Sports / Boxing

Klitschko aims to face Briggs after Jennings bout 20 Jan 2015 - 02:46 pm

Briggs and Klitschko BERLIN--World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has said he wants to finally meet taunter Shannon Briggs of the United States in...

Klitschko set to fight Jennings in New York 19 Jan 2015 - 07:59 pm

Wladimir Klitschko BERLIN--World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is set to defend his titles against undefeated USA boxer Bryant Jennings at New York's Madison...

Muhammad Ali released from hospital 07 Jan 2015 - 05:32 pm

LOUISVILLE--Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has been released from the hospital after being treated for a urinary tract infection, media reports said Wednesday. Ali,...

Stevenson puts title on line against Sukhotsky 19 Dec 2014 - 12:45 am

MONTREAL: Hard-hitting Adonis Stevenson puts his World Boxing Council light heavyweight title on the line today for a third time when he faces...

Mayweather wants Pacquiao on May 2 15 Dec 2014 - 10:52 am

LOS ANGELES: US boxer Floyd Mayweather says he is willing to fight Manny Pacquiao next May in a blockbuster world title fight but...

24-carat Khan to wear sport’s most expensive shorts 13 Dec 2014 - 05:33 am

LONDON: Britain’s Amir Khan (pictured) will wear boxing’s “most expensive shorts” when he steps into the ring to face Devon Alexander in a...

Fury has Klitschko in sights 30 Nov 2014 - 09:38 pm

LONDON: Tyson Fury (pictured) has WBA, IBF and WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko in his sights after beating Dereck Chisora in their world title...

Crawford keeps lightweight crown 30 Nov 2014 - 09:38 pm

OMAHA, Usa: Terence Crawford retained his World Boxing Organization lightweight title and kept his undefeated record intact with a unanimous decision over the...

Pacquiao tastes defeat after ring triumph 27 Nov 2014 - 12:07 am

MANILA: World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao resumed his Philippine pro basketball career yesterday with a crushing defeat that extended his team’s losing streak...

Mayweather fight must be now or never, says Pacquiao 26 Nov 2014 - 12:00 am

MANILA: Manny Pacquiao is open to taking a smaller purse in a dream match-up with undefeated American Floyd Mayweather, the Philippine boxing hero’s...

Pacquiao beats Algieri to retain welterweight title 25 Nov 2014 - 07:22 am

Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines (right) punches Chris Algieri of the United States during their World Boxing Organisation welterweight title bout at the...

Vargas retains WBA super lightweight crown 25 Nov 2014 - 07:19 am

MACAU: American Jessie Vargas outpointed his Mexican rival Antonio DeMarco on Sunday to retain his World Boxing Association super lightweight title in a...

Mayweather told ‘no excuses’, fight Pacquiao 25 Nov 2014 - 07:18 am

MACAU: Manny Pacquiao, his promoter and his trainer all threw down the gauntlet to Floyd Mayweather after the Filipino boxer comprehensively battered the...

IBF: Klitschko knocks out Pulev 17 Nov 2014 - 08:56 am

HAMBURG: World heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko knocked out Bulgarian challenger Kubrat Pulev with a fierce left hook in the fifth round on Saturday...

Pacquiao pace, skills will be too much for Algieri: Roach 10 Nov 2014 - 11:09 pm

New York: American challenger Chris Algieri represents a younger, hungrier generation of boxers hoping to take down Manny Pacquiao (pictured) but the world...

Age is just a number for history-making Hopkins 08 Nov 2014 - 08:27 am

ATLANTIC CITY, United States: Unlike other boxers who seem to age a little with each punch they absorb, Bernard Hopkins is still a...

Indian Asian Games medal snub boxer suspended 22 Oct 2014 - 11:19 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Sarita Devi was yesterday provisionally suspended by the sport’s world governing body after refusing to accept her bronze medal...

Walters KOs Donaire for WBA featherweight title 19 Oct 2014 - 10:17 pm

LOS ANGELES: Undefeated Jamaican Nicholas Walters knocked out Filipino star Nonito Donaire with one second remaining in the sixth round yesterday to win...