London, Nov. 16 : World Heavyweight Boxing champion David Haye has revealed the mindset that inspired him to victory over Russian giant Nikolai Valuev eight days ago.

"At the end of the 11th round I had a look at the crowd and when I sat down I knew I was just three minutes away from fulfilling a childhood dream. I kept thinking about all the years in the gym, all the people that I had shared a ring with and all the fights during my career. I knew that I had to stay calm in the last round and not lose my head and certainly not go looking for glory," Haye''s told The Sunday Mirror.

London, Nov 12 - Retired American boxer Mike Tyson is in trouble again after he allegedly punched a photographer at the Los Angeles airport.

The 43-year-old was en route to Las Vegas when a celebrity photographer began taking his picture at the United Airlines terminal, reports people. com

"The two men got into a scuffle and it's alleged that Tyson punched the photographer in the face, causing him to fall to the ground," said Jim Holcomb, a policeman.

London, Nov 11 : World boxing heavyweight champion David Haye’s dream 20 million pound showdown with one of the Klitschko brothers could be ruined by his own promotional teams as they are afraid to take on the fight.

Vitali and Vladimir’s manager Bernd Bonte wants Britain’s new world heavyweight champ Haye to fight one of the Ukrainians next year.

But Bonte says Haye’s agreement with three promoters - Golden Boy, Sauerland Events and Don King - could prove to be a big stumbling block.

Hanoi, Nov 4 : World Champion boxer M. C Mary Kom and Kavita Goyat won gold for India in the Asian Indoor Games here Wednesday.

Other Indians, Sarita Devi and N. Usha lost their final bouts and had to contend with silver medals.

Four-time world champion Mary Kom used all her experience to beat Hoa Nguyen Thi of Vietnam 8-6.

Mary Kom, with her crisp straight punches and sharp jabs led 1-0 at the end of round one and finished 3-2 after the second round. Round three ended with the score reading

Five Indian boxers including MC Mary Kom, Chhoto Loura, Kavita Goyat and L Sarita Devi and N Usha have made into the semifinals of their respective weight categories of the third Asian Indoor Games at Vietnam on Sunday.

World Champion MC Mary Kom punched out Chinese Taipei's Ting Lo Yueh 14:9 in the quarterfinal of the 46 kg weight category. Round 1 ended with both Mary and Ting tied at 2:2 but Mary played well in the second round to take 6:2 lead.

Boxers, earlier placed in the graded contract system by the Indian Boxing Federation (IBF), will get special cash incentives from Sahara India for each bout they win in the nationals.

Introduced in the Sahara 56th Senior National Men’s Boxing Championship, which got underway in Hyderabad on Monday, boxers would be entitled to cash rewards from the preliminary rounds itself.

A win in the preliminary round will fetch Rs 500, Rs 1,000 in the pre-quarterfinals, Rs 2,000 in the semifinals and a berth in the finals will be worth Rs 3,000.

The champion will be richer by Rs 5,000.

London, Oct 23 : Brit Asian boxer Amir Khan can remember the exact time when he changed from a boy to a man as a boxer.

It was the 54th second of the fight when Colombian Breidis Prescott knocked him out cold last year.

That was Khan''s only defeat and, as he looks ahead to his world light welterweight title date with Dmitriy Salita.

Kiev - World heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko deployed his size and weight in Ukrainian local politics Tuesday, leading a move to block what he called "illegal" operations of the Kiev City council.

Klitschko - the holder of belts from the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Organization and the International Boxing Organization - was at the head of a group of some 15 opposition councilmembers preventing the work of the City Council, physically blocking the majority of members from calling a Council meeting to order.

London, Oct 10: American Boxing legend Mike Tyson has said that he does not want to know the exact reason behind his young daughter’s death, as he fears that he would react in anger if someone was to blame.

Tyson is still struggling to come to terms with the loss of his four-year-old daughter Exodus, who was choked to death after getting entangled in a cord of a treadmill in her Phoenix, Arizona home in May this year.

The retired sportsman said that he does not know the full details of the tragedy, and was focusing on his family to keep away from reacting with anger.

Notwithstanding their past achievements, MC Mary Kom, L Sarita Devi, Kavita Goyat, Chhoto Laura and N Usha's selection for the upcoming Indoor Asian Games in Vietnam is bound to raise eyebrows.

Reason: They will represent the country in the intra-continental meet despite none-too-impressive outings in the senior nationals that concluded in Jamshedpur on Thursday.

In a rare upset, four-time world champion and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna recipient Manipur’s Mangte Chungneijang (MC) Marykom lost to unknown Pinky Jangra of Haryana in the 10th Senior National Women’s Boxing Championship in Jamshedpur on Monday.

The verdict left the Manipuri fuming and she left the ring in a huff.

Refusing to accept defeat, she later registered a protest with the judges.

Marykom, an inspector with Manipur Police, has been raising her voice against the “discrimination” being meted out by private and government sectors towards women boxers.

One more prominent sports personality is making a move to Mumbai.

Olympic bronze medalist, boxing champion Vijender Singh is all set to make his debut in tinsel town in ‘One’.  

The 23-year-old Vijender has confirmed the news.

The Bhiwani-born boxer is very thrilled regarding it.  

According to Vijender, his role suits his real life image as a boxer in the movie.

However, he does not want to reveal too much about the movie.  

Perhaps, according to the boxer it’s not the time to do it.  

India’s star pugilist Vijender Singh has created yet another history as he jumped to no. 1 place in the middle weight category (75 kg) in the latest International Boxing Association's (AIBA) rankings announced on Tuesday.

The Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh had won bronze medal in the recently concluded World Championships in Milan. This was first ever medal won by any Indian boxer in this event.

It seems that Olympic bronze medal winner Vijender Singh always finds a way of being in the limelight.

The Indian boxer recently won the bronze medal at the World Boxing Championship in Milan.

Now, Vijender is all set to rock on TV by hosting a reality show named 'The Contender'.

The reality show is believed to have been inspired by US version 'The Contenders'.

The show is being co-produced by Bulldog Media and Entertainment and Percept Picture Company.

It will be telecast weekly on a TV channel shortly.

Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh has settled with a bronze medal as he went down to Uzbekistan's Abbos Atoev in the semifinal of the middle weight category of the World Boxing Championships (WBC) at Milan, Italy on Friday. Vijender has become first Indian pugilist to win bronze medal in World Championship.

Vijender, the world no 2 boxer, lost to Attoev Abbos by 3-7 in the semi-final of the 75-kg category. Vijender had defeated Derevyanchenko Sergiy of Ukraine in quarterfinal 12-4 but he failed to overcome last hurdle in the way of title round.

New Delhi, Sep 11 : After becoming the first Indian to storm into the semi finals of the World Boxing Championship, Vijender Singh has signed a multi million-dollar sponsorship deal with the Percept Sports Management Company.

The Beijing Olympics bronze medal winner has become the first Indian boxer to ink such a deal.

The deal is estimated to be between Rupees five to six crores.

It is expected that deal will send positive signals in the sporting world.

Percept hopes to become the face of sports and entertainment in India.

Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh has become first Indian pugilist to reach into the semifinal of World Boxing Championship (WBC) after punching out Ukraine’s Sergiy Derevyanchenko in the quarterfinal at Milan, Italy on Thursday.

The Haryana boy tamed Sergiy 12-4 to assure at least a bronze medal for India. He will now clash with the former world champion in light heavy weight category Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan in the semifinal on Friday night.

Indian boxer Vijender Singh has booked place in the quarter-finals of the middle weight (75kg) in the World Boxing Championships (WBC) after defeating Steve Rolls of Canada 4-2 in Milan, Italy on Tuesday.

The top seeded Vijender was trailing in the first round by 1-0 but he came back in the second round with better arm span to take 2-1 lead over his opponent. He had reached into the pre-quarterfinal after punching out Kazakhstan’s Belgibayev Azamat 14-8.  

The Indian pugilist Dinesh Kumar has entered into the quarterfinals of the 81 kg category of the World Boxing Championship (WBC) after punching-out Bejenaru Constantin of Romania in the third round in Milan, Italy on Monday.

Dinesh defeated Bejenaru 19-7 to set up clash with the 2007 World Championships silver medalist Artur Beterbiev of Russia in the quarterfinal. Artur had defeated Kamara Babacar of Sweden in the pre-quarterfinal match. Dinesh earned first point of the bout and his dominance continued throughout the match.

India's Manpreet Singh failed to match the brilliant performance of European champion Oleksander Usyk of Ukraine as he lost his first bout in heavy weight (91kg) of the World Boxing Championships in Milan, Italy.

Manpreet was thumped by Ukrainian Boxer 2-16 in the second round match as he had got bye in the first round. The Indian boxer was looking helpless against the punches of Usyk. Usyk dominated throughout the match.

Manpreet ended first round with a score of 1-3 and he failed to recover from the bad start in the whole match. Usyk enhanced his lead to 5-2 in the second round and he blanked out Indian boxer 8-0 in the final round to win the match.