It’s been announced that world amateur champion Oleksandr Khyzhniak from Ukraine was elected AIBA Athlete’s commission chair, and a European amateur champion from Italy, Irma Testa, became the vice-chair.
Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder have a new date for their third fight, but organizers are insisting the move isn’t because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Once an integral part of HBO’s Boxing After Dark series, Derrick Jefferson is now in a fight of a different kind.
Former world champion Amir Khan has joined the fight as many struggle in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Khan has pledged to give his £5 million wedding venue in Bolton to the NHS to help those affected by COVID-19.
AIBA, the controversial governing body of amateur boxing, is hoping to complete all of their reform requirements in order to have their organization suspension lifted before the start of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed until next year due to the ongoing threat of the coronavirus, athletes with professional aspirations have difficult decisions to make.
Retired two-weight boxing champion and now promoter Isaac Hlatshwayo has put his misfortune aside and is instead planning to honour his former amateur boxing trainer Eric Baloyi before he concentrates on building his empire.
Sometimes, the passion the Filipino people have for Manny Pacquiao can be perplexing. Take, for instance, an online conversation about the greatest punchers in boxing history. If Pacquiao isn’t mentioned in the conversation, it’s all but a guarantee that a number of his countrymen will join the chat to complain. It’s at times…
Professional boxing is a lucrative sport and arguably the highest paying discipline in history. Throughout the years, there has been many well-documented rises to prominence by boxers, who begin practising the martial art to run out of poverty since the allure of its life-changing financial gain is so great. At the highest level,…
Heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz of Cuba will be 41 years old in a few days, but that is an insignificant number according to his way of looking at life.