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Floyd Mayweather Jnr (left) beat Manny Pacquiao in their welterweight boxing match at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in 2015 that promoters said was the most profitable fight in history, setting pay-per-view records. Photo: TNS
Boxing

Mayweather says rematch with Pacquiao an exhibition, with venue still undecided

Boxer also says the September 19 bout may not be at the Sphere in Las Vegas: ‘we don’t know exactly where the fight is going to be at’.

Boxing

Lin Yu-ting to compete in first international boxing event since gender row

Boxing

Mayweather to fight Pacquiao in long-awaited Las Vegas rematch in September

Boxing

Pacquiao returns to Las Vegas for 10-round exhibition fight against Provodnikov

Manny Pacquiao looking forward to ‘great fight’ against former world champion Ruslan Provodnikov on April 18.

Mario Barrios (left) hits Manny Pacquiao in the 10th round of their WBC welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 19, 2025 in Las Vegas. Photo: AFP
Mario Barrios (left) hits Manny Pacquiao in the 10th round of their WBC welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 19, 2025 in Las Vegas. Photo: AFP
Boxing

Anthony Joshua returns to gym following car crash that killed two of his friends

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said: ‘I do think he will want to return to boxing, but that will be his decision when the time is right’.

United States

‘Only way I’ll ever get licked’: boxing’s Muhammad Ali honoured with US stamp

‘The Greatest’ receives a historic tribute, as 22 million stamps featuring a 1974 photo fulfil his famed ‘only way I’ll ever get licked’ joke.

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Boxing

Fury’s back and getting ready to ‘punch men in the face and get paid for it’

Tyson Fury getting back in the ring a year after announcing that he was quitting boxing.

Tyson Fury retired last year after a second points loss to heavyweight rival Oleksandr Usyk. Photo: Reuters
Tyson Fury retired last year after a second points loss to heavyweight rival Oleksandr Usyk. Photo: Reuters
Anthony Joshua

Driver in fatal Anthony Joshua car crash charged with dangerous driving

Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode was driving the British boxer and 2 of his friends when their car crashed on Monday, killing Joshua’s friends.

Boxing

Ex-boxing champ Joshua discharged from hospital after surviving fatal car crash

Anthony Joshua is ‘clinically fit’ to be allowed to go home following death of two close friends in Nigeria.

Boxing

Ex-heavyweight champion Joshua ‘stable’ after Nigeria crash kills 2 friends

Two close friends of the British boxer die after the car they are in collides with a truck on country’s notorious Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Britain’s Anthony Joshua has been injured in a fatal car crash in Nigeria. Photo: AFP
Boxing

Biggest fight in Japanese boxing history: ‘Monster’ Inoue has plan for Nakatani

Two of world’s best pound-for pound boxers must first clear Mexican opposition before Nakatani can have shot at Inoue’s title.

Naoya Inoue after defeating Ramon Cardenas in a junior featherweight title match in May in Las Vegas. Photo: AP
Naoya Inoue after defeating Ramon Cardenas in a junior featherweight title match in May in Las Vegas. Photo: AP
Boxing

Anthony Joshua knocks out Jake Paul to win controversial Netflix boxing bout

Former world heavyweight champion makes hard work of beating YouTuber in Miami.

Jake Paul

Paul v Joshua mismatch latest illustration of seismic shift in boxing landscape

YouTuber fancies his chances in Netflix-streamed bout against ex-heavyweight champion, who ominously says boxers have ‘licence to kill’.

Manny Pacquiao

Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao hints at possible rematch with Floyd Mayweather

Filipino former world champion says he is involved in ‘a lot of ongoing negotiations’ and a bout against the unbeaten American is one of them.

American Floyd Mayweather (left) beat Manny Pacquiao when they fought in a welterweight unification bout in Las Vegas in May 2015. Photo: AFP
Boxing

Pradhan ready for encounter on bigger stage, but wants fight at Kai Tak next

Saagar Pradhan will defend WBO Youth APAC super welterweight title at Southorn Stadium in October.

Saagar Pradhan poses for pictures during an interview at Verano Boxing Club. Photo: Elson Li
Saagar Pradhan poses for pictures during an interview at Verano Boxing Club. Photo: Elson Li
Boxing

Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton dies aged 46

Body of British boxer reportedly found at his home in Manchester on Sunday morning.

Olympics

‘It belongs to you’: S Korean boxer ‘returns’ 1988 Olympic gold medal to Jones Jnr

Park Si-hun travels to Jones’ ranch in Pensacola, Florida, to give him medal from fight most observers believe the American won.

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Boxing

Chinese Taipei Olympic boxer Lin will not fight at world championships: official

The Paris Games gold medallist had reportedly agreed to gender testing for world event and submitted results, but has received no response.

Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting had agreed to undergo compulsory gender testing ahead of the world championships starting in Liverpool this week, her coach said. Photo: AFP
Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting had agreed to undergo compulsory gender testing ahead of the world championships starting in Liverpool this week, her coach said. Photo: AFP
Boxing

Japanese boxing at ‘crucial point’, deaths could spell end: commission chief

Recent deaths of two boxers on same card have shaken sport to the core in Japan, as investigations continue.

Boxing

Japanese fighter still in coma as nation grapples with spate of boxing accidents

Amateur boxer still unresponsive in intensive care after a bout on August 8, weeks after two professionals died from their injuries.

Boxing

Chinese Taipei boxer Lin Yu-ting agrees to gender test for world championships

Lin’s coach says Olympic champion, who was embroiled in a gender row at 2024 Paris Games, will ‘go by the rules’ of the World Boxing event.

Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting won the women’s 57kg boxing final against Poland’s Julia Szeremeta at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo: AFP
US immigration

Mexican boxer Chavez Jnr deported from US over alleged cartel ties

The fighter, linked to the Sinaloa cartel, was arrested in July after losing a match to US influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr arrives for a cruiserweight boxing match against US influencer Jake Paul at the Honda Centre in Anaheim, California, on June 28. Photo: AFP
Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr arrives for a cruiserweight boxing match against US influencer Jake Paul at the Honda Centre in Anaheim, California, on June 28. Photo: AFP
Boxing

Boxing officials in Japan to hold emergency meeting after deaths of 2 fighters

Japan Boxing Commission, gym owners, officials under pressure to act after Shigetoshi Kotari, Hiromasa Urakawa die following brain surgery.

Boxing

2 Japanese boxers on same card die from brain injuries

Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Hiromasa Urakawa on Saturday after being injured in fights in Tokyo on August 2.

Boxing

Pacquiao only the latest boxing great to risk his legacy for lure of the ring

The 46-year-old Filipino came out of retirement on Saturday to fight Mario Barrios but fell short as the American escaped with a draw.

Mario Barrios (left) lands a jab on Manny Pacquiao in the 10th round of their WBC welterweight title fight at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday. Photo: AFP
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