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WBC President reveals plans to introduce transgender category for boxing

WBC President reveals plans to introduce transgender category for boxing

‘We will never allow a transgender born a man to fight a woman’ WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman has confirmed plans for his sanctioning body to introduce a transgender category for boxing from 2023. The ongoing debate around transgender athletes competing in sports has dominated news in recent times, with allowing transgender women, who were born […]

3 years ago

Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte given extra week to solve pay split dispute

Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte given extra week to solve pay split dispute

Fury and Whyte had originally been set a deadline for tomorrow (January 11) Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte have been told by the WBC that they have been given an extra week to solve their dispute over the purse split ahead of their world title fight this year. The WBC had initially set a deadline […]

4 years ago

Tyson Fury set to fight Dillian Whyte at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium

Tyson Fury set to fight Dillian Whyte at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium

The Welsh arena looks to have edged ahead of Old Trafford as the likely venue Tyson Fury‘s as-yet-to-be-scheduled fight against Dillian Whyte looks like it could be held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, the home of the Welsh national rugby and football teams. The venue has emerged as a likely location after the WBC […]

4 years ago

Floyd Mayweather admits his fight with Logan Paul wasn’t a ‘real fight’

Floyd Mayweather admits his fight with Logan Paul wasn’t a ‘real fight’

It’s almost like we shouldn’t be taking this trend seriously… Floyd Mayweather has intimated that his exhibition fight against YouTube and influencer turned ‘boxer’ Logan Paul wasn’t a “real” fight and more just a bit of “fun”. Mayweather was speaking at the WBC Convention on Thursday when talkSPORT’s Michael Benson quoted him as saying that […]

4 years ago

This is Tyson Fury’s Guide to Self-Belief

This is Tyson Fury’s Guide to Self-Belief

The ‘Gypsy King’ is on top of the world When Tyson Fury defeated Deontay Wilder by technical knockout during their rematch in Las Vegas on February 22, 2020 – the 31-year-old not only took the WBC world championship from the Bronze Bomber, but also completed a cathartic and scarcely believable turnaround in his professional and […]

6 years ago

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