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For Cheryl Karian, a 72-year-old retired physician assistant, boxing is medicine. Ms. Karian, whose Parkinson’s disease was diagnosed in 2020, doesn’t compete or spar, but every Tuesday and Thursday, she trains for an hour at Main Street Boxing and Muay Thai in downtown Houston. Before her diagnosis, Ms. Karian ran, …

By Frank Warren OUR POPULAR PROSPECT show concept returns on Friday at York Hall with the latest in the series designed to showcase our young fighters and give them the experience of top billing. Of course, we also have a couple of quality title fights as headline acts and the …

SAM NOAKES WILL happily step out of the spotlight tonight and let his brother Sean take centre stage for his professional debut at York Hall. Sean, 26 and two years his senior, takes on Lee Hallett at London’s home of boxing and the Noakes’, along with extended family and friends, …

BRAD FOSTER WAS unsuccessful in his challenge for the WBC International super bantamweight title, coming up short on points against the rated Romanian Ionut Baluta. All three judges awarded the fight to Baluta by a four-round margin after a fight where styles didn’t gel and it quickly became a messy …

Boxing world champion Nikhat Zareen on Monday weighed in on the smouldering controversy over Muslim girls wearing the hijab in schools and colleges, saying one’s attire was entirely the subject of their choice. “It is totally their own choice. I can’t comment on their choices. I have my own choice. …

The GB fighter was paired with the man who would go on to win the title in the first round of the AIBA world championships in November. Now as one 14 GB boxers based at Sheffield’s English Institute of Sport selected for the EUBC European Men’s Elite Boxing Championships, in …

NEW ORLEANS — Famed New Orleans boxing promoter Les Bonano died Saturday night, according to reports. Bonano began working with the NOPD in 1965. In 1974, while working at the Orleans Parish Prison, Bonano started an athletic program which focused on a variety of sports including boxing. Over the course …

GLENDALE — David Benavidez returned to his hometown and took care of business quickly, the two time former super middleweight champion flooring top contender David Lemieux twice in the first two rounds to capture the interim WBC world super middleweight championship Saturday night on Showtime from Gila River Arena. Benavidez, now based …

Floyd Mayweather barely stopped smiling during his eight-round boxing exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The 45-year-old boxer seemed to have a lot of fun in the ring — almost at Don Moore’s expense. Mayweather even imitated a ring girl, before dancing with her, after six rounds. Floyd Mayweather danced with a …

Unbeaten WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and undefeated lineal heavyweight champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury nearly came to blows at a heated final press conference Thursday as they previewed their highly anticipated rematch headlining a historic mega PPV event this Saturday, February 22 from the MGM …

Fighters stepping into the ring this Saturday, February 22, on the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II undercard previewed their respective showdowns at the final press conference Thursday before they step into the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The press conference featured fighters competing in …