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Champ: Moruti Mthalane (right) is pumped for another victory in Yokohama, Japan, in December. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
COLIN LATHAN

Moruti’s Mthalane: From average amateur to world champion

South Africa’s sportsman of the year enjoys his second round on top of the world ring

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
3 min read
Pulling no punches: Kevin Lerena (right) in action against Czech Republic boxer Vasil Ducar during the IBO World Cruiserweight Title Fight at Emperors Palace in June. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)
BOXING

Lerena doesn’t care what you think

One of South Africa’s best boxers can’t stop winning and has grand ambitions in his sights

  • Luke Feltham
7 min read
BERNARD HOPKINS

Don King refuses to fade away

At an age when he could be forgiven for slipping on his favourite pair of slippers, relaxing in a fireside armchair and re-watching any one of the 500 or more world-title fights…

  • John Rawling
6 min read
CHRIS BYRD

Klitschko seizes second world heavyweight title

International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko seized the World Boxing Organisation belt on Saturday with a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
CHRIS BYRD

Klitschko, Ibragimov to clash in heavyweight bout

Wladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov bid to bring some clarity to the muddled heavyweight division on Saturday when they put their world titles on the line at Madison Square…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read