Sport
Boxing
'Short. Fat. Slow': Hopoate sprays verbal jabs at Gallen
There will be something for boxing aficionados at next Friday's Star of the Ring promotion. Plus there will also be the John Hopoate-Paul Gallen bout.
- by Adrian Proszenko
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UFC
Ben Edwards steels Paul Gallen's bid to give Hoppa hell
What better way to prepare than getting some rounds in with the first man that stopped 'Hoppa' in the ring?
- by Caden Helmers
ACT sport
Josh Tonna proving he belongs with the world's best
Tonna's presence on One puts him in Asia's biggest combat sports promotion alongside Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez.
- by Caden Helmers
Flashback
From the Archives: Lionel Rose is named 1969 Australian of the Year
50 years ago today, world boxing champion Lionel Edmund Rose was named Australian of the Year. The shy 20-year-old was the first Indigenous Australian to win the award.
- by Rod Humphreys & Staff
ACT sport
Boxing Australia moves to strengthen next gen
A Boxing Australia review sparked the need for one major change - implementing a junior talent ID program.
- by Caden Helmers
UFC
Brazilian thief learns the hard way not to mess with UFC fighter
UFC boss Dana White has shared a photo of what happens when a would-be mugger picks the wrong target, as happened with Brazilian fighter Polyana Viana.
Floyd Mayweather Jr
That's entertainment: Mayweather cashes in with first-round knockout
Unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather earned more than $1.4 million a minute after stopping kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition bout in Japan.
- by Philip O'Connor
Boxer Adonis Stevenson 'awake' after coma
Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson has regained consciousness from three weeks in a coma after a knockout loss, according to his girlfriend.
Anthony Mundine
Really, Man? Mundine pleads with Horn for 'one more shot'
Despite being annihilated inside one round in his clash with Jeff Horn last month, Anthony Mundine has appealed to the 'Hornet' for a rematch.
- by James Dampney
'I've got 11 kids to feed': Hoppa eyes payday in Gallen fight
Paul Gallen will fight former two-time Australian heavyweight champ in February, despite John Hopoate not stepping into the ring for almost nine years.
- by Adrian Warren
Global stardom beckons for Akkawy after winning at the Garden
Sydney super middleweight Bilal Akkawy's seemingly inevitable journey to becoming a champion has continued with a dominant win over Mexican Victor Fonseca.
- by Darren Walton