The fighters have restarted the build-up to their rescheduled match after the initial date was postponed because the former world heavyweight champion had an ulcer problem.
Boxer involved in gender controversy along with Algeria’s Imane Khelif beat Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova by a unanimous decision to reach women’s under-57kg quarter-finals.
The 25-year-old is a biological woman who has been erroneously labelled “trans” by social commentators after her round-of-16 opponent Angela Carini quit 46 seconds into their fight.
Cheung Ka-long’s dramatic fencing victory over Filippo Macchi led to a bitter reaction in Italy, who lodged a complaint and were unhappy with referees hailing from South Korea and Chinese Taipei.
Located in a region which has some of the country’s starkest rich-poor divides, children spar in the Bago City gymnasium after school before sleeping under the ring’s canvas at night.
The 45-year-old multiple world champion from the Philippines will now face Japanese mixed martial artist Rukiya Anpo on July 28 in Saitama in a 68kg 3-round boxing bout.
Zhang won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but his career has been full of complications which prevented him from competing with the very best in the sport.
Bout scheduled to take place on July 20 at Arlington’s AT&T Stadium will now be put back. Tyson became unwell while aboard a flight from Miami to Los Angeles last week.
The 28-year-old lost his WBC Asia light-flyweight belt to Filipino Jerry Francisco but Poon says he is mentally ready to fight again, with a new coach to guide him.
Superlatives have been lavished on an encounter in the Saudi Arabia capital of Riyadh where one of the undefeated fighters can become the first undisputed heavyweight in 25 years.
Tyson, 57, says he wants to he is still a great fighter while Paul, 30 years his junior, says he is being underestimated and has more power than ex-champion.