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Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has told Boris Johnson to “grow a pair” after seeing Sir Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square repeatedly vandalised at Black Lives Matter protests.

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — British boxer Billy Joe Saunders had his boxing license suspended Monday after publishing a social media video in which he appeared to condone domestic violence amid the coronavirus outbreak.

British boxer Billy Joe Saunders, the WBO super-middleweight champion, posted a video on the internet instructing men on how to hit women while on coronavirus lock down.

On a recent episode of his podcast, Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champion became emotional and extremely passionate when describing how he sometimes he feels “like a bitch” for not wanting the person he was as a fighter to come out again.

Randy Gordon, host of Sirius XM Fight Nation’s At the Fights, told Breitbart News that the recent bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder showed how boxing had transcended the racism of its past.

Friendships between fighters of different races in boxing is evidence of America moving beyond racial divisions, assessed Randy Gordon.

The heavyweight title rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder on Saturday night did not disappoint.

Tyson Fury thanked God after winning the WBC heavyweight championship in a decisive seventh-round technical knockout (TKO) on Saturday night — and praised his opponent, Deontay Wilder.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tyson Fury reinvented himself once again, and once again he’s a heavyweight champion.

Deontay Wilder went from attacking the president — based on the “fake news” — to admiring him for correcting a historical injustice.

The Democrat debate on Wednesday night will take place in the shadow of what many around the world consider a more consequential showdown: the rematch Saturday night between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and lineal champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury

Lightweight boxing champion Gervonta Davis has found himself is facing serious legal issues, after a video of him grabbing and shoving his ex-girlfriend at a charity basketball game, has gone viral.

Antonio Brown has had trouble restarting his NFL career. However, should he decide to compete inside the ring, there’s an offer on the table.

It should go without saying, but if you ever feel the urge to talk trash about MMA fighters in the presence of a UFC heavyweight, don’t.

Floyd Mayweather has teased a possible return to fighting, writing in an Instagram post he was “coming out of retirement” in 2020.

The former boxer turned actor Mickey Rourke has pledged to punch President Donald Trump when or if the pair meet again, warning that he would deliver a “left hook from hell.”

CHICAGO (AP) — Boxer Patrick Day died Wednesday, four days after sustaining head injuries in a fight with Charles Conwell.

Everlast boxing and fitness equipment company has chosen transgender boxer Patricio Manuel as the face of its new ad campaign.

Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders was widely ridiculed on Tuesday for a video showing him taking a swing at a boxing speed bag, only to have the bag fly back and hit him in the face.

According to recent data, roughly 40 percent of the country makes around $40,000 a year. According to Mike Tyson, he and his friends smoke the annual salary of those people in weed, every month.

Argentine boxer Hugo Alfredo Santillan has become the second boxer in a week to die of injuries suffered in the ring.

Russian Boxer Maxim Dadashev has died from the brain injuries he suffered in the ring four days ago.

Boxer Kubrat Pulev received a unanimous decision victory on Monday. Though, it wasn’t the kind of vote that gave him a win inside the ring, instead, the Bulgarian heavyweight needed this particular vote of approval just to be allowed to get back inside the ring.

Newly crowned WBA Super World Welterweight champion and Philippine Senator Manny Pacquiao skipped his president’s “State of the Nation” address Monday as well as the vote for Philippine Senate president, forced to delay a flight out of Las Vegas by his doctor.

Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medalist and four division champion who was regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters ever, has died after being hit by a car in Virginia. He was 55.

Baltimore Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young responded to the city’s wave of weekend violence by floating a “boxing ring” as a potential solution.

The first female Iranian boxer to win an international fight will stay in France and not return home after an arrest warrant was issued against in Tehran. 

Heavyweight boxer Kash Ali was disqualified Saturday for trying to bite a chunk of opponent David Price’s stomach, reports say.

Reporter Jenny Sushe has hired attorney Gloria Allred after Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev delivered an unsolicited kiss during an interview.

French boxer Sabri Sediri was jubilant, Saturday, with his impending win. So much so that he began taunting his opponent right on the ring before the final bell was rung.

Boxer Adrien Broner has a reputation of being one of the more controversial athletes in the sport. After hearing the comments he made about homosexuals in a recent video, you’ll see why.

Freeda Foreman, boxing great George Foreman’s daughter, died from an apparent suicide in Texas, according to authorities.

During a recent shopping spree, boxing great Floyd Mayweather said he can do whatever the heck he wants, as he waved off criticism that he was violating a social justice boycott of Gucci.

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — It took less than three minutes for Floyd Mayweather to knock down his Japanese kickboxer opponent Tenshin Nasukawa three times Monday in a New Year’s Eve entertainment exhibition bout.

A pair of workers at a Pennsylvania facility for disabled teens have been arrested and charged with staging boxing matches and fights between the kids.

Los Angeles (AFP) – Transgender boxer Patricio Manuel made history Saturday with a unanimous decision victory over Mexican super-featherweight Hugo Aguilar in Indio, California.