Ryan Destiny excels as rags-to-gold-medal US champion Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields in this solid feature debut from Rachel Morrison This solid biopic of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields (Ryan Destiny), who overcame systemic Read more

Fight billed as 41-year-old’s last on British soil Chisora recovered from badly cut eye to win Derek Chisora overcame a badly cut eye to deliver a gusty unanimous points win Read more

Cooney suffered intracranial haemorrhage at Ulster Hall ‘He was a much loved son, brother and partner’ The Irish boxer John Cooney has died, his promoter Mark Dunlop has announced, a Read more

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Shields unifies titles with unanimous-decision win Champion scores 10th-round knockdown in victory Claressa Shields v Danielle Perkins – as it happened Claressa Shields unanimously outpointed Danielle Perkins on Sunday night Read more

Shields looks to become undisputed in third weight class Two-time Olympic champion fights in Flint hometown Send Bryan a tweet at @BryanAGraham or email him Bryan will be here shortly. Read more

‘Mexican Monster’ beats Morrell by unanimous decision Benavidez improves to 30-0 with one-sided victory Stephen Fulton wins WBC featherweight belt in co-main David Benavidez unified the light heavyweight championship by Read more

Story of a former champ looking for redemption is shot through with cliches but it’s very well acted, particularly one indelible scene with Joe Pesci Jack Huston’s directing debut is Read more

Inoue announces Vegas plans after latest knockout win Japanese star lays claim as world’s best pound for pound Naoya Inoue knocks out Ye Joon Kim – as it happened The Read more