7:48 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Devin Haney pressed forward and threw shots with bad intentions, pinning his sparring partner along the ropes. Weeks before Haney traveled to Australia for his second consecutive fight against George Kambosos Jr., he was putting the finishing touches on his American training camp, his first as undisputed

Oct 11, 2022 Rising prospect Gabriela Fundora (9-0, 4 KO) beat Naomi Arellano Reyes (9-2, 5 KO) in a flyweight contest last Saturday, but felt short of being ranked in ESPN’s divisional rankings. The 20-year-old Fundora, one of ESPN’s 25-under-25 fighters, is inching her way toward a title shot and potentially a Top 5 spot

7:45 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall headline an all-women card at the O2 in London on Saturday (ESPN+, 2:30 p.m. ET) in a fight to crown the undisputed middleweight champion. Shields and Marshall are the best two fighters in the division — and two of the best in the entire

5:07 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 Naoya Inoue will attempt to become undisputed world bantamweight champion when he faces Paul Butler at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday,

11:02 AM ET Conor Benn has said he expects an apology from critics as UK Anti-Doping continues its investigation into his failed drug test. Benn’s bout with Chris Eubank Jr. was called off last week after he tested positive for the banned substance clomifene, a fertility drug for women which can boost testosterone levels in

Oct 10, 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 Saturday’s undisputed middleweight world title fight against Claressa Shields will be the biggest moment of Savannah Marshall’s career — and she admits she may

7:47 AM ET Deontay Wilder is not a big fan of roller coasters, but that didn’t stop him from enjoying a vacation to Universal Studios in Southern California following the epic trilogy that was his last fight against Tyson Fury. It was a group outing that featured his fiancée, Telli Swift, eight kids, a nanny

7:02 PM ET Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney will face George Kambosos Jr. this weekend in a rematch of their bout in June that Haney won by unanimous decision to secure all four belts. The rematch, like the first fight, will be contested in Melbourne, Australia — Haney’s home country — on Saturday (ESPN, 10:30

3:47 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The rescheduled unified light heavyweight championship fight between Artur Beterbiev and Anthony Yarde is being planned for Jan. 28 in London, promoter Frank Warren told IFL TV on Monday. First, Yarde must emerge victorious — and uninjured — from a Nov. 19 tuneup bout in the U.K. against an opponent

7:23 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora are in the process of finalizing a Dec. 3 trilogy fight in the United Kingdom for Fury’s WBC heavyweight title, sources told ESPN. Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs), the WBC heavyweight champion, claimed he was retired following a sixth-round TKO victory over Dillian Whyte in April,