As always professional boxing in Italy heats up during the summer and it´s not because of the sunshine but rather due to the fact that networks have more dates when the soccer/football has closed for ...

VILLEPINTE, France — The Italian Boxing Federation said it would not accept any prize money from the banned International Boxing Association. IBA president Umar Kremlev had announced in a video that ...

ROME (AP) — Nino Benvenuti, an Italian former boxer who won gold at his home Olympics in 1960 before earning world championship titles in two weight classes as a pro, has died at age 87. The Italian ...

MARCIANISE, Italy (Reuters) - A three-year-old boy punches a boxing bag with a pair of big gloves. Nearby, his father is training a group of wannabe champions. Out in the street a poster reads: ...

Irma Testa, who over the summer became Italy’s first olympic boxing champion, came out as queer in a recent interview with Vanity Fair Italia. Testa said she doesn’t believe her identity fits into a ...

In a brief yet dramatic encounter at the Paris Olympics, Italy's Angela Carini withdrew from her bout against Algeria's Imane Khelif after just 46 seconds. Khelif, who was previously banned from the ...

Italian boxer Angela Carini has issued an apology following her abrupt withdrawal from a bout at the Paris Olympics, a moment that sparked online abuse against her Algerian opponent, Imane Khelif. The ...

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