Hard-hitting Nikita Tszyu says it's “cool” to fight for regional titles as he prepares for the next step in his explosive boxing career. Tszyu (9-0, 7 KOs), a former national super welterweight champion, has vacated that title and will fight fellow New South Wales native Koen Mazoudier for the vacant IBF Australasian and WBO intercontinental … Read more
Young West Coast star Harley Reid shocked UFC fans when he joined fellow Perth-born rising star Steve Erceg for an impromptu training session at Crown Perth on Thursday. Reid swapped her soccer cleats for boxing gloves and did some pad work before her respective Sunday fights with flyweight Erceg.
WA has more medal hopes as day 13 begins, with Peter Bol hoping to make up for a tough run, while Perth boxers Caitlin Parker and Charlie Senior are in the hunt for boxing gold.
HIGH AUSTRALIAN MEDAL HOPES ON DAY 13 OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS * Caitlin Parker has already secured Australia's first Olympic medal in women's boxing, but a win in her 75kg semi-final against China's Li Qian gives her the chance to turn bronze into gold.
Imane Khelif says she “doesn’t care” about the controversy surrounding her participation in the Paris Olympic Boxing Games after storming into a gold medal bout in the 66kg class with a unanimous points victory over Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng. Hundreds of flag-waving Algerian fans transformed the normally genteel surroundings of the Phillippe-Chatrier Court at Roland Garros … Read more
The International Olympic Committee would like to have boxing represented at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, but must first push forward the creation of a new global governing body for the sport. The IOC withdrew recognition from the International Boxing Association (IBA) last year because it had failed to implement reforms in the … Read more