ROME (AP) — Nino Benvenuti, an Italian former boxer who won gold at his home Olympics in 1960 before earning world championship titles in two weight classes as a pro, has died at age 87. The Italian ...

VILLEPINTE, France — The Italian Boxing Federation said it would not accept any prize money from the banned International Boxing Association. IBA president Umar Kremlev had announced in a video that ...

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 20 - Former light welterweight Olympic gold medallist and world champion Patrizio Oliva told ANSA on the phone after legendary Nino Benvenuti's death at 87 Tuesday that it was a ...

Irma Testa, who over the summer became Italy’s first olympic boxing champion, came out as queer in a recent interview with Vanity Fair Italia. Testa said she doesn’t believe her identity fits into a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 46-second boxing match at the 2024 Olympics in Paris has sparked a global controversy surrounding one pugilist's gender. Now, ...

As always professional boxing in Italy heats up during the summer and it´s not because of the sunshine but rather due to the fact that networks have more dates when the soccer/football has closed for ...

MARCIANISE, Italy (Reuters) - A three-year-old boy punches a boxing bag with a pair of big gloves. Nearby, his father is training a group of wannabe champions. Out in the street a poster reads: ...

The greatest of the greats come to light in this wonderful history of Italian-American boxers--Rocky Marciano, Rocky Graziano, Jake LaMotta, and Willie Pep. In his intro, Hauser (Muhammad Ali: His ...

Italian boxer Angela Carini has issued an apology following her abrupt withdrawal from a bout at the Paris Olympics, a moment that sparked online abuse against her Algerian opponent, Imane Khelif. The ...

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