Boxing is a martial art and combat sport in which two people throw punches at each other, usually with gloved hands. Historically, the goals have been to weaken and knock down the opponent. Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth sport and is a common fixture in most international games—it also has its own
ASTANA – Qazaq Batyry, Central Asia’s largest martial arts academy, which includes 10 training groups, recently opened in Astana. The Academy offers a variety of the most popular martial arts said by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Federation of Kazakhstan Aidar Makhmetov. “We have established an all-purpose academy
Former featherweight titlist Billy Dib will fight in the co-feature on the David Haye-Mark De Mori undercard, which was announced this week. Australia’s Dib (39-4, 23 KOs), a countryman of De Mori, will face England’s Jamie Speight (13-8, 1 KO) in a 10-round junior lightweight bout on the Jan. 16 card at the O2 Arena
Although the television outlet and venue have not been determined, junior lightweight titlist Rocky Martinez will fight Orlando Salido for the third time on Feb. 20, Salido manager Sean Gibbons told ESPN.com. Puerto Rico’s Martinez and Mexico’s Salido waged two ultra-exciting fights in 2015 to add to the great boxing rivalry between their countries. On
For most of the world the boxing year ended with a slew of notable fights on Dec. 19, after which almost everyone went into holiday mode for a few weeks. The one exception is Japan, where it has become tradition for there to be a bevy of world title fights to close the year and
