Nov 9, 2022 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 Sunny Edwards believes a successful defence of his IBF flyweight world title on Friday will be the launchpad to set up high-profile bouts against

6:11 PM ET Jeff Fenech has joined an elite group of boxers to have won world titles in four weight divisions after finally being recognised for one of sport’s great injustices. More than 30 years after being controversially denied the super-featherweight belt, Fenech has been awarded the strap retrospectively at a World Boxing Council convention

8:39 AM ET The boxing schedule is almost set for the year, and the sport has a couple of interesting fights lined up for the start of 2023. There are some compelling matchups, such as trilogy bouts for Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, and Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora and a Josh Taylor

11:04 PM ET Super middleweight contender Aidos Yerbossynuly was placed in a medically induced coma following a knockout loss Saturday night, one of his trainers confirmed to ESPN. The Kazakh fighter was stopped in the 12th round by top prospect David Morrell in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card from The Armory

10:40 PM ET Logan Paul’s widely praised WWE performance this weekend has come with a cost. Paul, the former YouTuber who has dabbled in boxing and now pro wrestling, announced Saturday night on social media that he tore an MCL and meniscus, and potentially an ACL, in his WWE main event match with Roman Reigns

7:36 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA light heavyweight title in lopsided fashion with a unanimous decision over Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The win — via scores of 118-110, 117-111 and 117-111 — comes after Bivol broke through in May with an upset victory over

8:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former super middleweight titleholders David Benavidez and Caleb Plant both announced Thursday on social media that they’ve struck a deal for a long-awaited fight. The 168-pound bout will be presented by Premier Boxing Champions on pay-per-view in the first quarter of 2023, a source told ESPN. Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs)

7:47 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Dmitry Bivol arrived in Las Vegas this May as an afterthought. “The Canelo Alvarez Show” was in town — and attracting all the attention. Bivol was the WBA light heavyweight champion, and Alvarez, boxing’s top star, already had a deal in place to face Gennadiy Golovkin in September for a

9:00 PM ET Andres Waters Javon “Wanna” Walton’s rise to stardom continues. The 16-year-old boxer-turned-actor made history this week when he announced via Instagram that he signed a deal with Jordan Brand, making him the youngest member of “Team Jordan.” According to SneakerNews, Nike is currently working with Walton to debut a boxing boot, in

8:34 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The planned super middleweight bout between former champions David Benavidez and Jose Uzcategui, a PBC on Showtime main event set to take place in January, has been scrapped, multiple sources told ESPN. The reason, sources said, is public backlash surrounding Uzcategui’s positive test for the performance-enhancing drug recombinant human EPO