Nikita Tszyu has preserved the family name and his unbeaten record with a sixth-round stoppage of Jack Brubaker in their super-welterweight showdown in Sydney. Making his much-hyped pay-per-view debut, Tszyu had promised violence and delivered, with the referee stopping the fight after Brubaker copped a pounding from the get-go on Wednesday night. The TKO victory at the Horden Pavilion improved the 25-year-old’s record to six knockout wins from his seven professional bouts. Brubaker had been hoping to get one back on the Tszyu family after Nikita’s now-world champion brother Tim knocked him ..read more

Australian fighter George Kambosos Jr has added another belt to his collection after a much-derided majority-points decision over English veteran Maxi Hughes in Shawnee, Oklahoma. One judge scored the fight 114-114 and the other two had it 117-111 and 115-113 in Kambosos’ favour. The result drew boos from the crowd, with ringside commentators and social media widely favouring Hughes. The bout was an eliminator for the IBF lightweight title held by Devin Haney, who defeated Kambosos in the Australian’s last two bouts. With Haney considered likely to move up to junior welterweight, 30-year-old ..read more

George Kambosos Jr has taken a leaf out of the book of his conqueror Devin Haney as the Australian bids to return to the top of world boxing. The former unified world champion will square up to England’s Maxi Hughes in Oklahoma on Sunday (AEST) in his first fight since relinquishing his four lightweight belts to Haney last year and losing a subsequent rematch with the American. The Hughes fight is an IBF eliminator with victory opening up a pathway back to a world title fight. Kambosos said that Haney had reached out to him with some pointers, while the Sydneysider was ringside in Las Vegas ..read more

Tim Tszyu’s unified world title remains intact after the son of a gun retained his WBO interim super-welterweight title with a spectacular victory over Mexican Carlos Ocampo. Risking it all, Tszyu produced an extraordinary display of firepower to successfully defend the belt he claimed in March with a savage ninth-round stoppage of American Tony Harrison in Sydney. A self-confessed “obsessed” Tszyu knocked Ocampo out in barely a minute in a ferocious performance at the Gold Coast Convention Centre to send a chilling warning to undisputed world champion Jermell Charlo. In 77 seconds of mayhem ..read more

Nikita Tszyu has shown off his boxing pedigree by extending his unbeaten run with a crushing first-round victory over Benjamin Bommber. Squaring off as the co-main event at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday night, Tszyu landed a big uppercut and then finished the young Victorian with a flurry of punches. The referee tried to intervene with Bommber landing on the canvas on top of him. Tszyu is the son of former great Kostya, and younger brother of Tim, who was ringside and looked as excited as his sibling by the dominant victory. The win came 20 years after triple world champion Ko ..read more

Australian Jason Moloney has produced a slick performance to win a world boxing title at his third attempt with a majority points win over Filipino Vincent Astrolabio in Stockton, California. The 32-year-old Melburnian dominated the fight for the vacant WBO bantamweight title with his left jab and movement, rarely allowing his power-punching opponent to land anything significant. Moloney appeared to have won the fight comfortably but one judge scored the bout 114-114, though the other two had him ahead 115-113  and 116-112. On the odd occasion Astrolabio landed, Moloney did a great job ..read more

Olympic boxing medallist Harry Garside has been charged with assault after being arrested on his return to Australia from filming reality TV series I’m a Celebrity. Garside was taken into custody at the baggage claim at Sydney International Airport on Tuesday. Police launched an investigation into reports of an alleged domestic violence-related incident in March 1 at Bellevue Hill in Sydney’s east, a NSW Police spokeswoman said. Garside has been charged with common assault (DV) and told 7 News he would defend the charge, as he left Mascot Police Station. “Me and my lawyer will ..read more

There are now two Australian cruiserweight world champions based within a stone’s throw of each other after Floyd Masson won a bloody affair to claim the IBO belt. Brisbane-based Masson (13-0) beat Italian Fabio Turchi (21-3) via a unanimous points decision at his Eaton’s Hill Hotel home arena on Saturday night. Victory did not come easy, with both boxers battered and the referee covered in blood when Masson’s arm was raised after 12 torrid rounds. Masson did it with heavily pregnant wife Hannah, who is expecting twin girls later this month, watching in the crowd. The IBO is not regarde ..read more

More than a son of a gun, Tim Tszyu is a world champion in his own right after knocking out flashy American Tony Harrison in their super-welterweight showdown in Sydney. Tszyu dropped Harrison in the ninth round with a series of savage blows to the head and body to claim the interim WBO belt and emulate his legendary father Kostya in winning a world boxing title. Seemingly just ahead on points, Tszyu exploded to life to pummel Harrison and leave the referee with no alternative but to stop the fight at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday. The hometown favourite’s victory came 28 years after Ko ..read more

Tim Tszyu has angrily dismissed taunts that he’s a nervous wreck after the home-town favourite and flashy American Tony Harrison both comfortably made weight for their much-anticipated world-title fight in Sydney. Striving to follow legendary father Kostya as a world champion, Tszyu hit the scales at 69.68kg at Saturday’s weigh-in for Sunday’s super-welterweight showdown at Qudos Bank Arena. Just six grams separated the pair, with the taller, leaner Harrison (69.62kg) also well under the 69.9kg limit and claiming Tszyu’s fasting has hurt the Sydney slayer. “I seen him yesterday wit ..read more