Italian Olympian Guido Vianello registered the most important win of his career by upsetting Arslanbek Mahkmudov via an eighth-round TKO victory on the same evening Christian Mbilli dominated Sergiy Derevyanchenko.Vianello and Mahkmudov met in the World Series of Boxing nearly 10 years ago, with Vianello retiring in the fourth due to an ear injury. This time, things were different. From the opening stanza, Vianello quickly landed an array of right hands. The straight right, however, was pivotal, as it caused Makhmudov’s left eye to swell by the third round. Image: Mahkmudov’s left eye had swollen by the third round Makhmudov tried to cut off the ring…

Tommy Fury looked every inch the contented father in a picture posted to photo-sharing app Snapchat on Wednesday, bottle-feeding his daughter in the £4m Cheshire mansion he shares with his fiancee, Molly-Mae Hague.So when, just hours later, Love Island’s most successful couple announced their break-up in separate posts on Instagram after five years together, their millions of devoted Gen Z followers were left reeling.How could this picture of domestic bliss have shattered in mere hours?In reality, however, Fury was not at home when he posted the image, which was taken months ago. For the half-brother of former heavyweight boxing champion…

Ra-leek Born with Freeway Ricky Ross at Saturday’s announcement. Photo by Shane O’Brien Sign up for our QNS email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Promising Queens boxer Ra-leek Born is set to make his professional debut on Tuesday, Aug. 20, after signing with Team Freeway Boxing on Thursday, Aug. 3. Born, a three-time national champion at the juvenile level, signed with Team Freeway Boxing, owned by prison reform activist “Freeway” Ricky Ross, at an event at Urban Vegan Roots at 34-47 31st St. in Astoria on Saturday afternoon. Hailing from Springfield, Born…

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s tumultuous Paris Olympics run culminates Friday with a gold-medal bout, while gold medals will be awarded in track and field, beach volleyball, soccer and breaking as the 2024 Olympics begin to wind down.See the full schedule of events and read more on what to watch below:Khelif fights for goldKhelif will win either a gold or a silver medal when she fights Yang Liu of China in the final of the women’s welterweight division.Winning a gold medal is what Khelif has said is the best response to the worldwide scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her…

Lin Yu-ting caused controversy during her semi-final fight against Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman with accusations of an ‘illegal punch’ on her way to victory.The Taiwanese boxer has been at the centre of the gender eligibility boxing row at the Olympics along with Imane Khelif.Both fighters are through to the gold medal match in their respective weight divisions.Yu-ting, a former two-time world champion, has won all three fights without dropping a single point on her way to the gold medal bout.Lin Yu-ting was reprimanded by the refereeEUROSPORTHowever, many felt she was fortunate to avoid a point penalty against Kahraman during the…

Lin Yu-ting has slammed the International Boxing Association and claimed she has been attacked with a ‘false’ gender test amid the row currently engulfing the Olympics in France.The Taiwan star has made the final of the games, with the 28-year-old set to go up against Julia Szeremeta on Saturday.Lin was previously forced out of the Boxing World Championships last year after failing the IBA’s test, which is confidential.Speaking to CNA English News, the Taiwanese star insists she has nothing to hide and that her conscience ‘is clear’.Lin Yu-ting has claimed the IBA’s gender test was ‘false’ amid the current controversy…

While sport has long prided itself on its capacity to promote peace and reconciliation, there was widespread anxiety before the Paris Olympics that the wars in Europe and the Middle East would poison the event. Thankfully, there have been no major security incidents. Yet geopolitical conflict has played out at the Games, including in the controversy over women’s boxing.On the eve of the Olympics, many feared the worst. Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and the ensuing Israeli invasion of Gaza, now exacerbated by the threat of an all-out regional war, brought back the ghosts of the massacre…

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif found herself in the centre of the gender row controversy following her match with Angela Carini from Italy. It all started when she was assumed to be a trans woman after defeating Carini. This led to a debate on social media about the boxer being male or transgender, with celebrated author JK Rowling and tech billionaire Elon Musk joining in to question her being qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Imane Khelif’s uncle spoke about her upbringing and way of tackling bullying amid gender row at the Olympics. (File Photo) The International Boxing Association (IBA) has…

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – Before a boxer is ready to fight, they need years of training outside of a ring. In the Grand Strand, there are kids, teens, and adults, who all have boxing dreams, and some have already made it to a professional level. Curtis Morton is now a boxing coach but has also gotten a taste of professional boxing life for the last six years. ”I remember a coach said once you start boxing, it’s never going to leave you,” said Morton, the head coach of EYK, or Earn Your Keep Boxing. Morton trains all ages and…

PARIS — Oleksandr Khyzhniak was one minute away from winning an Olympic gold medal three years ago when he was rocked by one miraculous punch. Khyzhniak went down, the fight was stopped and the most fearsome boxer in Tokyo had to settle for silver.The middleweight from Ukraine decided he would wait three years to make it right. Khyzhniak got his epic redemption Wednesday night at the Paris Games with a gold medal finally around his neck, but only after he paid for it in time, sweat and pain.Khyzhniak beat Nurbek Oralbay of Kazakhstan 3-2 in a thrilling final at Roland…