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Nikita Tszyu bracing for torrid test against Brubaker

Nikita Tszyu bracing for torrid test against Brubaker

Nikita Tszyu knows he can't take Jack Brubaker lightly when the emerging boxing star faces the biggest test of his career next week in Sydney.

'Makes me sick': Hearn unloads after Opetaia setback

'Makes me sick': Hearn unloads after Opetaia setback

'Makes me sick': Hearn unloads after Opetaia setback

'Makes me sick': Hearn unloads after Opetaia setback

Jai Opetaia's wait to defend his IBF and The Ring world titles will stretch on after Richard Riakporhe became the latest opponent to pull out of a slated fight.

WBO to award Tim Tszyu full world champion status

WBO to award Tim Tszyu full world champion status

WBO to award Tim Tszyu full world champion status

WBO to award Tim Tszyu full world champion status

The WBO has ruled that Jermell Charlo will be stripped of his light middleweight belt and Tim Tszyu upgraded from interim to full world champion.

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Mexican champ in sights for Moloney unification bout

Mexican champ in sights for Moloney unification bout

Alejandro Santiago could be Jason Moloney's next assignment in a three-belt unification bout after the Mexican thwarted Nonito Donaire's shot at boxing history.

Shane Tuck's final days like a 'war zone in his head'

Shane Tuck's final days like a 'war zone in his head'

The sister of an AFL player who died in his 30s says his brain was "rotting away" from disease and his final days were like "a war zone in his head".

Demons AFLW star Tayla Harris cops boxing reality check

Demons AFLW star Tayla Harris cops boxing reality check

Multi-sport star Tayla Harris's hopes of winning a world boxing title while playing in the AFLW have suffered a brutal setback in a pounding in Sydney.

World champ Moloney open to Kambosos co-headline

World champ Moloney open to Kambosos co-headline

World champion boxer Jason Moloney could co-headline an Australian show with the resurgent George Kambosos Jr later this year.

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Purse bid called for Jai Opetaia's maiden title defence

Purse bid called for Jai Opetaia's maiden title defence

Purse bid called for Jai Opetaia's maiden title defence

Purse bid called for Jai Opetaia's maiden title defence

The location of Jai Opetaia's first world-title defence is up for grabs after the IBF requested purse bids for his fight against challenger Richard Riakporhe.

AFLW star Tayla Harris eyes world boxing title

AFLW star Tayla Harris eyes world boxing title

AFLW star Tayla Harris eyes world boxing title

AFLW star Tayla Harris eyes world boxing title

Premiership-winning Melbourne Demons AFLW star Tayla Harris is hoping to take another step towards winning a boxing world title on Wednesday night.

Kambosos Jr scores controversial IBF lightweight win

Kambosos Jr scores controversial IBF lightweight win

Kambosos Jr scores controversial IBF lightweight win

Kambosos Jr scores controversial IBF lightweight win

Australian boxing star George Kambosos Jr has scored a contentious majority points win over IBO champion Maxi Hughes in a IBF title eliminator in Oklahoma.

Recharged Kambosos Jr ready for Brit boxer Hughes

Recharged Kambosos Jr ready for Brit boxer Hughes

Recharged Kambosos Jr ready for Brit boxer Hughes

Recharged Kambosos Jr ready for Brit boxer Hughes

George Kambosos Jr says he's trained like an animal and is bigger and stronger after using a dietician to prepare for his ring return against Brit Maxi Hughes.

Kambosos Jr to show boxing world he's no spent force

Kambosos Jr to show boxing world he's no spent force

Kambosos Jr to show boxing world he's no spent force

Kambosos Jr to show boxing world he's no spent force

Australia's former unified world lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr plans to knock out Brit Maxi Hughes on Sunday to resurrect his boxing career.

Tough training camp has Kambosos primed for ring return

Tough training camp has Kambosos primed for ring return

Tough training camp has Kambosos primed for ring return

Tough training camp has Kambosos primed for ring return

Former lightweight world champion George Kambosos has spent six weeks training in the US before returning to the ring against Brit Maxi Hughes this weekend.

Winwood's WBC rankings surge offers shot at history

Winwood's WBC rankings surge offers shot at history

Winwood's WBC rankings surge offers shot at history

Winwood's WBC rankings surge offers shot at history

A surge from 13th to No.2 in the WBC's latest rankings, has kept alive Alex Winwood's dream of becoming the fastest Australian to a boxing world title.

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Harry Garside’s ex-girlfriend to fight DV charges

Harry Garside's ex-girlfriend is contesting charges of stalking and assaulting the Olympian after a similar charge was dropped against him in June.

Tim Tszyu reveals his unfinished business with Charlo

Boxing superstar Tim Tszyu still hopes to fight Jermell Charlo some day despite the American pulling out of their scheduled unified blockbuster in Las Vegas.

Tszyu backs Kambosos Jr to rise again with boxing win

George Kambosos Jr, bidding to revive his boxing career against Britain's Maxi Hughes, has received the backing of his former sparring partner Tim Tszyu.

'Fighting demons': Brit boxer plots Kambosos comedown

George Kambosos Jr is fighting demons following his losses to Devin Haney, Britain's Maxi Hughes says ahead of the pair's IBF title eliminator fight.

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Nyika to fight in adopted Gatton home, eyes Opetaia

Olympic bronze medallist and world-title hopeful David Nyika will be formally introduced to his adopted home town of Gatton in a local fight night in late July.

Ex-Comanchero barred from boxing and mixed martial arts

Prior membership and association with the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang has prevented a Sydney man from becoming a boxer and mixed martial arts trainer.

AFLW star Harris headlines all-female fight night

AFLW star Tayla Harris will climb back into the ring in an all-female fight night, taking on Millicent Agboegbulen for the Australian super welterweight title.

Opetaia's home defence key to rekindle boxing scene

Cruiserweight Jai Opetaia is in a fight to end a year-long absence from the ring and host his first world title defence on the Gold Coast.

Jeff Horn to announce boxing retirement

Former world champion Jeff Horn will officially retire from boxing, almost three years since his last fight and exactly six since he dethroned Manny Pacquiao.

Tszyu-Charlo fight off as American moves up two weights

US boxer Jermell Charlo has pulled out of the unification bout with Australian Tim Tszyu after opting to move up two divisions to fight Mexican Canelo Alvarez.

Tszyu places Charlo on notice with savage knockout win

Australian boxer Tim Tszyu has knocked out Mexican Carlos Ocampo in the most impressive win of his career to retain the WBO super-welterweight world title.

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