3:05 PM ET Undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields has her plan for the immediate future set, and it still includes both boxing and mixed martial arts. Shields, who became the undisputed middleweight champion for the second time on Oct. 15 in a unanimous decision win over Savannah Marshall, told ESPN on Monday that she plans

9:19 AM ET Connor O’Halloran Tyson Fury provides a natural center in the heavyweight division, the man whom every other fighter at the top of the division orbits around. He is the Gypsy King for a reason. It has been a drama-filled year in the division already, with two world title defenses, the emergence of

7:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford were on the verge of a deal for an undisputed welterweight championship fight in November, but with talks stalled, and Crawford agreeing to a fight against David Avanesyan on Dec. 10, it’s unclear if they’ll ever meet in a ring, let alone next. Tyson

10:58 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Welterweight titleholder Terence Crawford and David Avanesyan have signed contracts for a pay-per-view fight on Dec. 10 at CHI Health Center in the champion’s native Omaha, Nebraska, Crawford told ESPN on Thursday. The fight will be available on BLK Prime for $39.95, a spokesperson for the streaming service told ESPN.

10:34 AM ET Connor O’Halloran LONDON — Tyson Fury has said he rates Derek Chisora as highly as Oleksandr Usyk as he prepares for the trilogy fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December. Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) will defend his WBC heavyweight belt against Chisora (33-12, 23 KOs) in north London on Dec. 3.

6:56 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 Tyson Fury regularly takes aim at rival heavyweights and promoters he doesn’t work with, but no amount of talking is likely to silence the

Oct 20, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury has confirmed he will take on Derek Chisora in their trilogy fight on Dec. 3 at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Fury’s WBC heavyweight title. On Thursday, Fury tweeted confirmation of the bout, which will be streamed on ESPN+, as the two heavyweights face each other for the

7:45 AM ET Claressa Shields is back on top in the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings after a dominant victory over Savannah Marshall. With the victory, Shields (13-0, 2 KOs), became the undisputed middleweight champion for the second time. She is the first fighter, male or female, to be undisputed in the same division twice. She’s

Oct 15, 2022 While Katie Taylor continues to lead the way in the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings and Amanda Serrano solidified her No. 3 spot with a decision victory on Sept. 24, a few upcoming matchups are surely going to shake the top 10 based on the results. Taylor returns to the ring on Oct.

5:13 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco have agreed to terms for a 115-pound title unification on Dec. 31 in Japan, sources told ESPN. Ioka (29-2, 15 KOs) holds the WBO junior bantamweight title, while Franco (18-1-2, 8 KOs) was elevated by the WBA in August after its super champion, Juan Francisco