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Mundine and Green bullish about last dance

Last dance: Danny Green and Anthony Mundine.

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?

Horn-Pacquiao showdown set for green light

No delays: Jeff Horn is already training for the Manny Pacquiao fight.

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.

Toxic relationship with Mundine won't change: Green

Danny Green on Anthony Mundine: "He doesn't push my buttons at all. I have no emotion towards him."

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.

Horn can emerge from shadows against Pacman

"I believe I can beat these guys": Boxer Jeff Horn is set to take on Manny Pacquiao.

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.

Palaszczuk, Pitt meeting to decide if Brisbane to host boxing event of year

Suncorp Stadium could host the biggest boxing bout of the year.

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.

Quirky's cousin set to fight Pacquiao for world title

Drawcard: Manny Pacquiao could fill up Suncorp Stadium.

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.

The reason Rousey's sparring partners aren't talking

Striking problems: Ronda Rousey was visibly outmatched in her boxing skills against Amanda Nunes.

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?