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[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

[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