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'Hold your horses': Tszyu to wait for world-title shot

'Hold your horses': Tszyu to wait for world-title shot

Emerging superstar Nikita Tszyu wants to bide his time rather than rush into a world-title fight after preserving his unbeaten record with another brutal win.

Tszyu good: Nikita preserves family's crazy legacy

Tszyu good: Nikita preserves family's crazy legacy

Tszyu good: Nikita preserves family's crazy legacy

Tszyu good: Nikita preserves family's crazy legacy

Australian boxing star Nikita Tszyu has preserved his unbeaten record with a sixth-round stoppage of Spaniard Oscar Diaz in their super-welterweight showdown.

'Ready to hurt him': new-look Tszyu primed for battle

'Ready to hurt him': new-look Tszyu primed for battle

'Ready to hurt him': new-look Tszyu primed for battle

'Ready to hurt him': new-look Tszyu primed for battle

A freshly shaven Nikita Tszyu has hit the scales in peak shape ahead of his super-welterweight fight with unbeaten Spaniard Oscar Diaz in Newcastle.

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'Psychopathic desires': Tszyu delivers chilling warning

'Psychopathic desires': Tszyu delivers chilling warning

Unbeaten Australian boxer Nikita Tszyu has issued a cold-blooded warning to Spanish rival Oscar Diaz ahead of their super-welterweight showdown in Newcastle.

It's addictive: Aussie UFC star Salkilld does it again

It's addictive: Aussie UFC star Salkilld does it again

West Australian Quillan Salkilld is fast becoming a sensation of the UFC lightweight division, and he hopes a crack at the title won't be too far away.

Tszyu locks in spicy showdown with American superstar

Tszyu locks in spicy showdown with American superstar

Tim Tszyu has finally set a date with American superstar Errol Spence Jnr, who will return to the ring in Australia for his first fight in almost three years.

Della Maddalena bloodied and dazed in crushing UFC loss

Della Maddalena bloodied and dazed in crushing UFC loss

Former welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena has sunk to his second-straight UFC loss with a third-round knockout defeat to Carlos Prates.

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I'll knock him out: Prates vows to down Della Maddalena

I'll knock him out: Prates vows to down Della Maddalena

I'll knock him out: Prates vows to down Della Maddalena

I'll knock him out: Prates vows to down Della Maddalena

Australian Jack Della Maddalena will be aiming to put the disappointment of losing his UFC welterweight title behind him when he faces Carlos Prates in Perth.

'Just winging it': Salkilld plans more UFC highlights

'Just winging it': Salkilld plans more UFC highlights

'Just winging it': Salkilld plans more UFC highlights

'Just winging it': Salkilld plans more UFC highlights

Quillan Salkilld is a UFC highlights reel, and the West Australian will be aiming for another memorable moment in his next fight against Beneil Dariush.

How New York pizzas helped Della Maddalena reset

How New York pizzas helped Della Maddalena reset

How New York pizzas helped Della Maddalena reset

How New York pizzas helped Della Maddalena reset

Jack Della Maddalena will be aiming to put his disappointing loss to Islam Makhachev behind him when the Australian takes on Carlos Prates in Perth on Saturday.

New boxing era as Australia names Glasgow debutants

New boxing era as Australia names Glasgow debutants

New boxing era as Australia names Glasgow debutants

New boxing era as Australia names Glasgow debutants

Part of the next wave of Australia's boxing talent, Emma-Sue Greentree headlines a team of Commonwealth Games debutants to fight for gold in Glasgow.

Headliner Moloney poised for late-career title surge

Headliner Moloney poised for late-career title surge

Headliner Moloney poised for late-career title surge

Headliner Moloney poised for late-career title surge

Jason Moloney will headline on home soil for the first time since becoming a boxing world champion, adamant he and twin brother Andrew can reach the peak again.

'Destiny': Egyptian-born Aussie set for huge homecoming

'Destiny': Egyptian-born Aussie set for huge homecoming

'Destiny': Egyptian-born Aussie set for huge homecoming

'Destiny': Egyptian-born Aussie set for huge homecoming

Mai Soliman is ready for the biggest fight of her career, at the Great Pyramids, against Japan's Mizuki Hiruta for the super flyweight world title.

Perfect 10: Teremoana wasting no time in pro climb

Perfect 10: Teremoana wasting no time in pro climb

Perfect 10: Teremoana wasting no time in pro climb

Perfect 10: Teremoana wasting no time in pro climb

Teremoana Teremoana has outlined his global ambitions while a pair of Queensland-based Kiwis have surged into title contention after Jai Opetaia's IBF snub.

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No rough Justis in UK this time as Huni storms back

Australian heavyweight star Justis Huni has resurrected his career with a hard-fought win over former British champ Frazer Clarke in London.

Ex-NRL star cleared to punch on after assault charges

Disgraced former NRL player Curtis Scott will be allowed to participate in a bare-knuckle fight after he denied assaulting a teenager and a police officer.

Moloney's $250k risk explained as title shot locked in

Andrew Moloney could become Australia's only male world boxing champion after locking in a title shot in Japan, seven years after last owning a belt.

Tszyu needles Spence after big win over Nurja

Tim Tszyu has started a war of words with potential opponent Errol Spence after an emphatic unanimous points win over Albania’s Denis Nurja in Wollongong.

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Asofa-Solomona wins battle of former NRL heavyweights

Former Melbourne Storm star Nelson Asofa-Solomona has overcome a cut and some early shots to score a third-round TKO of Jarrod Wallace.

'Bring it on': Tszyu eyes WBO top ranking in Wollongong

Former boxing world champion Tim Tszyu is preparing to unleash an improved version of himself in a high-stakes bout with Albanian Denis Nurja in Wollongong.

'The rise': Tszyu's Easter Sunday resurrection plan

Tim Tszyu accepts he lost his way as he bids to revive his international boxing career in an Easter Sunday stoush with Albania's unbeaten Denis Nurja.

Tim Tszyu ready to annihilate undefeated Denis Nurja

Tim Tszyu is raring to go for a must-win bout when the former world champion takes on undefeated Albanian Denis Nurja.

'With or without the belt': stripped Opetaia finds ally

The trainer of one of the men standing in the way of Jai Opetaia's path to undisputed status has given hope to his cause after the IBF's call to strip him.

'Let my fists do the talking': Tszyu ready to rumble

A wiser Tim Tszyu is being coy about what style he will bring when the former world boxing champion takes on undefeated Albanian Denis Nurja.

Volkanovski keen to prove point against UFC's grapplers

Russia's Movsar Evloev set himself up for a potential UFC title fight against Aussie champion Alexander Volkanovski by beating England's Lerone Murphy.

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