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  Mayweather wins narrowly vs Marcos Maidana

  Other Sports | May 04, 2014 13:25 IST

  LAS VEGAS : Argentina's Marcos Maidana came close to one of the bigger upsets in recent boxing history on Saturday as he took the fight right up to Floyd Mayweather Jr. for 12 tough rounds,

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  Mayweather works hard to sell $32 million payday

  Other Sports | May 03, 2014 8:46 IST

  Las Vegas: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is enough of a businessman to know his latest fight would be a tough sell, especially after setting records with Canelo Alvarez his last time out.   But sell he must,

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  Know hot Charlie Webster, the first female presenter of boxing coverage in TV history

  Other Sports | December 20, 2014 10:06 IST

  New Delhi: Charlie Webster will make TV history this weekend by becoming the first woman to present coverage of a world title boxing bout.      The Sky Sports News presenter and amateur boxer will host Eurosport's broadcast

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  Sports Ministry derecognises IABF

  Other Sports | April 01, 2014 17:59 IST

  New Delhi: Livid with the suspended Indian Amateur Boxing Federation's refusal to comply with its directives, the Sports Ministry today derecognised the IABF with immediate effect.     It comes as another massive jolt to the IABF,

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  Russian, Ukrainian boxing teams put aside tensions

  Other Sports | April 01, 2014 12:21 IST

  Moscow: Boxing teams from Russia and Ukraine put aside political tensions Monday to contest a World Series of Boxing quarterfinal in Moscow, with the hosts landing most of the blows in the ring.   The Russian

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  Sergey Kovalev successfully defends title

  Other Sports | March 30, 2014 14:50 IST

  Atlantic City, New Jersey: Sergey Kovalev successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title Saturday night, stopping Cedric Agnew in the seventh round at Boardwalk Hall's Adrian Phillips Ballroom.   Kovalev improved to 24-0-1 with his 24th knockout,

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  Walking the ramp easier than boxing: Vijender Singh

  Other Sports | March 18, 2014 13:08 IST

  Mumbai: Boxing champion Vijender Singh, who is ready to make his Bollywood debut and who walked the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) summer-resort 2014 here, finds it easier to model than box in

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  India to remain out of world boxing fold: AIBA

  Other Sports | March 04, 2014 14:29 IST

  NEW DELHI  : The International Boxing Association (AIBA) says the Indian Boxing Federation's suspension will continue until honest officials are found to lead it.The world amateur boxing body's president Ching-Kuo Wu said in a statement

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  Meet tiny Hayden, girl friend of giant heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko

  Other Sports | February 06, 2014 6:58 IST

  New Delhi: Hayden Leslie Panettiere is an American actress, model, singer, voice actress, and activist. She is known for her roles as cheerleader Claire Bennet on the NBC series Heroes (2006–10) and as Juliette Barnes

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  Australia's Leapai up next for Wladimir Klitschko

  Other Sports | February 03, 2014 17:27 IST

  Berlin: Wladimir Klitschko will defend his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles against Australian challenger Alex Leapai in Oberhausen, Germany, on April 26.   Klitschko's management company says the bout will be the Ukrainian fighter's

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  Meet hottest female boxers of the world

  Other Sports | January 31, 2014 7:00 IST

  New Delhi: No matter what sport a fan is following but he/she would never ignore a boxing game and that too if it is played among females. From Back to back punches, Pin-Falls, strength, speed,

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  Meet the boxer of the year 2013, Floyd Mayweather Jr

  Other Sports | December 25, 2013 6:43 IST

  New Delhi: Year 2013 is just approaching towards its end and it is time we go back and analyze the performances of players and then select the top one.Boxing arena witnessed enormous fights between the

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  Hall beats Malinga to take IBF bantamweight title

  Other Sports | December 22, 2013 11:57 IST

  Leeds, England: Stuart Hall claimed the vacant IBF bantamweight title early Sunday after a points win over Vusi Malinga of South Africa.   With his left eye swollen completely shut through the final four rounds, Hall

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  Broner set for 1st defense of welterweight title

  Other Sports | December 13, 2013 18:35 IST

  San Antonio: Adrien Broner has been eating lots of ice cream, admiring himself on television, and spending some quality time with friends and family. Oh, and he's been preparing for the first defense of his

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  Malignaggi beats Judah in a welterweight bout

  Other Sports | December 08, 2013 16:03 IST

  New York: Paulie Malignaggi won a unanimous decision against Zab Judah in a welterweight bout on Saturday between two Brooklyn-born fighters billed the "Battle of Brooklyn."   The judges scored it 116-111, 117-110 and 117-110 in

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  Indian Boxing Federation's suspension to continue

  Other Sports | December 03, 2013 15:54 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian Boxing Federation's suspension will continue as it failed to hold fresh elections, a must for it to return to the international fold.   The IBF was suspended last December by the sport's

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  Former world heavyweight champion Hide jailed

  Other Sports | November 30, 2013 12:13 IST

  Cambridge, England: Former world heavyweight champion Herbie Hide has been sentenced to 22 months in jail for agreeing to sell cocaine in an undercover operation by a British newspaper.   The 42-year-old Briton, who was WBO

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  Australian boxer Mundine wins WBA title fight

  Other Sports | November 28, 2013 15:53 IST

  Sydney: Australian boxer Anthony Mundine scored a sixth-round technical knockout win over American superstar Shane Mosley in Wednesday's World Boxing Association (WBA) international title here, media reported.Mundine won the super welterweight title fight at the

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  Know how India's famous boxer M C Mary Kom fought for her love

  Other Sports | December 05, 2014 11:48 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Olympian and five time world boxing champion, M C Mary Kom has been impressing everyone with her bouts in the ring since her debut in international boxing arena.Mary is very tough against

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  Froch retains super-middleweight titles

  Other Sports | November 24, 2013 12:27 IST

  Manchester, England: Carl Froch recovered from a first-round knockdown to retain his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles with a ninth-round stoppage of George Groves in an engrossing all-British fight on Saturday.   Referee Howard Foster infuriated