Don’t miss a thing by getting the Daily Star’s biggest headlines straight to your inbox! Ebanie Bridges has stated that she defeated Bec Connolly in her last fight using “only my right arm” after suffering a gruesome muscle tear just a few weeks prior to fight night. Bridges, who now boasts a professional boxing record of 6-1, took to Instagram […]

What next for golden duo? “I don’t know about being a leader,” Galal Yafai bashfully told Sky Sports a few days before jetting out to Tokyo. “I’m too quiet to be a leader!” But the Birmingham flyweight became Team GB’s first boxing gold medallist of the Games on its penultimate day, a stunning feat matched by Wales’ Lauren Price on […]

Tony Bellew has claimed Anthony Joshua “won’t face a better boxer” than Oleksandr Usyk for the rest of his career. Joshua is set to face the undefeated Usyk on September 25, and will be defending his WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles. The bout will be just Usyk’s third bout at heavyweight, and while some have already written the […]

Galal Yafai floored Carlo Paalam in an explosive points victory to claim an Olympic gold medal for Team GB in the flyweight final. The 28-year-old Birmingham boxer sent his Filipino opponent toppling to the canvas in a dramatic start to the bout and then maintained his lead on the scorecards to become an Olympic champion in Tokyo. Starting on the […]

Galal Yafai and Lauren Price have been backed to win their Olympic finals and bring home gold medals by Frazer Clarke. Yafai will fight Carlo Paalam of the Philippines on Saturday morning in the flyweight final before Price faces Li Qian of China in Sunday’s middleweight final. Team GB’s boxers will bring home a guaranteed six medals from Tokyo 2020 […]

Errol Spence has revealed Kell Brook was the 'biggest fight of his career' and believes it set him on a faster path to becoming an undisputed champion. The American faces another huge examination of his progress as a welterweight champion as he comes up against legendary fighter Manny Pacquiao who is coming into the fight with nothing to lose in […]

UFC president Dana White has admitted that YouTube star Jake Paul 'impressed him' during his victory over former UFC star Ben Askren. The pair have been in a feud since Paul's career in boxing began, where he has taken on the likes of basketball player Nate Robinson, fellow YouTuber AnEsonGib and will now face Tyrone Woodley in his next bout. […]

With his idiosyncrasies out of the boxing ring, along with his quirks in the squared circle, Harry Garside was very much an athlete for the times in Tokyo, even if it wasn’t quite enough for this particular occasion. These Olympics have been all about competitors shedding stereotypes and allowing the world to peer beyond the sculpted exteriors; driven to perfection […]

Lauren Price is the fourth Team GB boxer to reach the Olympic final at Tokyo 2020 after gamely battling through her semi-final on Friday morning. The Welsh middleweight defeated Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands via split decision to progress into the gold medal fight. She will next face Li Qian of China on Sunday for the ultimate prize. Team GB’s […]

Nico Ali Walsh is the grandson of boxing legend Muhammad Ali and is looking to follow in the iconic heavyweight’s footsteps… the middleweight knows he’ll ‘have a target on my back’ but is ready to ’embrace’ it all ahead of his pro debut Nico Ali Walsh makes his professional boxing bow on August 14 at middleweight The 20-year-old will face […]