‘Hardest I’ve been hit’: Aussie hailed as future champ
Australian heavyweight Teremoana Teremoana has won again inside two rounds, leaving his victim hailing the Queenslander as a future world champ.
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‘The Tank’ rolls to Commonwealth boxing triumph
Jye Dixon has become Australia's first boxing champion at the Commonwealth Games, winning the bantamweight crown in Glasgow.
Tarona Taafaki earns tiny Tuvalu first-ever Games medal
A boxer from Tuvalu has earned her tiny South Pacific nation's first-ever Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight in Glasgow.
Son of a riding gun among three Aussies boxing for gold
Australia will have a trio of up-and-coming boxers fighting for Commonwealth Games gold, with teenager Jacob Cassar leading the charge in Glasgow.
‘Bittersweet’ medal for history-making Fijian boxer
Jasmine Daunakamakama shed tears of pride after becoming the first Fijian woman to win a Commonwealth Games medal in boxing.
Fijian to win historic medal in women’s Games boxing
Jasmine Daunakamakama, the first woman to box for Fiji at the Commonwealth Games, was in tears after being guaranteed a medal.
Phoenix ready to ‘party’ after 12-round slugfest win
Tim Tszyu has preserved his family's incredible unbeaten record in Australia with a unanimous points win over American pound-for-pound great Errol Spence Jr.
‘Let’s do it’: Tszyu and Spence Jr ready to rumble
Tim Tszyu and Errol Spence Jr are ready for their mega fight, but Aussie Liam Wilson has suffered a cruel setback when his US opponent failed to make weight.
‘How many holidays?’: Tszyu queries Spence Jr’s desire
Australian boxing star Tim Tszyu suspects American Errol Spence Jr may have had one too many vacations entering the pair's middleweight blockbuster in Sydney.
‘Thank God’: Tszyu relishes Spence’s weight demand jump
Far from unhappy, Tim Tszyu has met the demand to rise up in weight to fight American superstar Errol Spence Jr with glee ahead of their Sydney blockbuster.
‘Very traumatic’: Tszyu’s US rival back from the dead
American superstar Errol Spence Jr has detailed the devastating aftermath to the horrific car accident that left him fighting for his life, not a boxing match.
‘I’m the big fish’: superstar Spence’s warning to Tszyu
Undefeated American superstar Errol Spence Jr has arrived in Sydney with a word of warning to Australian rival Tim Tszyu ahead of their blockbuster bout.
Moloney sold on Zuffa, makes big boxing move
Jason Moloney has signed a five-fight deal to join Jai Opetaia at Dana White's controversial boxing organisation Zuffa.
Stars align, card reveals reality of historic Paro win
Liam Paro is in the box seat for a big-money world title unification bout after the scorecards revealed how close his historic fight with Lewis Crocker was.
‘Bite down and fight’: bloodied Paro a champion again
Liam Paro has joined Jeff Fenech as a boxing history-maker after winning world titles in multiple weight classes, pipping champion Lewis Crocker in Brisbane.
Paro’s skills and smarts can ensure no more Mr Nice Guy
Former champion Danny Green expects the highly skilled Liam Paro to pick Lewis Crocker apart in their world title fight in Brisbane.
‘Boxing saved my life’: initials fuel Paro title shot
Remembering his late mate, Liam Paro credits boxing as his "medicine" as he nears a 39-year Australian first in the sport.
‘I’m going to beat this’: boxing Thornberrys fight on
World title-chasing David Nyika and his trainer - future father-in-law Noel Thornberry - are back in the ring after a six-month fight of a different kind.
Rough sleeper: Paro’s blue Corolla and no Plan B
Liam Paro, on the cusp of joining Jeff Fenech on Aussie boxing's top shelf, quit his apprenticeship as a teenager to chase a dream most thought was crazy.
Like ‘wearing oven mitts’: champ eyes 39-year first
Liam Paro has dared champion Lewis Crocker to underestimate his power ahead of their world title fight in Brisbane, where the Australia can join elite company.
Aussie nears shot at Japan’s pound-for-pound king
Sam Goodman will fight Ryosuke Nishida for an interim world title belt and the chance to finally face Japanese star and pound-for-pound king Naoya Inoue.
Big in Japan: Moloney to cash in where he’s respected
Newly-installed world champion Andrew Moloney will target a swift return to Japan after he was mobbed by fans following his first appearance in the country.
‘Twenty years, down to three minutes’: Moloney triumphs
A battered and bruised Andrew Moloney feared he was destined to be robbed again before the Australian's arm was raised in his world title fight in Japan.
Moloney finds calm on long road to Japan title shot
Andrew Moloney has reflected on his winding road to another world title shot and says he's in the shape of his life ahead of a date with Willibaldo Garcia.
‘Closest graveyard’: champ’s fighting words for Paro
Lewis Crocker will arrive in Brisbane to defend his world title against Queenslander Liam Paro having never fought professionally outside of Europe.
‘Rather fight Jai’: team Opetaia slam rare WBC move
Jai Opetaia's manager thinks the touted clash with WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian will go ahead despite the organisation's best efforts to derail it.
Homecoming bout as Nyika eyes Opetaia’s vacated belt
David Nyika will return home to fight Floyd Masson in a world title eliminator for the IBF cruiserweight title Jai Opetaia was stripped of.
‘Hold your horses’: Tszyu to wait for world-title shot
Emerging superstar Nikita Tszyu wants to bide his time rather than rush into a world-title fight after preserving his unbeaten record with another brutal win.
Tszyu good: Nikita preserves family’s crazy legacy
Australian boxing star Nikita Tszyu has preserved his unbeaten record with a sixth-round stoppage of Spaniard Oscar Diaz in their super-welterweight showdown.
‘Ready to hurt him’: new-look Tszyu primed for battle
A freshly shaven Nikita Tszyu has hit the scales in peak shape ahead of his super-welterweight fight with unbeaten Spaniard Oscar Diaz in Newcastle.
Tszyu locks in spicy showdown with American superstar
Tim Tszyu has finally set a date with American superstar Errol Spence Jnr, who will return to the ring in Australia for his first fight in almost three years.