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Chris Eubank Jr dealt fellow-Briton Conor Benn a first professional career defeat after winning a thrilling middleweight grudge match on a unanimous points decision on Saturday. All three judges scored the non-title fight 116-112 after a pulsating 12-round slugfest, both fighters setting a ferocious pace as they went toe-to-toe in front of 65,000 at London’s…
Chris Eubank Jr. avoided another fine ahead of his middleweight bout with Conor Benn on Saturday by staying under the contractually agreed fight-day weight limit. The British rivals satisfied their fight-day rehydration clause — requiring them to not exceed 170 pounds — when Eubank Jr. weighed in at 169.4 pounds and Benn at 165 pounds,…
Chris Eubank Jr will be fined £375,000 ($499,000) after failing to reach the correct weight ahead of his grudge fight against British rival Conor Benn on Saturday. Eubank Jr had two attempts at weighing in at 160lb, missing his first try by 0.2lb before falling short again by 0.05lb. The 35-year-old faces the fine after…
Chris Eubank Jr changed his approach on Thursday, talking about his feelings instead of his opponent in the highly-anticipated press conference ahead of the grudge bout against British rival Conor Benn. The pair’s long feud escalated in February when Eubank Jr. slapped Benn with an egg at an event to promote the bout at Tottenham…
The Indian boxing contingent ended their campaign at the World Boxing Cup with an impressive haul of six medals, including a gold won by Hitesh, at Foz Do Iguacu in Brazil. It’s India’s first-ever outing in an elite-level international meet organised by World Boxing. Hitesh became the first Indian boxer to clinch a gold medal…
National champion Hitesh displayed exceptional tactical awareness to pack off France’s Makan Traore 5:0 in the 70kg bout to become the first Indian boxer to reach the finals of the World Boxing Cup Brazil 2025 at Foz Do Iguacu on Thursday. The Indian pugilist adopted a cautious approach at the start against Olympian Traore but…
India’s Manish Rathore, Hitesh and Abhinash Jamwal registered commanding victories to storm into the semifinals of their respective weight categories in the World Boxing Cup Brazil 2025 on Wednesday. In the 65 kg category, Jamwal tamed Germany’s Denis Bril with a unanimous decision while Hitesh defeated Italy’s Gabriele Guidi Rontani in a similar manner in…
A resilient display under pressure allowed national champion Jadumani Singh Mandengbam to overcome the formidable Ellis Trowbridge of Great Britain to reach the semifinals of the 50kg category at the World Boxing Cup Brazil 2025 on Tuesday. Trowbridge, the 2024 World Boxing Cup Finals silver medallist, began the bout in his usual aggressive style, but…
Sebastian Fundora stopped Chordale Booker in the fourth round on Saturday to retain his World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) super welterweight world titles in Las Vegas. Fundora, the six-foot, six-inch southpaw dubbed the “Towering Inferno,” made a convincing first defense of the titles he claimed last March with a split-decision victory…
“No one moves on so quickly in life,” Nikhat Zareen said, her voice heavy with the weight of her painful Paris Olympics experience. Struggling with a knee injury after Paris and the looming uncertainty surrounding the sport’s future in the Olympics, the two-time World Champion found herself grappling with the thought that her dream of…
