Dib undone in title rematch
RUSSIA’S Evgeny Gradovich stops Australia’s Billy Dib in the ninth round of their IBF featherweight title rematch.
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Pacquiao back with emotional win
MANNY Pacquiao has defeated Brandon Rios by unanimous decision to take the WBO international welterweight title.
Leapai set to face Klitschko
LOGAN delivery driver Alex Leapai is set to face Olympic gold medallist Wladimir Klitschko for the heavyweight championship of the world.
Leapai to fight for championship
A LOGAN delivery driver creates Queensland sporting history after winning the right to fight for the heavyweight boxing championship of the world.
Pacquiao fight beamed to typhoon city
HOPING to lift the spirits of thousands left homeless by Typhoon Haiyan, TV screens have been set up to broadcast Manny Pacquiao’s comeback fight.
Mundine set to lose $600,000 on bout
ANTHONY Mundine doesn’t care that he stands to lose $600,000 of his own money on Wednesday night’s fight with Shane Mosley.
Billy Dib and boxing’s awful truth
BILLY Dib says he wants to regain his world featherweight title more than life itself and for his anxious family that presents a dreadful dilemma.
Pacquiao, Rios entourages erupt
MANNY Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach involved in an altercation with the entourage of opponent Brandon Rios.
Friends and foes line-up for SBW
VIDEO: A MAN in New Zealand has challenged Sonny Bill Williams to a fight – but he may have to wait as SBW’s teammates want a piece too.
Wife: Klitschko should hang up gloves
THE wife of world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko has urged her husband to hang up his gloves and retire.
Fergo: I won’t flip out on bout
BLAKE Ferguson has denied rumours he’ll be a late withdrawal from his fight with a Goulburn excavator driver.
Boxer seriously injured in NZ bout
NEW Zealand boxer Daniel McKinnon has undergone emergency surgery for life-threatening injuries after losing a title fight on Saturday.
Arson squad questions Fenech
EX-boxer Jeff Fenech has been questioned by arson squad police over the fire-bomb that destroyed Anthony Mundine’s cafe.
Soliman sweet for Sherrington
IN MY CORNER: Grantlee Kieza’s weekly round-up of the sweet science including Sam Soliman’s sparring sessions with Sugar Shane Mosley.
Mundine aghast at cafe arson
ANTHONY Mundine has lots of bitter enemies and the controversial former world boxing champion knows that.
Mundine bar firebombed
A BAR owned by controversial boxer Anthony Mundine has been destroyed in an overnight fire bombing.
I’m here to stay: Mosley
SHANE Mosley has declared he is “going nowhere” after arriving back in Sydney and guaranteed his fight with Anthony Mundine will go ahead.
Big stage set to inspire Dib
BILLY Dib prepares to face Evgeny Gradovich in front of one of the biggest audiences an Australian has ever appeared on.
Pacquiao dedicates fight to victims
MANNY Pacquiao wants to bring hope to the victims of the devastating Typhoon Haiyan with a win in his comeback fight against Brandon Rios.
Hooper fights on through tears
BRONCOS Justin Hodges and Ben Barba are throwing punches at him but as Damien Hooper urges them to keep coming, his spirit has already flown.
10 epic Australia vs USA clashes
FOR one of the few times in its sporting clashes with the United States, Australia will be embracing the Goliath role instead of David.
Mundine destroys a dream
ANTHONY Mundine’s fight with Shane Mosley later this month has stripped Garth Wood of his world title dream.
Tomlinson ‘Golden’ in US market
WILL Tomlinson has broken into the lucrative American market by securing a five-fight guarantee from a top promoter.
Games defector bids for world title
OMARI Kimweri came from Tanzania to Melbourne in 2006 for the Commonwealth Games – and never went back.
Second fiddle, not Main Event
GEORGE Foreman once said that boxing is the sport that all other sports aspire to. I believe that, writes Paul Kent.
Klitschko retains titles
WORLD heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko retains WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles with a unanimous points win over Alexander Povetkin.
Mosley will finish Mundine: Fenech
ANTHONY Mundine has “absolutely no chance” of beating Shane Mosley, according to Australia’s most successful fighter Jeff Fenech.
Ex-Rabbitoh in fight of his life
IN MY CORNER: A former NRL player will fight for the WBF lightweight title in Brisbane next month, as Grantlee Kieza reports
This old man will KO Choc
SUGAR Shane Mosley has angrily rejected claims he is punch drunk, saying: “Go tell my doctor that and he’ll look at you like you’re crazy”.
Leapai out to deliver world title
IN MY CORNER: Heavy-hitting Alex Leapai is looking to take the next step towards a world heavyweight title bout, as Grantlee Kieza reports.
Local boxer in Mexican standoff
MELBOURNE boxer Will Tomlinson has fled Mexico after being caught up in a bizarre extortion plot on the new trainer directing his career.
MMA Downunder will be back in 2014
SOUTH Australia’s first and only professional mixed martial arts (MMA) competition will be back again for its fifth show next year.
Slowinksi ready to step into the cage
PAUL Slowinski never planned on beating people up for a living, it was just one of those things that happened.
Jones keeps UFC belt after close call
IN the “toughest fight” of his career, light heavyweight champ Jon Jones just managed to squeeze past Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 in Canada.
Mundine: I won’t fight Geale again
THERE may be some unfinished business but Anthony Mundine says he will knock back a re-match with Daniel Geale.
Welcome to Brisbane, Anthony – whack!
BRISBANE boxing star Jeff Horn welcomed Anthony Mundine to the Sunshine State yesterday by punching him in the face as hard as he could. Several times.
Hey, Man, here’s a warm welcome
IN MY CORNER: Welcome to Brisbane, Anthony Mundine. Here’s a smack in the mouth for your trouble. Grantlee Kieza reports.
Mayweather-Alvarez smashes records
REGULATORS say the weekend fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas drew the biggest gate ever in Nevada.
Perosh secures fight with Bader
AUSTRALIAN UFC fighter Anthony Perosh says he can now make a play for the light heavyweight Top 10 after securing a bout with US favourite Ryan Bader.
Tyson’s blindfolded bullseyes
VIDEO: Could you even hit the board while playing darts blindfolded? Because Mike Tyson sure can. Watch him hit two bullseyes.
Ali’s conqueror Ken Norton dies
FORMER world heavyweight boxing champ Ken Norton, who beat Muhammad Ali then lost a controversial title fight to him, has died.
Adelaide on hit list to host UFC
THE Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) could host its first show in Adelaide as early as next year.
Mundine steps up Moseley prep
ANTHONY Mundine hits Brisbane to start intense preparations for his fight with faded American great Shane Mosley next month.
Injured elbow can’t stop Floyd
FLOYD Mayweather said he dislocated his left elbow in the middle of his majority decision over previously unbeaten Saul Alvarez.
Pretty Boy cashes in against Canelo
FLOYD Mayweather further enhanced his reputation as the pound-for-pound king with the demolition of ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
My fights with Elvis and Ali
IN A wide-ranging interview, Joe Bugner tells GRANTLEE KIEZA of the time he told Elvis Presley to ‘get stuffed’.
Ndou’s nine rounds with Mayweather
AHEAD of tomorrow’s superfight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Saul Alvarez, Australia’s Lovemore Ndou tells of the time he sparred Mayweather.
Future at stake in Floyd fight
Floyd Mayweather and ‘The Last Best Contender’ Saul Alvarez hold the future of boxing in their gloved hands.
Cam keen to learn from Mundine
IN MY CORNER: Moree’s London Olympian Cameron Hammond will spar with Anthony Mundine ahead of his bout with Shane Mosley.
UFC star Shogun heading this way
UFC superstar Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua is headed Down Under — combining with eight of Australia’s best prospects for a huge summer of MMA.
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