Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford squared off in a super middleweight contest earlier tonight (Sat. Sept. 13, 2025) live on Netflix inside Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. After 12 entertaining rounds of action, Crawford was named the winner via unanimous decision. Crawford opened the fight by flashing his jab. Alvarez pressed early but didn’t throw a shot in the …
Read More »
Terence Crawford has proved the doubters wrong. The former two-division undisputed champion moved up two weight classes and outworked Saul “Canelo” Alvarez over 12 rounds to become undisputed champion for a third time in his career. The early rounds saw Alvarez alternate between attempts to land thudding counterpunches and body shots. Crawford was settled into trying to force the action …
Read More »
Andreas HaleSep 14, 2025, 01:48 AM ET Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior …
Read More »
Tale of the tape Here’s how the fighters measure up ahead of tonight’s showdown. Both Canelo and Crawford came in a half-pound below the super middleweight divisional limit at Friday’s official weigh-in, which took place behind closed doors with the fighters in separate rooms. But for all the (very valid) talk about Crawford moving up two weight classes and Álvarez …
Read More »
By Sean Gentille, Shayna Goldman and Dom Luszczyszyn This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices, teams, franchises and much more. If you’ve ever wondered how challenging it can be to assemble our NHL Player Tiers, take it from two of our returning panelists. “Every year, it gets a little …
Read More »
Claressa Shields retained her undisputed women’s heavyweight championship with a commanding unanimous decision over Lani Daniels on Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The judges scored the bout 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91 in favor of Shields, who improved to 17-0 (3 KOs). It marked the third straight main event appearance in Detroit for the 30-year-old Flint native and …
Read More »
Eric WoodyardJul 27, 2025, 12:50 AM ET Close Eric Woodyard covers the Detroit Lions for ESPN. He joined ESPN in September 2019 as an NBA reporter dedicated to the Midwest region before switching to his current role in April 2021. The Flint, Mich. native is a graduate of Western Michigan University and has authored/co-authored three books: “Wasted,” “Ethan’s Talent Search” …
Read More »
Undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has been ordered by the WBO to begin negotiations with mandatory challenger Joseph Parker. The Ukrainian, 38, unified the division for a second time on 19 July with a fifth-round stoppage of Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium. New Zealand’s Parker beat Zhilei Zhang to win the WBO interim belt in March 2024. Both parties have …
Read More »
Tom Aspinall is ready to finally get his hands on Ciryl Gane. UFC CEO Dana White announced on Tuesday that Aspinall defends his undisputed heavyweight title for the first time against Gane in the main event of UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi. On his Instagram, Aspinall reacted to the news, and then claimed that Gane had turned down multiple fight …
Read More »
London AP — Oleksandr Usyk disagreed with the idea that he’s become one of boxing’s all-time greats, but the evidence is mounting after his fifth-round knockout of Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. The victory, sealed with a crunching left hook to Dubois’ jaw, made Usyk the undisputed world heavyweight champion for a second time. The undefeated southpaw retained …
Read More »