Redfern gym down for the count
Come early morning the men would pound away at the old, faded, heavy punching bags, sweat pooling on the parquetry floor.
Come early morning the men would pound away at the old, faded, heavy punching bags, sweat pooling on the parquetry floor.
Wash away the bad blood. And shut down sideshow alley. Forget the trash talk between Anthony Mundine and Danny Green. Take away the hype of the has-beens; the rivalry; the anthem. Just what will win their Friday night fight in Adelaide?
All the basic information you need before the big fight.
Danny Green has received a tonne of support from black and white Australians after he questioned opponent Anthony Mundine's decision not to stand for the national anthem before their fight in Adelaide on Friday night.
Anthony Mundine says he objects to Advance Australia Fair and would like the national anthem and flag changed.
Anthony Mundine has branded our national anthem "racist" and will not acknowledge it before his boxing rematch against Danny Green on Friday night.
Floyd Mayweather says a crossover showdown with UFC superstar Conor McGregor is likely to happen.
The city's Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says final plans could be announced in coming days as the city prepares to host the Filipino superstar against local hope Jeff Horn on April 23 at Suncorp Stadium.
The passage of time hasn't softened Green's views ahead of their rematch, with the Perth veteran saying he has no interest in building bridges and labelling Mundine a 'reverse racist' for some of his his hardline views.
The ACT Government has confirmed new legislation to cover all combats sports should be introduced in 2017.
The easy option would be to pluck out the outrageous soundbite from Anthony Mundine, smack a headline on it, put it in lights.
Boxing Hall of Famer Oscar De La Hoya has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Pasadena, California.
The outspoken boxer says the controversial lamb advertisement featuring his good friend Wendell Sailor and Cathy Freeman is racist.
The Australian welterweight contender has been spectacularly written off by one of the judges who presided over his most recent fight.
The Australian welterweight hasn't concerned himself with wondering why he's been given a golden ticket against the Filipino great. But he has no doubt he can deliver in one of the biggest bouts ever held on these shores.
Meetings with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Sports Minister Curtis Pitt on Tuesday week will decide if a Brisbane boy bullied at school to take up boxing can fight the world's ruling welterweight champion in front of 50,000 people at Suncorp Stadium and become the world's new welterweight champion.
Arguably the biggest fight in Australian boxing history has been confirmed.
Brisbane is about to compete for Australian boxing's bout of the century when Brisbane's "fighting schoolteacher" Jeff Horn is confirmed on Wednesday as the contender against "legendary" world welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao in April 2017.
Danny Green has dismissed talk of a weight mismatch in his long-awaited boxing rematch with old foe Anthony Mundine.
With all the talk about ​Ronda Rousey's apparent lack of striking capabilities following her 48-second loss to women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes last month, it seems logical to ask one of her sparring partners: Did Rousey really have trouble grasping the basic concepts of boxing? Or was her poor showing at UFC 207 just a really ill-timed fluke?
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