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GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 02: Alex Leapai of Australia poses during a media session at PCYC Gym on April 2, 2014 in Gold Coast, Australia. Lepai is in training for his April 26th World Heavyweight title bout in Germany against Wladmir Klitschko. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) .

‘Going to jail was the best thing for me’: How Senior’s mistake guides his son

Alex Leapai Senior spent six months in prison before pursuing world glory. Now, his son has left the NRL behind in a bid to do what his father could not.

  • Nick Wright

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Gerry Murphy trains 30 registered boxers at his gym in Surrey Hills in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

Aussie coach caught in sport’s big divide that Trump has been asked to fix

Veteran trainer Gerry Murphy has been slapped with a ban by boxing authorities for alleged involvement with a breakaway organisation. He is vowing to fight it.

  • Chris Barrett

‘I love being a man, but it’s tough at times’: Harry Garside

“We don’t have the same emotional support systems as women,” says the 27-year-old boxer.

  • Jane Rocca
Jai Opetaia of Australia during his official weigh-in ahead his IBF World Cruiserweight title fight against David Nyika of New Zealand at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre

Jai Opetaia v David Nyika LIVE updates: IBF World Titles on the line on the Gold Coast

Jai Opetaia defends his IBF and Ring Magazine titles against New Zealand’s Olympic bronze medallist David Nyika on the Gold Coast

  • Jonathan Drennan
Oleksandr Usyk punches Tyson Fury.

‘Judges got it wrong’: Fury anger after Usyk wins on points to retain heavyweight crowns

Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk was too strong for Tyson Fury for the second time in a year, after an Aussie was swiftly knocked out in an earlier fight.

  • Reuters
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Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul was utterly awful. I loved it

The bout was a farce, but you can watch months of “proper” sport without experiencing a buzz like seeing Mike Tyson back in the ring.

  • Simon Briggs
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Jake Paul landed more often.

‘Elderly abuse’: Boxing fans boo Jake Paul’s win over Mike Tyson

Tyson landed just 18 of the 97 punches he threw, looking gassed after two rounds.

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul face off before their fight.

Who was the real winner? Paul? Tyson? Netflix? Certainly, not boxing

Jake Paul earned a unanimous points decision over Mike Tyson in a contest that went the entire eight rounds, but it’s still unclear who the real winner was.

  • Adrian Proszenko
Tyson and Paul

Sport’s future is Mike Tyson and old men shouting at clouds

Nostalgia already casts a lengthening shadow over sports coverage, and the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul reality TV circus is the latest example.

  • Malcolm Knox
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul face off before their fight.

Mike Tyson v Jake Paul: Everything you need to know

For the first time in 19 years, former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson is back in the ring as a professional. So why is he fighting a Youtuber?

  • Adrian Proszenko

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