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Pak Govt. approves Rs. 30 million grant for boxing champ
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Dec. 3 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved a grant of Rs. 30 million for World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Flyweight Champion Muhammad Waseem.
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Francis Cheka training hard before WBO title bout against Vijender Singh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.30 (ANI): Former world champion Francis Cheka is stepping up his training ahead of the big title defence bout against Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh at the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Championship on December 17.
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`Young` Pacquiao admits he'll relish Mayweather rematch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov.22 (ANI): Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, who made a winning comeback from his brief retirement earlier this month, has insisted that he feels like a young man once again before expressing his desire for a rematch against his American rival Floyd Maywe
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Manipur sports academy training future champs with poor backgrounds
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Nov. 15 (ANI): Several sports persons from the north-east have put the remote region on the world map recently, and in an attempt to continue with this, a sports academy has been imparting training in Wushu and kick-boxing to youth despite their poor background
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`Unbeaten` Vijender to defend WBO title against ex-world champion Francis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.14 (ANI): Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh will face the toughest test of his professional career when he takes on former world Champion Francis Cheka to defend his WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Champion title at the Thyagaraj Stadium here on December 17.
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Kashmiri girl makes India proud, scripts history at World Kick Boxing Cham
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar [India], Nov. 12 (ANI): Eight-year-old Tajamul Islam scripted history at the World Kick Boxing Championship in Italy, where she made India proud by becoming the first player ever from the sub-junior category to clinch a gold medal.
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`Unbeaten` Vijender to defend WBO Asia Pacific title on Dec. 17
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 8 (ANI): Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh will defend his WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Champion title when he comes on ring at the Thyagaraj Stadium here on December 17.
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Pacquiao defeats Vargas to clinch WBO welterweight title on return to the
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK] Nov. 6 (ANI): Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao came up with a superb return to the ring after a brief retirement to score a unanimous win over champion Jessie Vargas to clinch the WBO welterweight title.
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Tyson Fury admits to taking `lot of cocaine` to deal with depression
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct.5 (ANI): Boxing heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has admitted that he has been drinking and taking a lot of cocaine to help him deal with depression.
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Tyson Fury's future hangs in balance after testing positive for cocai
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [England], Oct 01 (ANI): Boxing heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has reportedly tested positive for cocaine and faced being stripped of his title belts, leaving his career hanging in the balance.
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`Tyson Fury will be stripped of all his titles`, believes boxing promoter
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [England], Sept 26 (ANI): Tyson Fury will be stripped of his world heavyweight titles, UK's leading boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has said while casting doubts over his return to the ring.
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Northeast youth eyeing boxing as a career
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gangtok (Sikkim) [India], Sept. 23 (ANI): Boxing fever seems to be gripping youth in north eastern states of the country.
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