Martin Bakole is a top contender who last time out knocked out Jared Anderson inside five rounds. He returns to action in May ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died at the age of 28 from brain injuries sustained in a fight, his promoter announced on Saturday. “It is with complete devastation that we have to announce that ...

Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast last Saturday. The Irish boxer suffered an intracranial haemorrhage and had surgery to ...

The bout with Welsh boxer Howells was Cooney's first defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title. Cooney won the title with a win over Liam Gaynor in Dublin in November 2023, but spent a year ...

Image: John Cooney has died at the age of 28 Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after his Celtic super-featherweight title fight at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Cooney, 28, was stopped in the ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after suffering a brain injury in a championship fight, his promoters have said. The 28-year-old from Belfast was taken to intensive care after he lost to ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast. The death of the 28-year-old ...

PARIS (AP) — Algeria boxer Imane Khelif, who found herself in the middle of a bitter divide about gender in sports during the Paris Olympics, has denounced “false and offensive” accusations ...

We love a boxer. Love 'em. They're loose and relaxed, two of the things we most aspire to be ourselves. Though they're often pushed aside in favor of their cousins, the brief and the boxer brief ...

That confidence stems in part from his recent run of impressive victories, which includes wins over Zhilei Zhang and Deontay ... "I do believe I'm a better boxer. But he has shown grit, he has ...

This led to Agit Kabayel being promoted from No. 2 to No. 1. That won’t last long, though, as Kabayel is due to face Zhilei Zhang (now ranked No. 2) for the WBC interim heavyweight title.

Daniel Dubois insists he will provide far tougher opposition for Joseph Parker than Zhilei Zhang did when they meet in the ring next week. Britain's Dubois will defend his IBF heavyweight world ...