At the women’s world boxing championships in New Delhi, three Indian boxers secured their spots in the semifinals, including Nikhat Zareen, who is the reigning world champion. Lovlina Borgohain, who won an Olympic bronze medal, also confirmed a semifinal spot. Nitu Ganghas and Saweety Boora continued India’s strong run through the tournament, and all four […]
On Sunday, Nikhat Zareen secured a pre-quarterfinal berth in the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi by out-punching top seed Roumaysa Boualam of Algeria. The Indian boxer, who won gold in the last edition, beat the reigning African champion with a 5-0 unanimous verdict, marking her second win in the tournament. During the match, […]
Indian boxers continued their triumphant march at home, with three pugilists advancing to the pre-quarters stage, each with a unique fighting style and contrasting wins at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi on Saturday. The sublime Nitu Ganghas, who previously lost in the quarter-finals, began her campaign with a resounding RSC win over […]
Tim Tszyu defeats Tony Harrison to become the new world champion. Tim Tszyu, the son of boxing superstar Kostya Tszyu, defeated Tony Harrison in Sydney by knockout in the ninth round to win the interim WBO super-welterweight title. After vicious blows to Harrison’s head and torso from Tszyu, who had been leading on points, the […]
Tim Tszyu defeated Tony Harrison on Sunday at the Sydney Arena to take home the WBO super welterweight interim title. Tszyu is the son of boxer Kostya Tszyu, a former world champion. In January, Tszyu, 22-0 with 16 knockouts, was initially scheduled to face Jermell Charlo, the undisputed world champion. Nevertheless, Tszyu fought Harrison because […]
The HBO Sports executive vice president, Peter Nelson, announced on Thursday that it would stop covering boxing at the end of 2018. The 45-year run of HBO supporting the boxing franchise will end with 1,111 fights aired on the network. HBO released a statement citing why they are deciding to distance themselves from boxing. “Our […]
Johny Hendricks was truly a welterweight champion in the world of MMA. Hendricks was a UFC Champion and was in his prime from 2009 up until his early retirement earlier this year. His last fight was at UFC 217 in November with a loss to middleweight Paulo Costa. On The MMA Hour earlier this week, […]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0) recently announced that he plans to come out of retirement for a rematch against Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2). The fight is aimed to take place in December. The last time the two faced off, Mayweather won in a unanimous decision, earning him a $220 million reward. That fight made an astounding 4.6 […]
Dana White, the UFC President, just declared that Nicco Montaño is no longer the UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion. Montaño (4-2-0) was scheduled to fight Peruvian-Kyrgyz Valentina Shevchenko (15-3-0) on Saturday at UFC 228 in Dallas, Texas. White announced the cancellation at the FS1 UFC 228 show on Friday. Montaño was cutting weight early Friday and […]
“The Notorious” Connor McGregor is reportedly in negotiations for a return to UFC. The lightweight champion has not been in professional UFC competition since November 2016, when he became a two-weight champion. His longtime trainer, John Kavanagh, revealed to ESPN that the lightweight champion has once again found his competitive spark. “I do see [McGregor] very hungry, coming down to regular […]
