Boxing

When Teofimo Lopez stepped into the ring to face Vasiliy Lomachenko in a lightweight title unification fight, the stakes seemed simple enough. If Lopez upset one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighters, he would immediately position himself as one of the best in the 135-pound division, and one of boxing’s biggest attractions. When Lopez won

6:39 PM ET WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney said he doesn’t believe his mandatory challenger, Ryan Garcia, is willing to fight him next, and he’s begun shifting his attention to a potential bout with unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez for all the belts in the division. Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) is coming off a seventh-round

1:30 PM ET The WBA has ordered a unification fight between lightweight titleholder Devin Haney and interim belt holder Ryan Garcia, but Garcia wants to face Gervonta Davis next. Can that fight happen? Will the division champion, Teofimo Lopez, instead face Haney to really unify all four belts? In his win over Luke Campbell, Garcia

8:58 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN I cover sports for a living, but I’ve been a fan of sports — particularly boxing — much longer than I’ve been in the field as a journalist. On the weekends, especially growing up, fights were an event in my household. My mom would cook the best food, we would

6:30 AM 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 David Avanesyan’s European welterweight title fight with Josh Kelly has been postponed again after professional boxing in the United Kingdom was suspended for January

8:32 PM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Cameron Wolfe Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post Graduate of the University of Houston A native of Jackson, Miss. Ryan

7:47 PM ET Ryan Garcia was carried to the ring like boxing royalty Saturday night, and he left having proved his “King Ryan” persona has more behind it than impressive YouTube videos and 7.8 million Instagram followers. Garcia stopped Luke Campbell with a body shot in the seventh round before about 6,000 fans at American

3:09 PM ET Lightweight sensation Ryan Garcia takes on Luke Campbell for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title in the main event of a DAZN card at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday. Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) has won four of his past five fights by stoppage, including an impressive first-round KO over

7:15 PM ET Ryan Garcia proved he’s worthy of the hype. Garcia survived an early knockdown to pick up a stunning seventh-round TKO victory over former title challenger Luke Campbell at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday night. Garcia dropped Campbell for good with a big left hook to the body that sent

5:55 PM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. From the moment the fight was announced, Ryan Garcia vs. Luke Campbell was going to boil down to one major talking point: whether or not Garcia is ready to step up and prove he’s the real deal as an elite boxer and not just a social media star. But

7:15 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN SAN DIEGO — It’s not what I’d expect of a Gen Z playlist, much less from a fighter losing himself in the imagined aggressions of shadowboxing: “Married Life,” better known as the theme from “Up”; Debussy’s “Clair de Lune”; and Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major. “It calms

8:57 AM ET By the time we reach the weekend, the calendar will flip to 2021. The new year in the boxing world kicks off right away on Saturday, as one of the sport’s most intriguing prospects, Ryan Garcia, vies for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title against Luke Campbell. The action is set to

6:24 PM ET WBC and IBF light heavyweight titlist Artur Beterbiev’s Jan. 30 fight against Adam Deines has been postponed after Beterbiev tested positive for COVID-19. The 35-year-old was scheduled to make his fourth defense of the IBF title and first defense of the WBC title he won in 2019 by TKO over Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

8:45 AM 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 Luke Campbell has dismissed the training videos Ryan García posted on his popular social media channels as irrelevant. Campbell insists that his elite-level experience,

1:07 PM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Cameron Wolfe Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post Graduate of the University of Houston A native of Jackson, Miss. Add

8:26 AM ET Canelo Alvarez put on a show against Callum Smith on Saturday to become a unified super middleweight champion. The unanimous decision victory showed off Canelo’s abilities as he outmaneuvered a much taller fighter with an unmatched heart, finding the key range that let him capitalize on every mistake. But was that win

8:45 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Yes, of course it is a mismatch. It’s true that Logan Paul, at 6-foot-2 and around 200 pounds, will have some 50 pounds and 6 inches on Floyd Mayweather Jr. when they share a boxing ring on Feb. 20, 2021. But don’t fear for the safety of Mayweather. He has

12:43 AM ET Canelo Alvarez was seven inches shorter than Callum Smith on Saturday night. He had an eight-inch reach disadvantage. He hadn’t fought in over a year. And he had absolutely no problem taking out his opponent. The heavy favorite cashed with ease, beating Smith by unanimous decision thanks to a heavy dose of