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Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said Monday he had retired from boxing just weeks after suffering a second straight defeat at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk. “I’m going to make this short and sweet,” the British fighter said in a social media post. “I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing.” “It’s…
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Reigning champion Shiva Thapa began his title defence with a commanding win over Enayat Khan in welterweight (60-65kg) category at the 8th Elite Men’s National Boxing Championship in Bareilly on Thursday. Representing Assam, Thapa, who made history as the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics at 2012 London Games, defeated Enayat…
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File image of Lovlina Borgohain.© AFP Lovlina Borgohain is eyeing her third straight summer Olympics but will take it one step at a time from here on. Lovlina, who won a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics but returned empty-handed from Paris 2024, said Los Angeles 2028 was very much in her plans. “Tokyo…
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Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury were locked in a bad-tempered face-off for a full 11 minutes on Thursday as preparations for their heavyweight rematch turned serious. Defending champion Usyk and Fury, who suffered his first career defeat to the Ukrainian in May, stared each other down just inches (centimetres) apart and mostly in…
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Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul date and time: The highly anticipated heavyweight showdown between legendary boxer Mike Tyson and YouTuber Jake Paul will take place at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Friday (Nov 15). The professional bout, sanctioned by the Texas Licensing and Regulations Department, was initially scheduled for July 20 but was…
It wasn’t her day, acknowledged Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen dwelling on her shocking medal-less Olympic campaign but asserted that she would be back stronger with the help of a personal coach that she is currently trying to find. Nikhat, who was a strong medal contender, bowed out of the 50kg women’s boxing competition…
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File photos of Taapsee Pannu (left) and Imane Khelif.© Instagram – @Taapsee and @jeuxolympiques Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was surrounded by controversy in the recently-concluded Paris Olympics 2024. The pugilist won a gold medal in the women’s 66kg category at the Games but the path to the glory was really a tough one…
The kind of bullying and abuse Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has been subjected to makes one thing crystal clear: in the age of social media, misinformation is easiest to amplify when it’s rooted in misogyny, transphobia and racism, and amplified by verified, blue-ticked accounts on X. It has also made it clear that trans-hate will…
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The kind of bullying and abuse Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has been subjected to makes one thing crystal clear: in the age of social media, misinformation is easiest to amplify when it’s rooted in misogyny, transphobia and racism, and amplified by verified, blue-ticked accounts on X. It has also made it clear that trans-hate will…
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