In the mid-1970s, Japanese pro-wrestling legend Antonio Inoki had a plan to make himself and his company, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, famous worldwide. Inoki embarked on a series of worked fights against ...

Terence Crawford, boxing's pound-for-pound king, announced his retirement from the sport on Tuesday evening with a perfect 42-0-0 record, with 31 wins coming by way of knockout. A five-division ...

There's plenty of boxing on tap for boxing fans around the world tonight. In the United Kingdom, Eddie Hearn's Matchroom is pitting British fighter Ben Whittaker against German boxer Benjamin Gavazi ...

Actor Keanu Reeves and supermodel Devon Aoki have more in common than fame, fortune and good looks—both are also part Asian. Known in popular culture by the Hawaiian term hapa (meaning "half"), people ...

Oleksandr Usyk called out Jake Paul on social media for a contest in mixed martial arts; Boxing's undisputed heavyweight champion of the world could be serious about the making the switch to a ...

Bare-knuckle boxing has a 173-year history that was put on pause back in 1892. A little over a century later, this legacy picked back up where it left off. Dallas-Fort Worth’s own mixed martial artist ...

India’s campaign at the World Boxing Championships was a tale of two extremes. While the women scripted history, delivering the country’s best-ever overseas showing, the men endured a humbling low, ...

Brett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features ...

Enter the Dragon 13 will bring Taiwan’s first taste of Dirty Boxing Sunday at Taipei Gymnasium, one highlight of a mixed-rules card blending new formats with traditional MMA. The undercard starts at ...

THERE were mixed fortunes for the Irish team on day one of the inaugural World Boxing World Championships in Liverpool. Paris Olympian Jennifer Lehane got the show on the road in some style against ...