Boxing

[ad_1] 4:48 AM ETNick ParkinsonClose•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 showCARDIFF -- After leaving Carlos Takam's face looking like it had been through a meat slicer on Saturday, IBF and WBA champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) talked about … [Read more...] about Hearn: I want three Joshua title defences in 2018

[ad_1] 8:42 AM ETNick ParkinsonClose•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 showCARDIFF -- It was not as easy for Anthony Joshua as many thought it would be as he disposed of the resilient Carlos Takam in a 10th round TKO in Cardiff.With the WBA and … [Read more...] about Five things we learnt from Joshua-Takam

[ad_1] Oct 27, 2017Isaac RobinsonESPN IBF world featherweight champion Lee Selby has welcomed the prospect of a mini-series with Josh Warrington and Carl Frampton.Wales' Selby is signed up to make the fourth defence of his crown in London on Dec. 9 -- sharing top billing with IBF world super-middleweight king James DeGale on a glitzy card at the Copper Box Arena.As Selby waits … [Read more...] about Selby closes on Warrington, Frampton clashes

[ad_1] PRINCIPALITY STADIUM, Cardiff -- The first reaction was booing. Then came the cheers as Anthony Joshua came into focus on the big screen hanging above the ring, the hero of the hour having secured a 10th-round win over Carlos Takam. But it was not the knockout that the crowd and the majority of the watching public expected.The general feeling in the Principality Stadium … [Read more...] about Anthony Joshua, the ring king of Cardiff

[ad_1] 6:05 PM ETNick ParkinsonClose•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 showCARDIFF, Wales -- Katie Taylor won a world title in her seventh professional fight after unanimously outpointing Anahi Sanchez in the undercard of the Anthony Joshua-Carlos … [Read more...] about Lightweight sensation Katie Taylor goes 10 rounds to win her first world title