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‘It’s refreshing, it’s daunting, it’s arousing’: A week in Sydney amateur boxing
‘The Paddo Punch On’ fight night features a colourful cast of characters, from a private-school educated promoter to a former NRL player and an actress stepping into the ring.
- by Jonathan Drennan
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‘They might assassinate me’: The boxer ready to risk it all to serve South Africa
Former world boxing champion turned lawyer Lovemore Ndou is about to leave Australia to run for the South African presidency and is ready to die for what he believes in.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Australian boxer’s $680,000 first-round knockout
Jai Opetaia has taken his frustrations out on a hapless Ellis Zorro, the unbeaten Australian delivering a brutal first-round knockout in Saudi Arabia.
- by Murray Wenzel
When Jack Johnson won the world title in Sydney
Jack Johnson became the first African-American world heavyweight champion of the world when he beat Tommy Burns at Rushcutters Bay on Boxing Day 1908.
‘It’s extremely hot’: Why Muslim boxer had to fight harder than most for Olympics spot
Tina Rahimi has made huge sacrifices to both box and adhere to her faith, but it’s paid off with a place on the Australian team heading to Paris 2024.
- by Roy Masters