Kyrgyzstani wins gold medal at Asian Schoolboy’s Championship in UAE AKIPRESS.COM – Athlete from Kyrgyzstan Kamil Shar won gold medal at the ASBC Asian Schoolboys & Schoolgirls Boxing Championships in the UAE. The tournament among athletes born in 2010-2011 ended in Al-Ain on September 8. Kamil Shar performed in the weight category up to 52 kg among 6 athletes. He started in the ¼ of the final. The Kyrgyzstani won his Iranian opponent in the first fight and beat the Uzbek opponent as well. In the final competition on September 8, Kamil Shar won the athlete from Ukraine and became…

World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst has stressed that for the sport to return to the Olympics programme the entire boxing world has to unite. Van der Vorst was in New Delhi to garner support from the majority of the 45 Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) who were here to attend the 44th General Assembly.The International Boxing Association (IBA) was derecognised by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) last year over failing to adhere to good governance principles, including questionable refereeing standards. Boxing was not included in the programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.Speaking to the Tribune, the Dutch…

Orlando Bloom has a hunger for great art, no matter the cost.Bloom, who stars in the upcoming sports thriller “The Cut,” opened up about his dramatic weight loss for the role while speaking at Variety’s Toronto Film Festival Studio. In the film, Bloom plays a retired boxer who undergoes an intense weight management program in order to return to the ring.The SAG-winning actor said he “basically tiered down the food over a three-month period until just before filming.””I dropped 52 pounds, and I was about 185 when I started,” he said. “So, I dropped quite a lot of weight, and…

Orlando Bloom dropped 52 pounds in just three months to play a retired boxer who goes to scary extremes to lose weight in order to compete again in the upcoming drama “The Cut.”Losing the weight quickly proved to be mentally “challenging” for the 47-year-old actor, who spoke about the process during an appearance at Variety magazine’s Toronto Film Festival Studio.“I basically tiered down the food over a three-month period until just before filming, (when) I was at my lightest. I dropped 52 pounds, and I was about 185 when I started,” Bloom said. “So I dropped quite a lot of weight, and I was…

Katy Perry dished on her sex life with Orlando Bloom — and he liked it. The “Firework” singer and her fiancé didn’t hold back from showing PDA while walking the red carpet at the premiere of his film “The Cut” during the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday. Bloom was photographed planting a sweet kiss on Perry’s cheek as she smiled from ear to ear. Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom went heavy on the PDA at a movie premiere on Thursday after she spilled a steamy sex confession. AFP via Getty Images Bloom kissed his fiancée at the premiere of his…

AIN TAYA, Algeria — In the weeks since Algeria’s Imane Khelif won an Olympic gold medal in women’s boxing, athletes and coaches in the North African nation say national enthusiasm is inspiring newfound interest in the sport, particularly among women.Khelif’s image is practically everywhere, featured in advertisements at airports, on highway billboards and in boxing gyms. The 25-year-old welterweight’s success in Paris has vaulted her to national hero status, especially after Algerians rallied behind her in the face of uninformed speculation about her gender and eligibility to compete.Amateur boxer Zougar Amina, a medical student who’s been practicing for a year,…

The Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny start time, TV schedule, and ring walks are below for the Inoue vs. Doheny fight card on Tuesday at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. This post will help explain the Inoue vs. Doheny fight card and at which time the headliners are expected to make their ring walks. The event features a five-bout card headlined by the Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny championship showdown on ESPN+. The Inoue vs. Doheny ring walks are expected to take place approximately around 7 a.m. ET. The Inoue vs. Doheny fight card broadcast begins at 5:45 a.m. ET and…

Three days before he puts his undisputed super bantamweight title on the line, Japan’s Naoya Inoue said Saturday that his opponent, Ireland’s TJ Doheny, poses a challenge. “I am not underestimating his ability,” the 31-year-old Inoue told a press conference in reference to the 37-year-old he will face at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena. Japan’s undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue speaks at a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2024. (Kyodo) “I don’t think this is going to be an easy fight like everyone seems to be saying.” Inoue is the second undisputed champion in more than…

Naoya Inoue is set to return to the ring on Tuesday to defend his undisputed super bantamweight championship against veteran T.J. Doheny at the Ariake Arena in Koto Ku, Japan. The Japanese is one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world today and has shown supremacy in every division he has fought in during his career. He will be making his second fight of 2024, after defeating Luis Nery on May 6 when he had to overcome a knockdown to win in a resounding way in a fight that had a lot of action and drama. Now he will…

The brother of Michael Zerafa has been issued a ‘life ban’ from No Limit Boxing after he struck the trainer of Michael’s opponent in the ring yesterday. Tommy Browne, who is trained by Tommy Mercuri, could not continue after the first round of yesterday’s bout with Zerafa in Sydney, Australia, indicating he had torn his bicep tendon. Zerafa reacted angrily and shouted ‘you quit’ at Browne, who had previously accused Zerafa of doing the same against Erislandy Lara. Mercuri was prompted to have words with Zerafa, only to be confronted by the winner’s brother, who stormed the ring and struck…