geometry to combat, and Gilberto Ramirez can’t help but recall the grace of the gunman that day: the way he parried with his empty hand, halting the arc of the knife, then
11:23 PM ET Pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko, who unified two lightweight world titles Saturday night, will return to the ring on April 12 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Top Rank president Todd duBoef told ESPN on Tuesday. Lomachenko will headline the Friday night Top Rank Boxing on ESPN or ESPN+ card against an opponent
3:08 PM ET Steve KimESPN Normally, James “Buster” Douglas, the former heavyweight champion of the world, is among the most good-natured and nice individuals you’ll ever come across. That is, except when you call him a one-hit wonder for his exploits on Feb. 11, 1990, when Douglas pulled off what is considered the most shocking
2:22 PM ET Opening Bell: Lomachenko-Garcia not realistic NEW YORK — After pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko finished scoring a wide, but tough, unanimous decision over Jose Pedraza to unify two lightweight world titles on Saturday night at the sold-out Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, he answered how he always does when the question of
7:00 AM ET GREATER MANCHESTER, England — Rocky Fielding was only five minutes late at the gym when he walked in on his own, carrying his bag and clutching two brand new pairs of sparring gloves and making apologies when none were needed. “I had to do the nursery run and then go to the
1:27 AM ET Steve KimESPN In the final bout of HBO’s storied history in boxing, Cecilia Braekhus (35-0, 9 KO) retained her undisputed welterweight championship by easily outboxing Aleksandra Lopes (18-5-3, 1 KO) over 10 rounds in front of a sparse crowd at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, on Saturday night. Two judges had
12:54 AM ET NEW YORK — Pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko had accomplished so much in his first dozen pro fights by winning world titles in three weight classes and setting a variety of all-time boxing records along the way, but there was one thing that had eluded him: unifying belts. But the brilliant Lomachenko now
11:17 PM ET NEW YORK — Emanuel Navarrete was fighting outside of his native Mexico for the first time but never seemed unnerved by it or the fact that he would be on the biggest stage of his career when he faced junior featherweight world titlist Isaac Dogboe. And Navarrete, the mandatory challenger, took it
12:00 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 Kell Brook may have earned a unanimous decision win over Michael Zerafa on Saturday, but his performance leaves doubts over his ability to win