Boxing

John Murray believes victory over Anthony Crolla next month will give him the credit he deserves. The Mancunian is something of a forgotten man following a two-year absence since losing to then-WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios. Murray has returned with two wins, the latter of which saw him demolish John ...

Amir Khan will fight Luis Collazo on Floyd Mayweather’s undercard in Las Vegas on May 3. Khan will be making his debut at welterweight against a former opponent of Ricky Hatton. It will be his first fight since Khan struggled to victory against the veteran Julio Diaz in Sheffield last ...

KARACHI: The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) will send five to six Pakistani boxers to Kazakhstan for one-and-a-half-years training. According to PBF Secretary Akram Khan, the boxers will be trained in cooperation with Gofur Rahimov, chief of the Asian Confederation Organisation of the International Boxing Association (ASBC). According to PBF Secretary Akram ...

Britain currently has three world champions but many remain on the fringes of title contention and here we take a closer look at our list of 10 best domestic fighters. Boxing in this country is on a high with three active world champions and several others on the verge of ...

Martin Murray (R) in action against Sergey Khomitsky in London on Saturday (Pic Lawrence Lustig) Martin Murray will fight Jarrod Fletcher for the vacant WBA middleweight title in Monte Carlo on February 1. The belt became available when the WBA elevated their current holder of the title, Gennady Golovkin, to ...

Scott Quigg hopes to land a world title unification clash with Kiko Martinez after the Spaniard defended his IBF belt against Jeffrey Mathebula. Martinez halted the South African in the ninth round on Saturday night and Quigg watched his super-bantamweight rival from ringside in Spain. The Bury fighter retained his ...

Newly-crowned world champion Stuart Hall has turned his back on partying to concentrate on boxing. The 33-year-old beat South African Vusi Malinga on points in Leeds on Saturday to become the new IBF bantamweight champion. Hall needed 13 stitches to his face following the fight and he admits he is ...

We reflect on some of the highs and lows in the world of boxing over the past 12 months It was ‘as you were’ at the top of the tree in 2013 with Floyd Mayweather still reigning supreme atop the pound-for-pound rankings, while Carl Froch ushered in a new era ...