TOKYO (AP) — About 15 minutes after Nesthy Petecio clinched the Philippines' first-ever medal in Olympic women's boxing, Irma Testa laughed with joy when she achieved the same history for Italy. When ...
Boxers from 76 nations duked it out for 16 days in 267 bouts at Tokyo’s legendary Kokugikan Arena in pursuit of Olympic glory, giving fight fans incredible matchups across 13 weight classes. Cuba led ...
Keyshawn Davis, a U.S. silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, is unbeaten through the first 10 fights of his professional boxing career. (Usa Today Sports) With Olympic-style boxing in a state of flux ...
TOKYO — Two boxers in Japan have died from brain injuries they incurred in separate bouts during the same event in Tokyo, officials said. Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa ...
The Knicks entered the first round with the No. 24 picks. They left it with five second-round picks and an indeterminate amount of cash. Warriors owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy ...
Will there or won't there be boxing in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo? I don't think anyone clearly knows the answer to this. I don't even think the International Boxing Association (AIBA) or IOC knows ...
TOKYO, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Sumo wrestling isn't part of the Tokyo Games, but its storied stadium is lending Olympic boxing a little of the flavour of Japan's 1,500-year-old national sport. Boxing bouts ...
It may come as a surprise to hear that that boxing is on the brink of excluding itself from the Olympics as a political battle threatens to see the sport removed from Tokyo 2020. A litany of ...
The Cedar Hollow Ranch is missing a Giraffe named "Gracie". Read full article: Missing Texas giraffe sparks social media posts from fire departments, schools and other agencies The Houston Housing ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Olympic chief Thomas Bach believes an alternative organisation could run the boxing competition at next year's Tokyo Olympics if recognition is withdrawn from the sport's amateur ...