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Mike Tyson isn't the villain anymore as the 58-year-old prepares to fight the much younger Jake Paul in a sanctioned pro bout in Texas.
3m readMike Tyson isn't in the mood for talking now that the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion's fight with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul is near.
2m readYouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul had to wait an extra four months for his high-profile match with 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
1m readSarah Ourahmoune, a silver medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games, has withdrawn her bid to become president of the French boxing federation.
Fiji boxer Ubayd Haider has died more than two weeks after collapsing at the end of an IBO Asia Pacific Super Featherweight title fight against Australia-based Chinese boxer Runqi Zhou.
Jaron Ennis defended his share of the 147-pound championship with a flat performance in front of his hometown, taking a unanimous decision victory over Ukrainian Karen Chukhadzhian.
3m readPhiladelphia native Jaron Ennis is set to defend his welterweight championship on Saturday night against Ukrainian Karen Chukhadzhian at the Wells Fargo Center.
2m readThe most successful boxing nation at the Paris Olympics has joined the new governing body that aims to keep the sport in the 2028 Los Angeles Games after years of turmoil outside the ring.
1m readFifty years after Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire, the fight still has lasting legacy in the country now known as Congo.
3m readOleksandr Usyk opened a briefcase, removed a photograph and walked over to Tyson Fury to get his heavyweight rival to sign it.
1m readArtur Beterbiev beat Dmitry Bivol by a points decision to become the first undisputed light heavyweight champion in the division for more than 20 years.
2m readFormer world champion Gennady Golovkin is taking a leading role in World Boxing.
1m readBoxing's marquee heavyweight division has been further shaken up by Daniel Dubois' dismantling of Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium.
2m readDaniel Dubois has retained the IBF heavyweight title by knocking out former two-time world champion Anthony Joshua in the fifth round in a dominant first defense of his belt.
2m readDaniel Dubois' trainer expects to be in the corner of the IBF heavyweight champion for the all-British fight against Anthony Joshua despite being bed-ridden by illness this week.
Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis are among the boxers from an elite club of heavyweight greats to be a three-time world champion.
3m readDaniel Dubois didn't have to dethrone anyone to become a world heavyweight champion.
3m readHeavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after being briefly detained at Krakow airport in Poland.
1m readSuper middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez outpointed challenger Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd at T-Mobile Arena.
2m readEdgar Berlanga has yet to taste defeat after 22 professional fights and he not only said he's intent on keeping his undefeated record intact.
2m readThe Algerian boxing federation that is home to Olympic champion Imane Khelif has joined the World Boxing group that wants to save the sport's place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
1m readJapanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue has retained his status as the undisputed world super-bantamweight champion after Irish challenger TJ Doheny dropped to his knee and quit in the seventh round because of an apparent back injury.
1m readThe Oasis reunion could come earlier than expected.
1m readThe brother of a boxer who had just been won a bout punched the trainer of a rival fighter during a chaotic melee in the ring following a televised bout at the Sydney Arena.
1m readFormer world champion Floyd Mayweather went the distance against John Gotti III in an exhibition fight in Mexico City.
John Gotti III is preparing for his rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Aug. 24 after their first fight ended in controversy. NewsdayTV's Carissa Kellman reports.
Mike Tyson says he is feeling good and has resumed training after a health scare forced the postponement of his boxing match against Jake Paul.
2m readThe French lawyer for Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment.
1m readWorld Boxing expects to expand its membership base to more than 50 national federations in the weeks after the conclusion of the tumultuous Paris Olympics.
3m readBoxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won a gold medal in the women's featherweight division at the Paris Olympics.
4m readUzbekistan's beloved head boxing coach was revived from apparent cardiac arrest by two members of Britain's training staff after celebrating his team's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics, his fighters confirmed.
2m readAlgerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
4m readAlgerian boxer Imane Khelif wins a gold medal at Paris Olympics after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex.
6m readCrowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif's fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faces online abuse over misconceptions about her sex.
2m readHasanboy Dusmatov held up two fingers and let out a triumphant scream after his hand was lifted in victory in Olympic boxing.
2m readBoxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women's featherweight division at the Paris Olympics.
3m readOleksandr Khyzhniak was one minute away from winning an Olympic gold medal three years ago when he was rocked by one miraculous punch from an inferior opponent.
2m readKellie Harrington is a most unusual boxing champion.
1m readBoxer Imane Khelif of Algeria has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women's welterweight division with a semifinal victory at the Paris Olympics amid scrutiny over misconceptions about her gender.
4m readCuba has been the top team in Olympic boxing for decades.
3m readThe International Boxing Association has raised new questions while struggling to answer others at a shambolic news conference about the opaque gender tests that led the Olympics-banned governing body to abruptly suspend Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting from last year's world championships.
4m readOlympic boxer Imane Khelif says the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender "harms human dignity."
4m readTerence Crawford's unanimous decision win over Israil Madrimov for the WBA super welterweight title on Saturday moves the consensus best pound-for-pound boxer in the world to a potential super fight against Canelo Álvarez.
2m readBoxer Cindy Ngamba has made history by becoming the first athlete competing as a refugee to clinch an Olympic medal.
2m readTwo-time gold medal-winning boxer Arlen López of Cuba was eliminated by Oleksandr Khyzhniak of Ukraine in the 80-kilogram semifinals at the Paris Olympics.
1m readThe Italian Boxing Federation says it will not accept any prize money from the banned International Boxing Association.
1m readOlympics organizers have again slammed arbitrary testing imposed on boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Tin that led to a storm of vitriol misidentifying the women as transgender or men.
2m readBoxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has clinched her first Olympic medal in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games.
2m readTerence Crawford, the consensus best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, defeated Israil Madrimov by unanimous decision to become a four-division champion.
3m readBoxer Imane Khelif of Algeria has clinched a medal at the Paris Olympics following days of sharp scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender have exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports.
4m readThe allegations that Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting failed an eligibility test for women's competition have been made by only the International Boxing Association.
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