3:31 PM ET An undisputed featherweight title fight between IBF, WBC and WBO featherweight titleholder Amanda Serrano and WBA champion Erika Cruz is imminent, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The fight will headline a card on Feb. 4 at the Hulu Theater in New York City. If Serrano wins, it will be the first time
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Dec 28, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Boxer Gervonta Davis was arrested Tuesday in Parkland, Florida, and jailed on a domestic violence charge of battery causing bodily harm, according to Broward County Sheriff’s Office records. Davis remains in custody at Broward County’s Main Jail Bureau in Fort Lauderdale following a Wednesday morning court hearing, where bond was
8:00 AM ET Claressa Shields remains atop the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings, with Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano keeping their spots behind her. But then the list changes. Junior lightweight unified champion Alycia Baumgardner moves up one spot to No. 4 after her victory over Mikaela Mayer, while Mayer goes from No. 6 to No.
5:32 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Rey Vargas and O’Shaquie Foster will meet for the WBC vacant junior lightweight title on Feb. 11 at The Alamodome in San Antonio, sources tell ESPN. Subriel Matias and Jeremias Ponce will vie for the vacant IBF junior welterweight title on the PBC on the Showtime undercard, sources said. Vargas
5:33 AM ET They’ll move up and down weight classes, searching for the best possible opponent who can give them the most cachet in terms of financial gains, prestige and overall challenge. Welcome to the world of women’s boxing, where the best fight the best, where title fights are a weekly occurrence and unification bouts
10:00 PM ET Shyam Vasudevan Three gold medals. Two weight categories. One Nikhat Zareen. There was a time when Nikhat’s request for a fair Olympic trial against Mary Kom led the latter to comment “Who is Nikhat Zareen?” Fast forward three years and the world knows who Nikhat is – the world champion, the Commonwealth
8:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jermell Charlo suffered a broken left hand, and his Jan. 28 undisputed junior middleweight title fight against Tim Tszyu has been postponed, Charlo announced Saturday. The fight for Charlo’s four 154-pound titles, which was set to take place in Las Vegas, will be rescheduled. “I was sparring and I threw
7:52 AM ET For some fans, 2022 was one of the most underwhelming years of the century in boxing, with conversations about star-studded bouts leading to nothing. Others may view the sport as having considerable bright spots, like undisputed championship fights, upsets and the rebirth of women’s boxing. A few notable fighters had breakout years
2:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall rematch for Taylor’s lineal and WBO junior welterweight championship has been rescheduled to March 4 in Glasgow, Scotland, sources told ESPN. The return bout between ESPN’s top two 140-pounders will take place at the same venue as the first meeting: the OVO Hydro. Taylor, who fights
7:58 AM ET Naoya Inoue became the undisputed bantamweight champion after earning an 11th-round KO victory on Dec. 13 in Tokyo. The win also earned him eight first-place votes from our ESPN’s pound-for pound 21-member panel, moving him closer to Terence Crawford at No. 1. In his other fight this year, Inoue scored a second-round
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