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(Reuters) - The death of George Foreman signals the end of the golden age of heavyweight boxing and the 20-year gap between his two world titles is a unique record that will never be broken, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has said.
(Reuters) - Following are quotes and reaction to the death of American Olympic champion and twice heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, who died on Friday at age 76 in Houston, Texas.
PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) - Boxing was included on Thursday in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics programme after a unanimous vote from the International Olympic Committee, ending years of doubt over the sport's Olympic future.
LOS ANGELES: Former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who fought and lost against Muhammad Ali in boxing's iconic 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" before reclaiming the title two decades later, died Friday (March 21) aged 76, his family announced in a statement.
(Reuters) - Imane Khelif, who won Paris Olympics boxing gold amid a gender-eligibility row, is determined to defend her title at the 2028 Los Angeles Games and says she will not be intimidated by U.S. President Donald Trump.
PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee executive board on Monday recommended the inclusion of boxing in the Los Angeles 2028 summer Olympics, ending a years-long saga regarding the sport's Olympic future.
AYUTTHAYA, Thailand, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's historic city of Ayutthaya held an annual boxing ceremony to celebrate the deep-rooted heritage of Muay Thai in a bid to reinforce the global appeal of the national martial art and promote tourism.
LONDON (Reuters) - The World Boxing Organisation ordered Ukraine's world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to open talks with Joseph Parker on Thursday for a mandatory title defence.
(Reuters) - IBO middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr has been fined 100,000 pounds ($129,210) by the British Boxing Board of Control for slapping upcoming opponent Conor Benn with an egg at a press conference last month, British media reported on Tuesday.
(Reuters) - TKO Group Holdings, owners of mixed martial arts' UFC and wrestling's WWE, announced on Wednesday a new boxing promotion with the backing of Saudi Arabia's Turki Alalshikh and entertainment conglomerate Sela.
BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday granted provisional recognition to World Boxing in a major step towards the sport's inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
(Reuters) - World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst is delighted that his federation has received the backing of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) but told Reuters on Thursday that the real work had just begun.
ALOR SETAR: Kedah Sultan Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah and family have contributed 1,200 boxes of food for the needy in conjunction with this Ramadan.
(Reuters) - Paris Olympics bronze medallist Cindy Ngamba has withdrawn from her professional boxing debut after failing to clear a pre-fight medical examination, organisers said on Thursday.
(Reuters) - Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed super bantamweight world title against American Ramon Cardenas on May 4 in Las Vegas, promoter Top Rank said.
(Reuters) - Chris Eubank Jr smashed an egg into Conor Benn's face at a press conference in Manchester on Tuesday, two months before their showdown at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
(Reuters) - Boxer Lauren Price has set her sights on building a legacy as the undisputed welterweight champion after beating fellow Briton Natasha Jonas by unanimous decision to unify the WBA, WBC and IBF belts in London on Friday.
IPOH: Police are looking for a suspect in connection with the theft of a surau donation box in Kampung Tawas near here.
(Reuters) - World heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois withdrew on Thursday from his scheduled title defence against Joseph Parker on Saturday after falling ill.
(Reuters) - Canadian investigators said on Tuesday they recovered the so-called black boxes from a regional jet that flipped upside down upon landing in windy conditions a day earlier at Toronto's Pearson Airport, injuring 21 of the 80 people on board.
