Boxing

Dillian Whyte avenged his defeat by Alexander Povetkin to be crowned WBC interim heavyweight champion.© AFP Britain’s Dillian Whyte avenged his defeat by Alexander Povetkin to be crowned WBC interim heavyweight champion on Saturday and immediately set his sights on becoming the undisputed world champion. In front of 500 fans in Gibraltar, 32-year-old Whyte knocked

The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on Saturday announced a strong 20-member contingent to participate in the upcoming 2021 AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships to be held in Kielce, Poland, from April 10-24. Fresh from the heroics at the recent Adriatic Pearl Tournament, 2019 Asian Youth champion Naorem Babyrojisana Chanu (51kg), Vinka

Jamie Foxx won an Oscar for his portrayal of singing legend Ray Charles. Now, he looks set to take on the life story of another iconic American — controversial boxing great Mike Tyson. The television limited series about “Iron Mike” is in development, the boxer announced, with Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”) to direct and Martin

Nikhat Zareen lost 5-0 to Turkey’s Busenaz Cakiroglu in the 51kg women’s semifinals.© Twitter Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen (51kg) and Gaurav Solanki (57kg) took home bronze medals after going down in their respective semifinals at the Bosphorus boxing tournament in Istanbul. Asian Championship bronze medallist Nikhat, who defeated world champions Paltceva Ekaterina of Russia and

India’s Olympic-bound boxers, except for an indisposed M C Mary Kom and two others, will travel to Italy and France starting next week on a 52-day training-cum-competition trip as they gear up for the Tokyo Games. Mary Kom is currently recovering from a bout of dengue and has ruled out travelling abroad at least this