ANDY RUIZ and JARRELL MILLER may have to fight once again after they served up a majority draw in Los Angeles tonight. The three judges’ scorecards were returned 116-112 (for Miller) and the other two 114-114 leaving neither fighter happy with the outcome. The second heavyweight bout on the card came hot on the heels…
MARTIN BAKOLE announced himself on the world stage with a fifth round destructive win over Jared Anderson. In the first heavyweight attraction of the night on the bumper card at the BMO Stadium Bakole’s power was simply too much for the American hope. The clearest example was in round one when Anderson was about to…
By Matt Bozeat THE gender row at the Paris Olympics erupted again after Taiwanese boxer Yu-Ting Lin secured a medal at the Paris Nord Arena. Lin swept the last two rounds on all cards against Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva to reach the semi finals at 57kgs. Borislav Georgiev, the Bulgarian boxer’s coach, faced the press afterwards…
THE light-heavyweight debut of David Morrell didn’t catch the eye following his points win against Radivoje Kalajdzic. Predictions beforehand had the Cuban winning inside the distance but the stubborn Serbian proved to be a difficult man to shift. Morrell’s 90 percent KO ratio was expected to travel from super-middleweight to light-heavyweight but Kalajdzic never looked…
By Alan Dawson in Los Angeles Team Madrimov appears to downplay Terence Crawford’s signature win over Errol Spence Jr. In a fight that neutral observers had deemed as close to a 50:50 fight that boxing can produce, Crawford showed that there are levels between what he brings to the ring, and an accomplished champion, as…
By Matt Bozeat THE crowd at the Paris Nord Arena cheered controversial Imane Khelif from the ring after she secured an Olympic medal with a unanimous points win over Hungary’s Luca Anna Hamori today. The Hungarian Boxing Federation had objected to the Algerian’s inclusion in the tournament after she was disqualified from last year’s Women’s…
THOMAS Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), says he wants to see proof that Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting should not be able to compete in the female boxing events in Paris. Both the Hungarian Boxing Federation and Bulgaria’s Olympic Committee contacted the IOC to object about the inclusion of Imane Khelif and…
By Oscar Pick At its core, boxing is a good sport, full of genuine people. While its unruly nature, at times, lends itself to confusion and disillusion, there is, undeniably, a beauty beneath the bedlam, binding fighters and coaches together through their shared experiences and incredible stories. Inside a boxing gym, where egos are left…
By James Lupton “BOXING is the most fun, compared to the other sports I’ve done. From the moment I started playing it, I found it to be a fun sport.” Yes, boxing is a sport, but to say anybody who steps into the square ring ‘plays’ boxing, is a dangerous precedent to set. However, Japan’s…
IT’S a red-hot topic that has divided opinion not just in boxing but within the entire sporting world. Algerian female boxer Imane Khelif inadvertently found herself at the centre of a gender storm at the Paris Olympic Games. Already under scrutiny, Khelif’s eligibility for participation was further questioned after her bout on Thursday saw Italian…
