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Getty Images Showtime Boxing returns to PPV this weekend with an event you won’t want to miss. Undefeated and retired five-division champion Floyd Mayweather is back in an exhibition match against social media influencer Logan Paul on Sunday, June 6, from Miami Gardens, Florida. Mayweather last fought professionally against UFC star Conor McGregor in 2017,

He took to boxing to stay away from “padhai likhai” and India’s newest Asian champion Sanjeet’s faith in his choice has paid off quite well as he revels in the glory of beating an Olympic medallist for the “biggest moment” of his decade-long career. The 26-year-old from Haryana’s Rohtak took down Kazakhstan’s Vassiliy Levit, who

India’s nine Olympic-bound boxers will travel abroad for a three-week training stint after getting a few days’ break following a record-shattering medal haul by the country’s pugilists at the just-concluded Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai. Speaking to PTI, Indian men’s boxing’s High Performance Director Santiago Nieva said the boxers will reach Tokyo for the Games,

Sanjeet (91kg) fetched the lone gold among Indian men boxers with a stunning triumph over Kazakhstan’s Olympic-medallist Vassiliy Levit even as defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) and Shiva Thapa (64kg) settled for silver medals in the Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai on Monday. Sanjeet triumphed 4-1 over Levit, who was chasing his fourth gold of

Amit Panghal lost in the 52kg final to Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan.© BFI India’s protest against defending champion Amit Panghal’s 2-3 loss in the 52kg category finals of the Asian Boxing Championships was rejected by the jury here on Monday. Panghal lost 2-3 to Uzbekistan’s Shakhobidin Zoirov. “India has contested the R2 decision of the

10:30 AM ET Dotun AkintoyeESPN.com Editor’s note: this story was originally published in August 2017, ahead of Floyd Mayweather’s fight against Conor McGregor, and appeared in ESPN The Magazine. On Sunday, Mayweather faces Logan Paul in an exhibition fight. When boxers prepare for a fight, it’s a process of daily accretion. They sharpen, strategize, suffer,

Amit Panghal lost in the 52kg final to Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan.© BFI Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) had to be content with a silver medal in this year’s Asian Boxing Championships after losing an exhausting final to known nemesis Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan, in Dubai on Monday. The Indian lost 2-3 in what was

Nonito Donaire spoke out against anti-Asian hate after his fourth round KO of Nordine Oubaali at Dignity Health Sports Park on May 29, 2021, in Carson, California. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images) Nearly 14 years after the first time he knocked out an unbeaten world champion, Nonito Donaire did it again on Saturday at the

Defending champion Pooja Rani (75kg) notched up a second successive gold with a comprehensive victory even as the seasoned M C Mary Kom (51kg) signed off with a silver medal at the Asian Boxing Championships, on Sunday. The Olympic-bound Pooja (75 kg), who was competing in her first bout of the tournament after getting a

12:59 AM ET Devin Haney was fighting two different battles on Saturday night. On one front, the 22-year-old lightweight champion was looking to defend his WBC belt against Jorge Linares, a veteran former champion who still carries significant respect in the sport. On the other, Haney needed to show why he’s worthy of a bout

LAS VEGAS — Perhaps it isn’t fair, but for the last few years, Devin Haney has been perceived by some as the least of the group of elite lightweights who should be known as “The Four Princes.” Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia are all undefeated, charismatic lightweights with the ability to change

Nonito Donaire used a powerful left hook and three knockdowns to become the oldest fighter to win a bantamweight title with a fourth round knockout of WBC champion Nordine Oubaali on Saturday night in Los Angeles. The 38-year-old Donaire reach up and turned back the hands of time at the Dignity Sports Health Park venue

Getty Images Already a future Hall of Famer in waiting, four-division champion Nonito Donaire continues to defy Father Time by daring to be great in search of more hardware.  Donaire (41-6, 27 KOs), the 38-year-old slugger from the Philippines, shattered his own record as the oldest fighter in boxing history to win a world title

Former boxer Anthony Ogogo achieved his dream in 2012 when he competed in the Summer Olympics in his native England, and that once-in-a-lifetime experience is exactly why he believes the Tokyo Games should take place this summer. “100 million percent the Olympics should happen,” Ogogo told Yahoo Sports. “Athletes have a very small window of

Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) and Shiva Thapa (64kg), along with one another Indian, reached the Asian Boxing Championship finals after clinching resounding victories even as an injured Vikas Krishan (69kg) signed off with a bronze medal here on Friday. Olympic-bound Panghal out-punched familiar foe Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan 5-0. Thapa, the first Indian male boxer

Showtime Something interesting has happened in recent years along the way to four-division champion Nonito Donaire’s eventual path to boxing immortality and a well-deserved spot in the Hall of Fame.  Donaire (40-6, 26 KOs), the hard-hitting native of the Philippines, never stopped daring to be great long enough to get too old or become a

By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – During his reign as heavyweight champion of the world, no one was more feared than Mike Tyson, who obliterated opponents with ruthless efficiency. But all the while, the troubled superstar was at war with himself, battling an abusive voice in his battered head that led “Iron Mike” to

LAS VEGAS — Jorge Linares was once where Devin Haney is now, one of the brightest prospects in the sport. That he’d become a world champion was a given; much more was expected of him than that. He was fast, he was strong and he was an accurate puncher. He opened his career 27-0 and