New Delhi: The London Olympics disappointment behind him, Indian boxing star Vijender Singh is all set to pack a heavier punch from next year when he goes up a division to light heavyweight (81kg) for the World Championships. "There is nothing much this year. I will be participating in the World championship in the 81kg category," Vijender, who lost in the quarter-finals of the London Games, said. The strapping six-footer...
03:16 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Sydney: Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been granted a visa to enter Australia for a series of motivational talks next month, organisers said on Wednesday. "We are thrilled and are very grateful to the Australian government for granting Mike Tyson a visa and allowing him to visit Australia for the very first time" Max Markson, CEO of tour promoter Markson Sparks said in a statement.Tyson's speaking engagements in...
12:36 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Mumbai: India's star boxer Vijender Singh, who failed to bag a medal at the London Olympics after being billed as a major podium hope in the run-up to the Games, has set his sights on the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro before considering joining the professional ranks in the ring sport. "I am not looking at (turning) professional right now. Let me play one more Olympics (in 2016 at...
07:23 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Wellington: New Zealand revoked an entry visa for former heavyweight boxing champion and convicted rapist Mike Tyson on Wednesday after a charity going to benefit from his visit dropped its support. Tyson, 46, who served three years of a six-year US jail sentence for rape in 1992, had been due to take part in an event in November, but needed a dispensation under New Zealand immigration laws because of his...
12:01 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Glasgow: Following a hugely popular debut at the London Olympics in August, women's boxing has been included in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the sports organisers said. The Commonwealth Games Federation had made the decision at their general assembly meeting in Uganda shortly after the London Games, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) said. "This inclusion demonstrates the continued growth in popularity of women's boxing that I wish to continue...
11:44 AM, Oct 02, 2012
The 34-year-old Flintoff has recently announced that his debut fight will take place on November 30 in the Manchester Arena. ...
02:10 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: Even as they shuttle from one felicitation programme to another since returning from London, Gagan Narang and Saina Nehwal have already set their sights on improving their performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Feted in the capital on Friday by a sponsor of India's Olympic contingent that returned with an unprecedented six medals from the just concluded London Games, the duo from Hyderabad looked...
06:39 PM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: She is over the moon after becoming the first Indian woman boxer to clinch an Olympic medal but bronze is not the colour for M C Mary Kom, who feels she could have finished higher on the podium had it not been for the "confusion" that gripped her during the semifinals. 'Magnificent Mary' as she is called by the International Boxing Association, was the lone Indian in fray...
10:23 AM, Aug 14, 2012
London: Flyweight Robeisy Ramirez won Cuba's second Olympic boxing gold medal of the games on Sunday, capping a stellar run through the tournament with a 17-14 victory over Mongolia's Tugstsogt Nyambayar. The 18-year-old Ramirez won Cuba's 34th Olympic boxing gold, second only to the US team's 48. Ramirez got his toughest test of the tournament from Nyambayar, who fell just short of winning only the third gold medal in Mongolia's...
09:41 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko outclassed his South Korean opponent Han Soonchul in the Olympic final of the men's lightweight (60 kg) category to take the gold medal here at the ExCel Arena on Sunday. World Champion Lomachenko pummelled the South Korean in a 19-9 win as Han's longer reach failed to stop the Ukrainian scoring good points close-up. Han's greatest achievement to date came with silver in the Asian...
09:22 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Anthony Joshua won the super heavyweight gold medal in the Olympic boxing tournament on Sunday in front of his hometown fans, rallying from a late deficit to upset defending champ Roberto Cammarelle of Italy on a tiebreaker. Joshua's medal ceremony after his thrilling victory was delayed about 15 minutes while Italy protested the result, but their complaints were swiftly rejected by amateur boxing's governing body. Joshua won Britain's third...
09:17 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Serik Sapiyev stunned a boisterous home crowd on Sunday when he pummelled his way to welterweight gold with a 17-9 demolition of Britain's Freddie Evans and hand Kazakhstan its first boxing title of the Games. Kazakhstan, a rising force in amateur boxing who will host next year's world championships, had pocketed a bronze elsewhere in the men's draw but when Sapiyev bounded into the ring, it looked like he...
08:30 PM, Aug 12, 2012
As a pioneer for women's boxing in India, Mary Kom is already an inspiration for many others who hope to follow in her footsteps. To see her weep on air while apologizing to the country for not winning an Olympic gold medal was one of the most endearing moments of India's campaign a the 2012 London Games. The 29-year-old five-time world champion and mother of two marked her Olympic debut...
08:17 AM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Serious questions about the authenticity of scoring in the Olympic men's boxing are raised following a string of contentious decisions. The murmurs of skulduggery gained steam last Wednesday when Azerbaijan took on Japan. The Azeri bantamweight Magomed Abdulhamidov was declared winner despite being knocked down six times in the final round by Japan's Shimizu Satoshi. Japan appealed against the decision and the result was overturned. Few days later, another...
11:08 PM, Aug 11, 2012
London: National boxing coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu is all praise for the country's young pugilists who made their Olympic debut here, saying that their gritty performance has shown that Indian boxing has a bright future ahead of it. "Akhil Kumar and Vijender Singh, performed well in their second Olympics (Beijing 2008). But now we have very young and talented boxers who are fearless and do not get overawed by the...
01:10 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: US middleweight Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal on Thursday, capping her swift rise to the top of women's boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia's Nadezda Torlopova. The 17-year-old Shields shuffled, danced and slugged her way past her 33-year-old opponent, showing off the free-spirited style and brute strength that made her unbeatable in London. Shields even stuck her tongue out at Torlopova after ducking a few punches....
11:39 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Flyweight Nicola Adams of Britain won the first Olympic gold medal in women's boxing, stunning world champion Ren Cancan of China in a 16-7 victory on Thursday. Adams knocked down Ren in the second round with a dynamic flurry of punches and finished off the top-seeded flyweight in impressive style. Adams dominated the middle rounds by a combined 10-3. Adams lost the last two world championship finals to Ren,...
11:44 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: Katie Taylor of Ireland won the first lightweight gold medal in Olympic women's boxing, edging rival Sofya Ochigava of Russia 10-8 on Thursday in front of a raucous, mostly Irish crowd. Taylor dropped to her knees and looked skyward as soon as the decision was announced, bringing an even louder roar from the fans, many of them in face paint and elaborate Irish-themed costumes. She then hugged her cornermen...
11:38 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal on Thursday, capping her swift rise to the top of women's boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia's Nadezda Torlopova. The 17-year-old Shields shuffled, danced and slugged her way past her 33-year-old opponent, showing off the free-spirited style and brute strength that made her unbeatable in London. Shields even stuck her tongue out at Torlopova after ducking a few punches....
11:03 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: India's much-hyped male boxers might have drawn a blank in the London Olympics but national coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu on Thursday insisted that the country's pugilists gave their "best performance" in the quadrennial sporting spectacle. "We have fought brilliantly but have been denied a medal. We were unable to translate good performances into a medal but that does not take away the fact that the boys gave an...
02:07 PM, Aug 09, 2012
