Sports / Boxing

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...

Aggressive Cotto wins WBC middleweight title 09 Jun 2014 - 08:56 am

NEW YORK: Miguel Cotto used a furious start to win the World Boxing Council middleweight championship as title holder Sergio Martinez of Argentina...

Martinez defends title versus Cotto 08 Jun 2014 - 01:14 am

Boxers Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico (left) and Sergio Martinez of Argentina pose on stage during the weigh-in preceding their WBC middleweight title...

Froch may delay retirement to fulfil Las Vegas fight dream 02 Jun 2014 - 10:13 pm

British Boxer Carl Froch after knocking out George Groves (not pictured) during their IBF WBA Super Middleweight world title fight at Wembley Stadium...

Froch knocks out Groves to retain titles 02 Jun 2014 - 07:11 am

LONDON: Carl Froch landed the punch of his life to knock out George Groves in the eighth round and retain his WBA and...

Classy Huzam lands gold medal; Alouafi outshines Alghanem 29 May 2014 - 01:36 am

Qatar’s Huzam Nabah attacks with a left hook against Fahad Al Thani during their welterweight class bout on day two of the Doha...

Aderogba, Amer enter final round at Doha Open Championships 28 May 2014 - 12:47 am

Getachew Molla (in blue) lands a punch on Jomah Arbabi Othman during their bantam class bout on day one of the Doha Open...

Over 40 boxers to fight at Doha Open Championship 25 May 2014 - 11:28 pm

QBF President Yousuf Ali Al Kazim reveals details of the championship at a press conference in Doha yesterday. DOHA: Over 40 pugilists are...

‘Pacquiao-Mayweather bout will happen’ 24 May 2014 - 04:06 am

Caption LOS ANGELES: The prospect of a long awaited mega-bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao may have receded in recent years...

Veteran Marquez fights back to overcome Mike Alvarado 18 May 2014 - 10:09 pm

LOS ANGELES: Mexican veteran Juan Manuel Marquez rallied from a ninth-round knockdown to win a unanimous decision over Mike Alvarado in a 12-round...