Boxing News
Jaron Ennis defended his share of the 147lbs championship with a flat performance in front of his hometown crowd, taking a unanimous decision victory over Ukrainian fighter Karen Chukhadzhian on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
Known as ‘Boots’, Ennis won 119-107, 117-109, 116-110 on the scorecards to retain the IBF welterweight championship.
Continue reading...Conor Benn is free to resume his boxing career in the UK after the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) cleared him of any wrongdoing with regard to two failed drugs tests in 2022.
Benn tested positive for the fertility drug clomifene in two tests in the buildup to his scheduled fight with Chris Eubank Jr in October 2022, causing the contest to be scrapped at short notice. Benn had his licence removed by the British Boxing Board of Control, and although his provisional suspension was lifted by the NADP in July 2023, it was subsequently reinstated following a successful appeal by the Board and the UK Anti-Doping Agency (Ukad).
Continue reading...Imane Khelif, the boxer who won Olympic gold amid a gender eligibility row, is taking legal action over media reports allegedly detailing her leaked medical records, the International Olympic Committee has said. Reports published in France this week claimed the 25-year-old has XY (male) chromosomes.
The boxer took gold in the women’s welterweight competition at this summer’s Games in Paris amid huge controversy after the International Boxing Association said the Algerian had been disqualified from last year’s World Championships for failing gender eligibility criteria.
Continue reading...World Boxing has appointed Gennady Golovkin as the chair of its new Olympic Commission, charging the former middleweight world champion with the task of helping the body establish itself as the sport’s recognised international federation. World Boxing, launched in 2023, has 44 members and is seeking to fill the void left by the International Boxing Association (IBA).
The IBA was stripped of recognition last year by the International Olympic Committee, which has not included the sport on the Los Angeles 2028 Games programme yet and has urged national federations to create a new global boxing body to replace the IBA.
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