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DUBAI, December 13. /TASS/. Russia’s Murat Gassiev has won the World Boxing Association (WBA) regular heavyweight title. In a 12-round bout in Dubai, he defeated Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, who held the ...

The semi-finals of the IBA 2025 Boxing World Championships in Dubai have begun, with some fast-paced action and a ferocious finish thrown in to the mix. In the minimumweight 48 kg show-opener, Edmond ...

The Kenya Kick-boxing Federation (KKF) opened a new chapter on Wednesday after unveiling an elite training clinic led by Finnish expert Jarkko Jussila.Jussila, a three-time world kick-boxing champion, ...

Reports circulating within international amateur boxing circles suggest Team USA Boxing may be weighing up an approach for ...

Light heavyweight boxer Robert Okaka is the only Kenyan among 12 African boxers to reach the quarter-finals of the ongoing ...

Big-punching Turkish boxer Elif Nur Turhan has stopped Beatriz Ferreira with a fifth-round barrage to take the Brazilian’s IBF world lightweight belt in Monaco.

IABF, which ceased to exist as a national federation, has fielded teams for Dubai championships. BFI says it will take ...

More information here pic.twitter.com/sjLfUaypuB Golovkin, 43, who posted a 42-2-1 record with 37 knockouts, goes in during ...

Nov 23 (Reuters) - Former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin was confirmed as the new president of World Boxing on Sunday at the governing body's annual Congress in Rome. Kazakh Golovkin, once ...

Former boxing world champion Gennady Golovkin says he wants to restore trust in the sport after being elected president of World Boxing. Kazakhstan's Golovkin, 43, stood unopposed for the position in ...

It's a massive day for boxing with a packed Riyadh Season card taking place in Saudi Arabia that features David Benavidez vs Anthony Yarde, Brian Norman Jr vs Devin Haney, Abdullah Mason vs Sam Noakes ...