The ex-England allrounder, trained by former Irish boxer Barry McGuigan, took the four-round heavyweight bout against Dawson by a 39-38 margin. ...
08:06 AM, Dec 01, 2012
The former England allrounder is already contemplating more boxing bouts if his professional debut against Richard Dawson of the United States on Friday is a success. ...
09:22 AM, Nov 30, 2012
London: Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff admitted to feeling nervous as he weighed in ahead of his first professional boxing fight on Thursday. The 34-year-old all rounder will take on American Richard Dawson at the MEN Arena in Manchester on Friday after exchanging his cricketing whites for a pair of boxing gloves in a bid to prove himself in the ring. Flintoff, who was part of England's Ashes-winning teams in...
11:43 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Guwahati: Pinki Jangra emerged as the new national champion with a dominating victory over N Tonibala Chanu of Arunachal Pradesh while her team Railways bagged the team's title at the senior women's national boxing championship, which concluded on Thursday. Having beaten her biggest challenger for the title, Van Lal Duati in the quarters, the 22-year-old dynamo easily claimed the top podium finish with a 14-point margin win in the fly...
09:54 PM, Nov 29, 2012
San Juan: Former US boxing champ Hector "Macho" Camacho, who was shot in the face this week, died on Saturday after being removed from life support, Rio Piedras Medical Director Ernesto Torres told reporters. He was 50. Camacho had been declared brain dead on Thursday after being struck in the face in a drive-by shooting earlier in the week. Two gunmen opened fire on Camacho and a friend, Adrian Mojica...
09:20 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Greater Noida: Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom will skip this year's national women's boxing championships as she wants some new names to take centrestage in the domestic arena. Mary Kom's last appearance in a National Championship was way back in 2008 in Agra when she clinched the 46kg category gold medal. She missed the 2009 and 2010 editions since she was craing for her new born twins. "I will...
04:35 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: India's loss has turned out to be Africa's gain in the World Series of Boxing as Algeria Desert Hawks have replaced Mumbai Fighters in the semi-professional league's second season starting later this month. "World Series of Boxing (WSB) is delighted to announce its presence on yet another continent with the Algeria Desert Hawks set to bring the excitement of the world's premiere team boxing to Africa," the International...
11:15 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Hyderabad: The services team suffered a major setback in the 59th Sahara Mens National Boxing Championship presented by the Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited with 2010 South Asian Games gold medallist Chhote Lal Yadav losing out in the quarter-finals of the bantam weight division. The 24-year-old, put up a good fight against some power hitting from S Santosh Singh of Manipur, but in the end came up short. Yadav a...
09:41 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Hyderabad: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Amandeep Singh of the Railways and 2009 Asian Championship gold medallist Nanao Singh of the Services team won their pre-quarterfinal matches to be on course to clash in the championship round. Round three saw both the pugilists defeat their respective opponents with straightforward victories to march into the quarter-finals of the event. Nanao, who was the first to take to the ring, locked horns with...
08:48 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Hyderabad: Day two of the 59th Sahara Men’s National Boxing Championship presented by the Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited and the action heated up with the competition moving into the second phase of the preliminaries, the round of 16. In the light fly weight division Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Amandeep Singh of the Railways and 2009 Asian Boxing Championship gold medallist Nanao Singh of the Services set the canvas on...
07:31 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Hyderabad: He has gotten over the disappointment of not winning a medal in the London Olympics and star Indian boxer Vijender Singh is now gearing up to come back a rejuvenated man when the national camp kicks off on November 19 in Patiala. "I am happy and satisfied now. I am waiting for the next tournament to start. I am participating in World championship next year. I am totally focused,"...
04:16 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Hyderabad: India's ace pugilist Vijender Singh on Tuesday said that he was open to the idea of setting up a boxing academy in the Andhra Pradesh capital if the state government supports him. The 2008 Beijing Games bronze medallist, who was here in connection with the 59th Senior National Men's Boxing Championship, told reporters that he has fond memories of Hyderabad as he won a medal in the Afro-Asian Games...
08:26 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Hyderabad: It's a fight for the coveted national boxing title as the 59th edition of the Sahara Men’s National Boxing Championship returns to the familiar city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The tournament, considered to be a bastion of nation's best and brightest talent, will once again witness boxers of the country vying for title of National Champion. Over 300 boxers from 35 State and Board teams will battle it...
05:12 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Moscow: A Russian boxer suspected of killing a man in a fight outside a nightclub has been charged with manslaughter, investigators said on Tuesday. The 22-year-old suspect, Valery Tretyakov, faces up to 15 years in prison over the weekend incident near the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg. "He's been charged," a spokesman for the Sverdlovsk regional branch of the Investigative Committee said. "He explained what happened that night during a...
10:20 AM, Oct 24, 2012
Aizawl: Olympic bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom feels "discrimination and partiality can kill a sportperson's soul". Speaking at a press conference after a felicitation by the Delhi-based Eternal Partners here last night in the presence of Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, Mary Kom spoke elaborately on the discrimination faced by sportspersons. "The key to winning Olympic medals is to treat sportspeople equally focusing on honing their talents by providing full facilities...
04:22 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Chennai: London Olympics bronze-medallist woman boxer M C Mary Kom is now aiming for a gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Sharing the dias with wrestlers Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt while interacting with students of Vellamal School here on Thursday, the five-time world champion talked about her future plans. "I am confident of winning gold medals in both Glasgow (CWG event slated for November 14) and then...
02:43 PM, Oct 11, 2012
India's ace boxer, Vijender Singh has left the London Olympics quarter-final loss behind and is now looking ahead to the World Championships. ...
08:59 PM, Oct 10, 2012
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
