Boxing

Qatar opens its doors to the first-ever World Boxing Championships hosted in the Middle East tomorrow at 7pm, with the opening ceremony at the state-of-the-art Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena set to welcome 260 boxers from 74 countries. DOHA, QATAR –...

Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam): M.C. Mary Kom (48kg) notched up her fifth gold medal at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championships, winning a fiercely contested summit clash in Vietnam on Wednesday.Up against North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi, the five-time...

DOHA, QATAR – 8 October 2015:  H.E Dr. Thani Abdulrahman Al Kuwari, Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and President of the Qatar Boxing Federation and Executive Director...

DOHA, 16 OCTOBER 2015: World boxing’s signature event duly delivered. The first-ever AIBA World Boxing Championships held in Qatar and the Middle East inspired and lifted an entire city on its feet over 10 days of exhilarating, non-stop entertainment,...

DOHA, 14 OCTOBER 2015: Morrocco’s AFBC Champion Mohammed Rabii was named WSB’s boxer of the year last night after an undefeated season which he will be looking to round off with AIBA World Boxing Championship gold on Thursday evening...

These four words have been hurled at Vikas Krishan so frequently that he started suffering nervous breakdowns. The anxiety generally creeps in three, four hours before a bout and gradually builds into frustration so strong that he would not...

DOHA, 9 OCTOBER 2015: After the mania caused by Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquaio across the capital yesterday, the scene was set for another explosive day of elite boxing at the world-class Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena. Despite Pacquaio...