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The crown was too much, even for a physical god like Anthony Joshua
Anthony Joshua always looked the part as the heavyweight champion of the world. But Andy Ruiz took him to a place where no amount of training could save his belts.
- by Phil Lutton
Latest
Ruiz stuns Joshua to become world heavyweight boxing champion
Little-known boxer Andy Ruiz has shocked previously undefeated heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua in New York.
Wilder KOs Breazeale to defend WBC heavyweight belt
Deontay Wilder has emphatically returned to the win column, knocking out compatriot Dominic Breazeale with an overpowering first-round right hand.
Jeff Horn
Tszyu might beat me but not yet, concedes Horn
A Tim Tszyu-Jeff Horn fight looks at least a year away, but already the verbal sparring has begun.
- by Adrian Proszenko and Phil Lutton
'Best in the country': Tim Tszyu wins new admirers and an Australian boxing title
Tim Tszyu is the new Australian National Boxing Federation’s super middleweight champion after taking the title off Joel Camilleri.
- by Adrian Proszenko
NRL 2019
Gone in 23 seconds: Justin Hodges wins second 'fight'
Justin Hodges made very quick work of his latest boxing opponent.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Kostya's trainer says Tszyu 2.0 is the new face of Australian boxing
The man who guided Kostya Tszyu to the top of world boxing believes his son, Tim, will also become the local face of the fight game.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Akkawy steps up on short notice for dream shot at world title
The unbeaten Bilal Akkawy, whose record stands at 20 wins and a draw, took the fight on two weeks notice and hopes to be back in Sydney with the belt next week.
- by Chris Roots
Tim Tszyu wants his own crack at American loudmouth Zab Judah
Eighteen years after his father knocked him out to earn a famous victory, Tim Tszyu is eyeing off a fight with brash American Zab Judah.
- by Adrian Proszenko
'Low blow': Crawford beats Khan by TKO to keep WBO welterweight title
American Terence Crawford, who dismantled Australia's Jeff Horn in nine rounds for the WBO crown last June, retains his WBO title with a technical knockout.
- by Brian Mahoney
Iran
History-making female boxer from Iran cancels return home after arrest warrant issued
On Saturday, Sadaf Khadem was lauded as the first Iranian woman to ever compete in an official boxing bout. Now, she is in exile.
- by Julien Pretot