Boxing

1:17 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The Errol Spence Jr.-Terence Crawford undisputed welterweight championship fight is in jeopardy because of a lingering dispute regarding the contract, sources told ESPN. If the pay-per-view fight set for Las Vegas is finalized, it won’t take place on the targeted date of Nov. 19 but rather in December or even

Ebanie Bridges will make the first defense of her IBF bantamweight title on Dec. 10 when she takes on Shannon O’Connell in Leeds, England. The fight will be on the undercard of the Josh Warrington-Luis Alberto Lopez IBF featherweight title fight. Bridges (8-1, 3 KO) last fought in January, when she defeated Maria Cecilia Roman

ESPN Africa and Celeb City announced that they have entered into an agreement that will see the second instalment of the popular celebrity boxing exhibition air exclusively on the pan-African sports broadcaster. Taking place at the Sun Bet Arena in Tshwane on Saturday October 1, fans across the continent will be able to watch the

BIRDSVILLE, Australia — A sea of beer can-clenching, rowdy folk in flannelette shirts and cowboy hats are huddled in near darkness at Fred Brophy’s feet. The Australian outback icon is fitted out in his customary red shirt, faded blue jeans and dark brown boots, crouching on a raised platform and beating a bass drum as

3:08 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Sunny Edwards will defend his 112-pound title against Felix Alvarado on Nov. 11 in Sheffield, England, the champion’s promoter, Probellum, announced on Thursday. Edwards (18-0, 4 KOs) was in talks for a title unification bout with Julio Cesar Martinez, ESPN’s No. 1 flyweight, but no deal was reached. Instead, Edwards

Seniesa Estrada will defend her WBA strawweight title against Jazmin Gala Villarino in a co-feature bout on Nov. 12, the first fight of her contract with Top Rank, a source told ESPN on Wednesday. The 30-year-old Estrada (22-0, 9 KO) will be fighting for the first time in 2022. She last fought on Dec. 18,

Jake Paul returns to the ring to face former UFC middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva in the main event of a Showtime PPV event at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona on Satuday, Oct. 29. Paul made his professional boxing debut in January 2020 with a first-round TKO victory over fellow YouTuber Ali Eson

Women’s boxing titlists Natasha Jonas and Marie-Eve Dicaire are one step closer to bringing all the belts in the junior middleweight division together. Jonas and Dicaire have agreed to a unification fight on Nov. 12 in Manchester, England, putting Jonas’ WBC and WBO and Dicaire’s IBF titles on the line. It’s been a busy 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. 29 to defend

Five years have passed since Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor met in the ring, in what was one of the most lucrative boxing fights in history. And now, we are talking about a possible rematch. While it looks like a long shot at the moment, there was a time when we thought the same thing

Dillian Whyte has called out Anthony Joshua, offering to step in to fight the former heavyweight champion in December in place of Tyson Fury. Fury ended his interest in a long-awaited bout with Joshua when his self-imposed deadline to sign a contract for a proposed Dec.3 fight passed on Monday. 1 Related Fury (32-0-1, 23

WBO junior featherweight champion Segolene Lefebvre has pulled out of the second defense of her title in October due to a right hand injury she suffered in sparring. Lefebvre posted the news on Instagram on Monday, saying she had to have “emergency surgery for a dislocated fracture of the first metacarp,” according to a translation

3:41 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said on Instagram that a self-imposed 5 p.m. Monday deadline in the United Kingdom has passed without a signed contract returned from Anthony Joshua for a proposed Dec. 3 bout in Cardiff, Wales, and that he’s now pulled the deal off the table. Fury made the

Cris Cyborg won her first boxing match Sunday night. The legendary women’s MMA fighter crossed over into the ring and beat boxing journeywoman Simone Silva via decision at Fight Music Show in Cyborg’s hometown of Curitiba, Brazil. The bout went all eight rounds. It remains unclear whether it will count as a pro bout or

LOS ANGELES — Umar Kremlev will remain the president of the International Boxing Association after the amateur sport’s governing body voted against holding a new election Sunday, a decision that puts the Olympic future of boxing in serious doubt. The International Olympic Committee issued a statement saying it was “extremely concerned” about the Olympic future

Floyd Mayweather is still winning boxing matches, even if they won’t go on his official pro record. The legendary boxer stopped Japanese MMA fighter and YouTuber Mikuru Asakura at the end of the second round with a big right hand on Sunday’s Rizin Fighting Federation card in Saitama, Japan. It was Mayweather’s second exhibition match

7:14 PM 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 MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — Joe Joyce provided more proof he is ready for a world heavyweight title shot by coming through a fierce fight to

7:27 PM 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 MANCHESTER, England — Amanda Serrano resumed normal service on Saturday, responding to her second professional defeat earlier this year by picking up another world