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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. The two female boxers who found themselves at the center of a global controversy have ...

Angela Carini, the Italian boxer who abandoned her Olympic bout Wednesday against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in less than a minute, offered a public apology Friday to Khelif for her post-fight behavior, ...

World Boxing’s forthcoming Congress, set for November 23, has been relocated from India to Italy. The decision for the switch does not impact the World Boxing Cup Finals, which will take place over ...

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 ...

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: ...

VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — The Italian Boxing Federation said it would not accept any prize money from the banned International Boxing Association. Regarding Kremlev's offer, the Italian Boxing ...