Category: Boxing

Britain’s Tyson Fury knocked out American Deontay Wilder in the eleventh round and retained the WBC heavyweight champion title, in a dramatic closing of the trilogy called to become a boxing classic. The most anticipated fight of the year met expectations, with both

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At the foot of the ring, in a tracksuit with the colors of Niger, Abdoul Aziz Ousseini, alias ‘Aziz’, a former heavyweight boxing champion, gives instructions to his young pupils torn from the street, at the boxing club of the capital Niamey . A dozen young

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Former world boxing champion Miguel de Oliveira, the second Brazilian to win an orbital title, died on Friday in Sao Paulo at age 74 as a result of pancreatic cancer that had been treated in recent years, according to his family. De Oliveira was world champion of the super

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Puerto Rican fighter Jonathan González became the new junior flyweight champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) by defeating Mexican Elwin Soto by split decision. González, 30, a native of Caguas (Puerto Rico), lifted the title after a victory with scores of 116-112,

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The American Shakur Stevenson won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight belt last night, beating his compatriot Jamel Herring when the referee suspended the fight, which took place in Atlanta. Stevenson, now with 17 wins in as many fights, is champion in a

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Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez became the first undisputed four-belt super middleweight champion in history, knocking out Caleb Plant in the eleventh round on Saturday. Álvarez (57-1-2 with 39 knockouts) knocked down his opponent twice in that penultimate chapter, to strip him of the

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