Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 30, 2023, 06:47 PM ET Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, announced on social media on Friday that he’ll fight Jermell Charlo rather than his twin brother, Jermall, on Sept. 30 in Las Vegas, the first meeting of undisputed champions in the four-belt era. Alvarez holds all four super middleweight titles while Charlo

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 30, 2023, 07:39 AM ET Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua comprise the core of boxing’s glamor division, but three of those heavyweights will be 35 years of age and older by the time August rolls into September. Joshua turns 34 in October and hasn’t won a major fight

Jun 29, 2023, 07:52 AM ET Editor’s note: This is the first installment in our “How to Fix Boxing” series. Mike Coppinger, Ben Baby and Michael Rothstein will address the biggest challenges in the sport and discuss solutions with fighters, promoters and others with hopes of providing realistic solutions. ARLINGTON, Texas — The annoyance was

Jun 29, 2023, 06:58 AM ET The fight between Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce in April was stopped in the sixth round when the British fighter’s eye was swollen completely shut. James Chance/Getty Images Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce will meet in a rematch at Wembley’s OVO Arena on Sept. 23, it was announced today. Joyce

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 01:24 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Jessica McCaskill is returning to the ring and is starting to attempt to regain the undisputed welterweight championship. McCaskill, the WBC and

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 11:00 AM ET Ashton Sylve, the teen boxing prospect under Jake Paul’s promotional banner, will get the toughest test of his early career this summer. The undefeated, 19-year-old rising star will face 34-fight veteran William Silva on Aug. 5 in Dallas on the undercard of the Jake Paul

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 07:36 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. IT STARTED WITH $25 to purchase a sewing machine off Craigslist when she was in her twenties, fulfilling a desire that has

Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close Ben Baby ESPN Staff Writer Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 25, 2023, 01:32 AM ET Carlos Adames scored a ninth-round stoppage of Julian Williams on Saturday in Minneapolis and now wants to be recognized as the WBC middleweight champion. Adames (22-1, 17 KOs), who holds the WBC interim middleweight title, told ESPN on Thursday that Jermall Charlo “needs to be stripped immediately”

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterJun 25, 2023, 12:57 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals