Going from strength to strength over the past five years, Australian boxing continued its sharp rise in 2024. With the boom of world-level talent coupled with the investment of overseas promoters, fighters from the “land down under” were able to showcase their abilities on the sport’s biggest stages with mixed results. From a traditional fighting
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In the moments following Ryosuke Nishida’s (9-0, 1 KO) triumphant capture of the IBF bantamweight title in May, onlookers were left spellbound by what they had just witnessed. Competing for just the ninth time as a professional, the 28-year-old achieved what fighters the world over can only dream of accomplishing when he scored a unanimous
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Kazakhstan’s Janibek Alimkhanuly (16-0, 11 KOs) has successfully defended IBF and WBO world middleweight titles, stopping a spirited Andrei Mikhailovich (21-1, 13 KOs) in the ninth round of their contest at the Star Hotel, Sydney. Originally slated for July 13 in Las Vegas, the pair settled their score after a week-long build up filled with
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As the WBC silver belt was placed over his shoulder in the midst of the Las Vegas heat on July 13, veteran featherweight Sulaiman Segawa (17-4-1, 6 KOs) stood well aware of what he had just achieved. The 33-year-old southpaw defied the 7/1 odds set against him pre-fight, turning in a career-best performance to outpoint
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Surging super welterweight Nikita Tszyu (10-0, 8 KOs) has continued an unbeaten start to his professional career, stopping a gallant Koen Mazoudier (12-4-1, 5 KOs) in the ninth round of a hellacious war to collect the IBO intercontinental and IBF Australasian title at the ICC Theatre Sydney in Australia. The dogged, back-and-forth bout lived up
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A lot has already been made of the historic element surrounding Alex Winwood’s (4-0, 2 KOs) upcoming WBA minimumweight title challenge, and rightly so. Should he be triumphant over long-reigning champion Thammanoon “Knockout CP Freshmart” Niyomtrong (24-0, 9 KOs) in Perth on September 7, the 27-year-old will become the fastest Australian male to win a
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Headlining in his hometown of Wollongong for a second time in 2024, WBO and IBF number one contender at super bantamweight, Sam Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) has thwarted off a spirited effort from Thailand’s Chainoi Worawut (25-1-1, 15 KOs) to claim a 12 round unanimous decision (117-111, 117-113, 119-109). The 25-year-old battled through a suspected
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With newly minted IBF super lightweight champion Liam Paro’s (25-0, 15 KOs) upset win over Subriel Matias (20-2, 20 KOs) fresh in the collective consciousness of the boxing world, most pundits are still feeling the aftershock of last month’s stellar performance by the 28-year-old Queenslander. To compatriot and number one contender at super bantamweight with
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As is often colloquially suggested, ‘the third time’s a charm.’ That wasn’t the case for Robson Conceicao (18-2-1, 9 KOs) in his last fight, and he now looks to once again attempt to capture that elusive world title on July 6 at Newark’s Prudential Centre. Having fallen short of capturing a world title on three
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