Time to admit Jake Paul is no joke as a boxer?
Is Jake Paul a great fighter? No, but he's developed his skills enough to be the deserved favorite against former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley on Sunday. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Olympics-Japanese boxer nurse revives Olympic dreams after opening show
Once thwarted by the pandemic, Japanese nurse Arisa Tsubata is reviving her dreams to compete in boxing at the Olympics. Tsubata emerged from a gritty gym on the outskirts of Tokyo onto the global stage on Friday, when she performed a solitary run on a treadmill at the opening ceremony, representing how athletes had to […]
Champion of tomorrow – Nigerian teen boxer sees glorious future
Skipping from one foot to the other in the tropical heat of Lagos, teenage boxer Tijani Abdulazeez dreams of greatness as he trains in the open air on a patch of dusty ground. Known to family, friends and fans as TJ, the 15-year-old's trophies already adorn the living room of his modest home in Alagbado, […]
What makes this boxer so entertaining?
Joe Smith Jr. is never going to win an award as the sport’s slickest boxer. But if you like your fighters to be fearless and go for the knockout, Smith is your guy. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Title bout called off after Russian boxer gets Covid-19
Saturday's scheduled title bout for the vacant World Boxing Organization light-heavyweight crown was postponed Thursday after Russian fighter Maxim Vlasov tested positive for Covid-19. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Hangman Albert Pierrepoint’s unlikely friendship with Princess Margaret’s boxer bodyguard
HANGMAN Albert Pierrepoint, one of British’s last executioners, had an unlikely friendship with Princess Margaret’s boxer bodyguard Chick ‘Cocky’ Knight, according to a new book. Daily Express :: Books Feed
Princess Margaret’s 20 stone boxer bodyguard who took down thugs outside Kensington Palace
PRINCESS MARGARET had a boxer bodyguard who saved a policeman from a beating by thugs outside Kensington Palace. Daily Express :: Books Feed
Champion boxer Shields switching to MMA
Claressa Shields, one of the best female boxers alive, has reportedly signed a contract with Professional Fighters League to become a mixed martial artist. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Boxer does CPR on man during weigh-ins
Boxer DeAndre Ware, who is also a firefighter and EMT, helped save the life of a Top Rank official who collapsed on Friday as fighters were weighing in. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Sport-On this day: Born May 17, 1956: Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
Boxers are often remembered for epic one-off fights or career-defining rivalries but few faced as many truly brilliant rivals as Sugar Ray Leonard or beat them with enough regularity to be considered peerless in a time of greats. Leonard, who turns 64 on Sunday, won six world titles in five weight divisions but his career […]