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What Mike Tyson, Jake Paul body language reveals about the boxers and their behavior

Posted: September 22, 2024 at 10:22 pm   /   Sports

Six body language experts reviewed video of Mike Tyson and Jake Paul facing off at AT&T Stadium, where they're scheduled to fight Nov. 15. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

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Trump again decries two gold medalist Olympic athletes, falsely labeling the female boxers as men

Posted: August 17, 2024 at 10:22 pm   /   Sports

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday again decried two gold medalist Olympic athletes, falsely labeling the female boxers as men. Trump made the comments while speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania and pledging to “keep men out of women's sports,” turned his attention to the recently concluded Olympic Games and the case of two […]

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For Paris Olympics organizers, female designation in passport key for boxers after world champs DQs

Posted: July 30, 2024 at 10:21 am   /   Sports

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday defended the right of two athletes to compete in women’s boxing despite being judged last year to have failed gender eligibility tests at the world championships. Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, who is a two-time world champion, and Imane Khelif of Algeria are both competing at their second Olympics. “Everyone […]

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Trainer Lamar Wright fighting to get his boxer’s $4K purse from Matchroom Sport after July 15 bout in Detroit

Posted: September 19, 2023 at 10:22 am   /   Sports

Boxer Angelo Snow has not been paid the $ 4,000 purse he said he's owed by Matchroom Sport for his July 15 fight with Jemarco Holloway. A dispute has arisen over returned tickets taken on commission. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

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Putin’s spies recruiting boxers and football hooligans as Moldova braces for protests

Posted: May 7, 2023 at 10:19 am   /   World

EXCLUSIVE: Moldova’s security forces are working to thwart pro-Russian forces in the country, with mass Kremlin-backed protests expected to descend on the capital on Sunday, May 7. Daily Express :: World Feed

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Libya’s boxers recover from Kadhafi-era knockout

Posted: March 17, 2023 at 10:22 am   /   Sports

Omar Zlitni holds a decades-old, black-and-white photo of himself as a boxer in his prime, posing in shorts and a training vest before Libya's then-dictator, Moamer Kadhafi, banned his beloved sport.Following Libya's 2011 revolution, in which Kadhafi was ousted and killed, Zlitni reunited with former fighters and worked to revive boxing, re-establishing the national federation […]

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Cuban boxers set for professional comeback after 60 years

Posted: May 19, 2022 at 10:22 am   /   Sports

Cuban boxers will compete in their nation's first professional contest in six decades on Friday, eager to draw on their Olympic success to stage a victorious comeback. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

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Iraqi women boxers aim sucker punch at gender taboos

Posted: January 6, 2022 at 9:22 am   /   Sports

Iraqi boxer Bushra al-Hajjar jumps into the ring, gloves raised to eye level, and strikes out at her sparring partner. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

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Shakur Stevenson’s advice for young boxers

Posted: June 12, 2021 at 10:22 am   /   Sports

Shakur Stevenson is a brilliant overall talent who, even early in his development, is already one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

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Fights resume in Nicaragua because ‘boxers have to eat’

Posted: April 26, 2020 at 10:22 am   /   Sports

With the world pretty much devoid of sports events because of the coronavirus pandmeic, boxing resumed in Nicaragua on Saturday night with a televised eight-fight card in front of a live, though sparse audience in Managua. The three deaths (reported so far by the Ministry of Health) came from outside and nobody within the country […]

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