It is a Sunday night in May and a crowd of around 300 are waiting for a boxing match to begin. The venue is decidedly unglamorous – the sports hall of a leisure centre in north London – but the basics ...

Japanese boxing authorities have announced stricter safety measures for the sport following the deaths of pro boxers Hiromasa Urakawa and Shigetoshi Kotari. In a statement to reporters, the Japan ...

THE driver charged over the Anthony Joshua horror car crash appeared in a Nigerian court today. Joshua’s personal trainer, Latif Ayodele, and strength coach, Sina Ghami, were killed when their ...

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Briton Tyson Fury said Anthony Joshua's tragic car accident in Nigeria that caused two fatalities was a ...

Two Japanese boxers died from the same brain injury sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Both boxers were 28 years old. The Japanese Boxing Commission is changing ...

Japanese boxing officials will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday as the sport in the country faces intense scrutiny following the deaths of two fighters in separate bouts at the same event. Super ...

The two men who died in the car crash in Nigeria on Monday that injured former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua were his "close friends and team members." Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele were killed ...

Japanese boxing is at "a crucial moment" and could cease to exist if it does not radically improve safety, the head of the country's boxing commission told AFP following the deaths of two fighters.