The route may have been complicated at times but Natasha Jonas has always had a clear idea of where she was headed.
Jonas became the first British female boxer to compete at the Olympic Games. She became a professional after taking time away from…
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Trainer Bob Santos has described the Olympic Games as “great” for the sport as Team USA prepares to launch its medal bid in Paris on Saturday.
With eight boxers representing Team USA at the Games, lightweight fighter Jajaira Gonzalez of Glendale, California, will get…
Featherweight Omar Trinidad put on a dominant performance in stopping Viktor Slavinskyi in the 10th and final round of their bout Friday at Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.
The end came at 2:31 of the tenth round, capping a fight in which Trinidad stayed…
Featherweight Omar Trinidad put on a dominant performance in stopping Viktor Slavinskyi in the 10th and final round of their bout Friday at Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.
The end came at 2:31 of the tenth round, capping a fight in which Trinidad stayed…
Welterweight Aram Amirkhanyan won a split decision over undefeated Gor Yeritsyan in a tactical co-feature bout Friday at Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.
Two judges scored it 96-94 for Amirkhanyan, while one had it 96-94 for Yeritsyan.
Both fighters hail from Armenia and…
Claressa Shields calls herself the GWOAT, or the Greatest Woman of All Time. That’s for history to decide. For now, two things are certain. She’s clearly talented – and if she’s the greatest woman boxer of all time, then she’s also unfortunately ahead of her time.…
Olympic boxing has launched the careers of some of the sport's greatest figures, including Sugar Ray Leonard, whose first great stride on his climb to the Hall of Fame and legendary status was a gold medal win.
The Games provides fighters with a chance…
Claressa Shields and Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse both made weight Friday for their two-division title fight set for Saturday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
For the headlining light heavyweight and heavyweight title fight, which is contracted at 175 pounds, Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) actually checked…
Women have been competing in Olympic boxing only since 2012, but there is now a generation of young fighters who have had the opportunity to grow up with the Olympic ideal demonstrated for them in real time. This Olympic Games might set the highest standards…