Sports / Boxing

Rahman brothers sue champ Mayweather 19 Oct 2014 - 06:31 am

LOS ANGELES: Unbeaten world champion Floyd Mayweather is being sued by two boxing brothers involved in sparring sessions shown in a television reality...

Gold for Indian boxer Kom but Devi refuses medal 02 Oct 2014 - 01:17 am

Bronze medallist Sarita Devi (right) of India presents her bronze medal to silver medallist Park Jina of South Korea during the medal ceremony...

India’s hopes of bigger haul fading fast after poor start 25 Sep 2014 - 08:57 am

Nepal’s Puma Bahadur Lama (left) throws a punch against India’s Akhil Kumar in the men’s light 60kg preliminaries session 2 at Seonhak Gymnasium...

Rival vows no easy ride for Pacquiao debut 21 Sep 2014 - 11:54 pm

MANILA: Manny Pacquiao will receive no special treatment on his first foray into professional basketball, a rival player has vowed, as the Philippine...

Stop blabbing and fight me, Pacquiao tells Mayweather 20 Sep 2014 - 11:02 pm

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines: Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao threw down a fresh challenge to Floyd Mayweather Jr on Thursday, daring the American world...

Relief for Indian boxers as AIBA recognise new federation 16 Sep 2014 - 11:56 pm

MUMBAI: The governing body of amateur boxing (AIBA) has given recognition to a newly-elected national federation in India, paving the way for fighters...

Mayweather retains belts despite ‘bite’ by Maidana 14 Sep 2014 - 11:39 pm

WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr of the US celebrates his victory over Marcos Maidana of Argentina at the MGM Grand Garden Arena...

Bey upsets Vazquez to clinch title 14 Sep 2014 - 11:33 pm

LAS VEGAS: American Mickey Bey won the IBF lightweight title yesterday with a 12-round split-decision victory over former champion Miguel Vazquez of Mexico....

Mayweather looking more vulnerable than ever 14 Sep 2014 - 12:40 am

LAS VEGAS: Known for his stingy defence, boxer Floyd Mayweather was looking more vulnerable than any other time in his career ahead of...

Mayweather prepares for ‘dirty’ Maidana rematch 10 Sep 2014 - 12:31 am

LOS ANGELES: Undefeated welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he expects Argentina’s Marcos Maidana to be “once again extremely dirty and wild” in their...

Japan’s little ‘Monster’ Inoue defends WBC title 06 Sep 2014 - 09:26 pm

Defending World Boxing Council light flyweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan holds the winner’s trophy after beating Thailand’s Samartklek Kokietgym during their title...

‘No headgear to help Thai boxers in Incheon’ 30 Aug 2014 - 10:16 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand are optimistic of collecting at least two Asian Games boxing gold medals next month and believe the decision by the sport’s...

Pacquiao won’t ‘waste time waiting’ for Mayweather bout 26 Aug 2014 - 09:18 pm

Manny Pacquiao (left) from the Philippines and Chris Algieri of the US pose during a promotional event of their next fight at a...

Boxing: Britain’s Brook wins IBF welterweight title 17 Aug 2014 - 08:40 pm

LOS ANGELES: England’s Kell Brook stretched his perfect record to 33 straight wins by beating Shawn Porter by a majority decision yesterday to...

Ageless Hopkins will face Kovalev to unify titles 04 Aug 2014 - 11:57 pm

NEW YORK: Age-defying Bernard Hopkins, trying to become an undisputed light heavyweight world champion at 50, will fight unbeaten Russian Sergey Kovalev in...

Ali’s ‘Fight of the Century’ gloves sell for nearly $400,000 01 Aug 2014 - 10:35 pm

DALLAS: The gloves that boxing great Muhammad Ali wore in his legendary 1971 fight against Joe Frazier in what became known as the...

Golovkin retains WBA title 28 Jul 2014 - 02:29 am

NEW YORK: Unbeaten Kazakh star Gennady Golovkin stopped Australian Daniel Geale in three brutal rounds yesterday to retain his World Boxing Association middleweight...

Garcia, Peterson to defend light-welterweight titles 25 Jun 2014 - 10:55 pm

NEW YORK: Undefeated Danny Garcia and rival world champion Lamont Peterson will defend their light-welterweight crowns on August 9, promoters announced yesterday, while...