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Undefeated boxing great Crawford announces retirement
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Undefeated boxing great Crawford announces retirement
December 16, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—Undefeated world super middleweight champion Terence Crawford announced his retirement from boxing on Tuesday, hangin...
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Loaded fight card for Saturday’s Wray & Nephew Fight Night in Olympic Gardens
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Loaded fight card for Saturday’s Wray & Nephew Fight Night in Olympic Gardens
September 26, 2025
KINGSTON,  Jamaica — The Jamaica Boxing Association (JBA) has put together a loaded fight card for Saturday’s Wray & Nephew Fight Night, scheduled to ...
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Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton dead at 46
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Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton dead at 46
September 14, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has died aged 46, Britain's Press Association news agency reported Sunday. H...
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Crawford defeats Alvarez for historic undisputed super middleweight world title
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Crawford defeats Alvarez for historic undisputed super middleweight world title
September 14, 2025
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) -- Terence Crawford stunned Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to claim the undisputed super middleweight world bo...
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Alvarez, Crawford both tip scales at 167.5 pounds for title bout
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Alvarez, Crawford both tip scales at 167.5 pounds for title bout
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LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) -- Undisputed super middleweight world boxing champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and American challenger Terence Crawford e...
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Gender-row Olympic boxer Lin won’t compete at worlds, says official
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP)-Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships starting this week, Taiwan's asso...
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August 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Scores of mourners gathered Saturday at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kingston to bid farewell to late Jamaican boxing legend Mik...
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Mike McCallum family still awaiting autopsy
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Mike McCallum family still awaiting autopsy
June 23, 2025
No funeral date has been set for Mike McCallum, the boxing great who died on May 31 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Leroy Brown, general manager of the Jamaica ...
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Pacquiao to un-retire and fight Barrios for welterweight title
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Pacquiao to un-retire and fight Barrios for welterweight title
May 8, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Iconic Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao will end his four-year retirement at age 46 to fight Mario Barrios for ...
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Eubank Jr discharged from hospital following boxing grudge match
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Eubank Jr discharged from hospital following boxing grudge match
April 28, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British boxer Chris Eubank Jr was discharged from hospital on Monday after he was admitted as a precaution following h...
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World Boxing president impressed with Gloves over Gun programme
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World Boxing president impressed with Gloves over Gun programme
March 30, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica—World Boxing President Boris van der Vorst, who arrived in the island on Saturday, says he is impressed by the Gloves over Guns prog...
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World Boxing president arrives in Jamaica
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World Boxing president arrives in Jamaica
March 29, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — World Boxing President Boris van der Vorst arrived in Jamaica on Saturday for his inaugural official visit to the country. Van der...
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‘Rest easy king’: Tributes to George Foreman
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‘Rest easy king’: Tributes to George Foreman
March 22, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Reaction from the boxing world and beyond following the death of former heavyweight champion George Foreman aged 7...
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Boxing legend George Foreman dead at 76
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Boxing legend George Foreman dead at 76
March 21, 2025
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IOC set to include boxing on 2028 Olympics programme
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March 17, 2025
COSTA NAVARINA, Greece (AFP) — Boxing is set to be among the sports at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after a new governing body was selected, IOC chie...
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Davis retains WBA lightweight title with majority draw against Roach
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Davis retains WBA lightweight title with majority draw against Roach
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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Unbeaten American Gervonta Davis retained his World Boxing Association lightweight world title with a majority draw a...
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Tyson beaten by Youtuber Paul in heavyweight return
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ARLINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Mike Tyson's controversial return to boxing ended in a one-sided defeat on Friday, with Youtuber-turned-prizefighter...
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Tyson slaps Paul in final face-off before Netflix bout
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Tyson slaps Paul in final face-off before Netflix bout
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ARLINGTON, United States (AFP)— Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson slapped opponent Jake Paul as the two men faced off for the final time on Thurs...
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Gender row explodes at Olympics after Algerian boxer’s 46-second win
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Gender row explodes at Olympics after Algerian boxer’s 46-second win
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PARIS, France (AFP) -- Algerian boxer Imane Khelif's 46-second win at the Paris Olympics on Thursday sparked a furious row about gender eligibility ru...
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Nigerian boxer suspended from Olympics after doping test
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Nigerian boxer suspended from Olympics after doping test
July 27, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nigerian boxer Cynthia Temitayo Ogunsemilore has been suspended from the Paris Olympics for violating an anti-doping rule, the ...
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Gervonta Davis downs Frank Martin to retain lightweight crown
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Gervonta Davis downs Frank Martin to retain lightweight crown
June 16, 2024
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) --Gervonta Davis knocked out Frank Martin to retain his World Boxing Association lightweight crown in Las Vegas on Satu...
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