AP/UNB, July 24 – Mike Tyson, one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time, is returning to the ring after a long gap. The 54-year-old will meet four-division champion Roy Jones Jr in an eight-round exhibition match on Sept…
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Dynamites meet Victorians in BPL final Friday
Dhaka – Reining runners-up Dhaka Dynamites will lock horns with former champions Comilla Victorians in the final of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday evening. The match will kick off at 7pm.Both the teams…
55th Infantry Division clinches Army Boxing title
Dhaka- The 55th Infantry Division became champion and the 66th Division finished runners-up in the Bangladesh Army Boxing Championship’ 2018 in Rangpur Cantonment on Tuesday.
Boxing: Golovkin ready to hit the jackpot in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS,(BSS/AFP) – Gennady Golovkin is undaunted by the challenge of fighting for the first time in Las Vegas, saying defending his titles against Canelo Alvarez will be like going on a date with a beautiful girl. Three belt champion Golovkin…
Boxing: Golovkin says he will risk all crowns against Canelo
LOS ANGELES,(BSS/AFP) – Unbeaten Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan will risk all his world middleweight titles when he faces Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in September, but the Mexican won’t be trying to win them all. Statements from both fighters’ camps on Friday…
Honey collector killed in Sundarbans tiger attack
Dhaka- A honey collector was killed in an attack by a tiger in the Sundarbans at Talpotti under Satkhira range in Satkhira on Monday.The deceased was identified as Khokon Khan, 55, son of Aijuddin Khanof Dumuria Village in Shyamnagar upazila.
Boxing: Pacquiao not slowing down in build up to Vargas fight
Dhaka – Manny Pacquiao says that despite a punishing schedule which includes juggling two high-profile jobs in the build up to his return to the boxing ring, he has still managed to maintain his fire for the sport.Now that the…
Shields becomes 1st American boxer with 2 Olympic golds
Dhaka – Claressa Shields had Olympic gold around her neck and a secret keepsake in her warmup jacket pocket.She reached in her pocket, pulled out her first gold from London and slipped the medal over her head.Two Olympics, two gold…
American boxer Gary Russell wins 1st Olympic bout for family
Dhaka – Gary Russell cannot explain how in the first Olympic bout of his career he fell deaf to the chants, the horns, the fans stamping their feet on metal bleachers, and heard just one voice through the clutter:His father…
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali in hospital with ‘respiratory’ ailment
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali has been hospitalised for a respiratory issue, family spokesman Bob Gunnell said on Thursday.Gunnell said in a statement that Ali was in fair condition but that a brief hospital stay was expected.Ali, 74,…