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Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting and Algeria’s Imane Khelif both set to miss boxing’s world championships amid ongoing gender row. Published On 2 Sep 20252 Sep 2025 Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships starting this week, despite reportedly submitting her gender test results. Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif…
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is set to face the WBO’s interim heavyweight champion Joseph Parker. The WBO has ordered negotiations for a bout between its interim heavyweight champion Joseph Parker and the unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, the ruling body has said. Both parties have 30 days to agree on terms for a mandatory…
Tyson Fury says Oleksandr Usyk “knows” he is the only fighter who can beat him after the Ukrainian crushed Daniel Dubois to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion. Usyk produced an emphatic fifth-round finish against his British opponent at Wembley on Saturday to reclaim the IBF title, further cementing his status as one of boxing’s…
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P. T. Usha has constituted a three-member fact-finding committee to ascertain the reasons for the prolonged delay in conducting the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections and to recommend a roadmap to ensure fair and timely polls. The committee, formed on Friday, is chaired by IOA Treasurer Sahdev Yadav, with…
US immigration agents arrested Chavez earlier this week, with authorities alleging ties to Mexican cartel. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced she expects boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr to soon be deported from the United States to serve a sentence for arms trafficking and organised crime. Sheinbaum explained on Friday that Mexico has had an…
World Boxing says Algerian gold medallist must get genetic screening to compete in future events, including Olympics. Algeria’s Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening in order to participate in upcoming events, the sport’s governing body said, as it introduced mandatory sex testing for all boxers in its competitions. World Boxing announced…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, one of the most popular and highest-paid athletes, is set to face an unbeaten challenger, William Scull, in a highly anticipated boxing fight that will crown the men’s undisputed super middleweight champion of the world. The bout will take Alvarez to Saudi Arabia for the first time as part of his deal…
BOXING Seven Indians reach U-17 finals at Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships Six women were among the seven Indian boxers who booked their place in the U-17 finals as India continued its strong showing at the Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan. India now has 21 boxers, across the U-15 and…
Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois have confirmed they’ll fight again for the undisputed heavyweight championship in July. Both fighters posted details on the bout on Instagram on Sunday, confirming an earlier report that the fight will take place on July 19 at London’s Wembley Stadium. “This is the fight I wanted and demanded and now…
Fierce rivals go the distance in middleweight bout as their famous fathers watch on at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Chris Eubank Jr dealt fellow Briton Conor Benn a first career defeat after going the distance to win their middleweight grudge match on a unanimous points decision. All three judges scored the fight 116-112 after…
