Boxing

[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

[ad_1] 7:56 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 -- Anthony Joshua claimed his 20th consecutive knockout victim and reaffirmed his status as boxing's No. 1 heavyweight with a tenth round stoppage win over … [Read more...] about Joshua 'juggernaut' takes care of tenacious Takam

[ad_1] CARDIFF -- These pre-fight public weigh-ins are curious things. The folk in the front row of the Motorpoint Arena had queued for two hours to catch a glimpse of Anthony Joshua standing on a set of scales.With Joshua there was never going to be a flashpoint, or barbs being thrown in his opponent's direction like we saw in the run up to Floyd Mayweather's bout with Conor … [Read more...] about The curious convention of a boxing weigh-in

[ad_1] Even before former unified light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev lost for the second time in a row to Andre Ward in June, it was quite clear all was not well between the fighter and longtime trainer John David Jackson.Once Ward knocked Kovalev out in the eighth round, the writing was on the wall. The relationship was fractured, and Jackson was let go.On … [Read more...] about Kovalev hires Tursunpulatov as new trainer

[ad_1] Junior featherweight world titleholder Rey Vargas will make his second defense when he takes on Oscar Negrete in a battle of undefeated fighters on Dec. 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Friday.The fight will be televised on HBO (10 p.m. ET/PT) as the co-feature to the farewell fight of junior middleweight titleholder Miguel … [Read more...] about Vargas-Negrete battle of unbeatens on Dec. 2