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Boxer Jake Paul receives a punch from Mike Tyson during their heavyweight bout at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson in heavyweight boxing match

The young YouTuber-turned-boxer won a unanimous decision over the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion during a fight in Texas.

  • Schuyler Dixon

August

Welterweight gold medal winner Imane Khelif.

Khelif gets her fairytale ending. The controversy’s far from over

‘I am a strong woman,’ says the Algerian boxer. The trouble is, not everyone agrees, and the fracas has now turned into an Olympic-level culture war.

  • Updated
  • Hans van Leeuwen
Former Minister Linda Reynolds arrives at the Supreme Court in Perth for the defamation trial.

Reynolds keen to tell ‘truth’ at Higgins trial

Former defence minister Linda Reynolds is first to give evidence at defamation trial; Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says we’re in “a precarious time” after terror alert upgraded. Follow for updates.

  • Updated
  • Lucy Slade and Andrew Hobbs

July

Harry Garside

Aussie boxers have a huge chance in Paris – but it could be the last

Boxing, one of the Olympics’ most “pure” and accessible sports, could be axed for the 2028 Games. The Aussies say this would be “a crime against humanity”.

  • Hans van Leeuwen

July 2023

Travis Miller, chief executive of iPartners. “A left hook at the end of anything is always fun.”

Why a good punch-up is so enjoyable for this exec

He’s had knee operations, wrist surgery, a finger op... but iPartners CEO Travis Miller still boxes for fun and fitness.

  • Life & Leisure

March 2023

Charles Touma at a white-collar boxing event at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse on March 17.

Why white-collar workers are paying $799 to be punched in the face

Plenty of 30-somethings and 40-somethings dream of stepping into a ring to weave, slip and hopefully land a direct hit.

  • Emma Connors

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