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Dave Toussaint sits on the cusp of the world's top 15 after he added the Australasian middleweight title to his glistening resume.

It's been a difficult promotion, but Australia's WBO welterweight champion has tuned out the noise.

Australia's WBO welterweight champion will fight fire with fire after adopting the same lightweight horse-hair gloves used by Terence Crawford.

It looms as the biggest fight of Dave Toussaint's career. Not one to be overwhelmed by the big occasion, he will treat it like any other.

A pair of polar opposites will look to steal the show when they enter the squared circle on Friday night.

Johnson became the first black heavyweight champion when he defeated Tommy Burns in 1908 in front of 20,000 in Sydney.

Mexican boxing star Canelo Alvarez has been handed a reduced penalty for doping violations.

Australian champion Dave Toussaint doesn't fear the challenge of a man that went the distance with the reigning world champion - he thrives on it.

Canelo Alvarez withdrew Tuesday from his scheduled May 5 rematch with middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.

A doctor with India's Commonwealth Games team has been warned after breaching the no-needles policy at the athletes' village.

The team could face sanctions if found to have breached the strict no-needle policy just days out from the start of the Games on the Gold Coast.