Sports / Boxing

Santa Cruz retains boxing title 10 Mar 2014 - 12:25 am

LAS VEGAS: Leo Santa Cruz (left), dominated former champion Cristian Mijares to retain his World Boxing Council title with a 12-round unanimous decision...

Wembley Stadium to host Froch-Groves re-match 05 Mar 2014 - 02:14 am

LONDON: Wembley Stadium will host the re-match between WBA and IBF super-middleweight champion Carl Froch and George Groves on May 31 with promoters...

Ali’s gloves fetch $860,500 at auction 24 Feb 2014 - 09:12 am

Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay (left) and Sonny Liston face off in a WBA/WBC World Heavyweight fight in this Miami Herald photo taken...

Huck KOs Arslan to defend title 27 Jan 2014 - 12:35 am

German WBO boxing champion Marco Huck and his coach Uli Wegner after his victory over challenger Firat Arslan in Stuttgart. BERLIN: Germany’s Marco...

Boxing: British travel ban floors Tyson 11 Dec 2013 - 01:25 pm

LONDON: Former world heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson has been forced to cancel appearances in London after discovering he is banned from entering...

Stevenson stops Bellew to retain WBC title 02 Dec 2013 - 11:27 am

QUEBEC CITY: Canadian southpaw Adonis Stevenson retained his World Boxing Council light-heavyweight world title yesterday with a sixth-round technical knockout of Britain’s Tony...

Boxing: Pacquiao floored in tax fight 27 Nov 2013 - 10:03 am

MANILA: Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao said yesterday authorities had frozen all his domestic bank accounts over allegations of unpaid taxes from lucrative...

Victorious Pacquiao to visit typhoon-hit Tacloban 26 Nov 2013 - 12:14 pm

MACAU: Manny Pacquiao (pictured) has pledged to visit the areas of the Philippines worst hit by Typhoon Haiyan in the next few days...

Dominant Pacquiao beats Rios in comeback fight 25 Nov 2013 - 10:44 am

MACAU, CHINA: Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao made a triumphant comeback to the ring yesterday with an overwhelming points victory over Brandon Rios...

Froch open to Groves rematch after controversial victory 25 Nov 2013 - 10:42 am

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: World super-middleweight champion Carl Froch said he would consider a rematch with George Groves after what the beaten challenger called...

Beckham roots for Pacquiao 24 Nov 2013 - 11:19 am

MACAU: Asian boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao will not only have the support of a Filipino-packed crowd when he fights Brandon Rios today, but...

Ward stays unbeaten with unanimous decision win 18 Nov 2013 - 02:07 pm

LOS ANGELES: World champion Andre Ward made a triumphant return after a 14-month layoff, downing Dominican challenger Edwin Rodriguez by unanimous decision in...

Boxing: Donaire stops Darchinyan in dramatic style 11 Nov 2013 - 10:40 am

CORPUS CHRISTI, United States: Filipino star Nonito Donaire stopped Australian-based Armenian southpaw Vic Darchinyan in the ninth round of a 10-round non-title bout...

Bradley edges Marquez to retain WBO belt 14 Oct 2013 - 12:01 am

LAS VEGAS:Timothy Bradley battled to a split-decision triumph over Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday to retain his World Boxing Organization welterweight title. Bradley...

Lewis rules out comeback 12 Oct 2013 - 07:35 am

LONDON: Lennox Lewis took to Twitter yesterday to deny a report in Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper he was considering returning to the ring...

Klitschko eyes improvement after victory over Povetkin 07 Oct 2013 - 10:03 am

MOSCOW: Undisputed world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has said he wants to improve despite retaining his titles with a unanimous points win over...

Boxing: Stevenson stops Cloud for light-heavyweight title 29 Sep 2013 - 11:20 pm

MONTREAL: Haitian-born Canadian Adonis Stevenson defended his World Boxing Council light-heavyweight title on Saturday night by stopping US former world champion Tavoris Cloud...

FILA World Wrestling Championships in Hungary 22 Sep 2013 - 12:27 am

Jordan Robert Holm of the US (in red) and Finland’s Rami Antero Hietaniemi wrestle during the men’s Greco-Roman style 84 kg category qualification...