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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 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 21 (Reuters) - Former world champion Gennady Golovkin is set to be appointed president of World Boxing after he was named as sole candidate to replace Boris van der Vorst, the organisation said on ...

Former world champion megastar Roy Jones Jr. has no immediate plans on settling his long-standing beef with Floyd Mayweather, unless it’s in the ring. Embroiled in a lengthy spat with his fellow ...

Shurretta Metcalf is frustrated with the International Boxing Federation (IBF) after losing the bantamweight title and then not hearing from the sanctioning body since. Metcalf returns Saturday ...

Arturo Gatti Jr., the son of the late boxer Arturo Gatti, tragically lost his life at the tender age of 17. Gatti’s former bodyguard, Chuck Zito, confirmed the news on Instagram, revealing that the ...