World Boxing
Winwood’s star on the rise despite narrow title loss in Perth
Alex Winwood says his near miss at Australian boxing history is only going to fuel his hunger to “rise back up to greatness” and win a world title.
- by Justin Chadwick
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WA’s Winwood ready to take on minimum-weight world champion in Perth
Winwood (4-0) will be fighting in just his fifth professional bout when he takes on WBA minimum-weight champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong at Perth’s HBF Stadium on Saturday night.
- by Justin Chadwick
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Nikita Tszyu
Police charge Zerafa’s brother with assault on wild Tszyu fight night
On a wild boxing night, the punch everyone is talking about - and has led to police charges - involved someone not on the official fight card.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Tszyu v Zerafa? This time it looks like it will actually happen
Nikita Tszyu and Michael Zerafa both earned very different victories on a wild night of boxing. Now they appear to be on a collision course.
- by Adrian Proszenko
‘What am I going to do?’ The gold hard truth of the post-Olympic blues
It’s almost a rite of passage for any Olympian in the aftermath of the Games. Whether they consider themselves successful, or not, there is always a bout of “post-Olympic blues”.
- by Hannah Hammoud
Boxing has given itself an uppercut that could knock it out of the Olympics
The newly formed World Boxing must develop fit-for-purpose rules regarding DSD athletes by 2025, or the sweet science will be struck off the Olympic roster.
- by Darren Kane
Khelif names JK Rowling and Musk in cyberbullying lawsuit over Olympics gender row
Khelif’s lawyer has revealed the celebrities have been named in a criminal complaint the boxer has filed with French authorities.
- by Rozina Sabur
The good, bad and stinky of the Paris Games
That was real, Paris. And different. How should we remember these Games now that they’re done and won?
- by Andrew Webster
Imane Khelif files harassment complaint amid boxing gender dispute
The Algerian boxer at the centre of a gender controversy at the Olympics has filed a formal legal complaint, citing being the victim of online harassment, according to her lawyer.
- by Juliette Jabkhiro
The only Australian boxer to beat Algerian Imane Khelif has a message for her detractors
Anja Stridsman, a gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, took on the boxer in 2019 and won. She says people debating the issue need to question information in front of them.
- by Anthony Segaert
In Depth
Paris 2024
She came to fight for her country, and ended up a punching bag. So did her sport
What would it mean if boxing disappeared from the Olympics – and frankly, why should you care?
- by Chip Le Grand