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As much as any man or woman of his time — and far more than any mere sports celebrity — Muhammad Ali would come to understand what it takes to be a superstar well before the term really meant anything. There was the controversy and the polarisation: ...

It was a sweltering Bermuda afternoon in August 1965. The average person, local and visitor alike, felt as drained of energy as a dead car battery. But then Muhammad Ali was not the least bit average. Crowned the world heavyweight boxing champion le...

Bermudians are remembering “an inspiration”, “a formidable fighting spirit” and “the greatest champion ever to have lived” with the passing of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The great sportsman, who passed away on Friday, visited Bermuda in 1965 and 197...

Michael Dunkley has paid tribute to Muhammad Ali, “the iconic and legendary boxer, activist and humanitarian” who died at the age of 74 on Friday. The Premier offered sincere condolences to the family of Ali and the people of the United States on be...

Oscar Lightbourne became Bermuda’s third boxing commissioner in two years after taking over from Craig Morfitt yesterday. The experienced boxing and internationally certified Shanshou referee said it is an honour to take the reins of the Bermuda Boxi...

Nikki Bascome’s welterweight bout next month against seasoned campaigner Juan Aguirre has been postponed. The undefeated Bascome had been scheduled to face Aguirre, a Guatemalan based in Jacksonville, Florida, in a four-round bout at the Berkeley Ins...

Nikki Bascome will face arguably his toughest challenge as a professional boxer when he steps between the ropes against seasoned campaigner Juan Aguirre. Bascome, 25, is undefeated after four bouts and will take on Aguirre in a four-round welterweigh...

The Bermuda Amateur Muay Thai Association will send a team of “seven spartans” to battle for glory at next month’s Muay Thai Classic in Des Moines, Iowa. Popular island fighters Corey Boyce, Jeron Gunness and Deondre Burgess will be joined by Jay Ast...

The Bermuda Sanshou Association will be holding its first “Sanda Pandas” classes for children aged 5 to 12 at Lotus on Victoria Street. Sentwali Woolridge, the Pan American Wushu champion and World Sanda Cup silver medal-winner, will coach the classe...

Tyler Christopher extended his undefeated record with a unanimous points win over Omar Dill at the Bermuda Boxing Federation’s National Championships on Saturday night. Christopher, of Controversy Gym, was largely untroubled by Dill, of Forty Rego’s ...

Nathan Dill, the Bermuda Boxing Federation president, is confident of a knockout night of amateur boxing when some of the island’s best go toe-to-toe at CedarBridge Academy tomorrow night. The second annual National Boxing Championships, the first to...

Ajarn Buck Grant is convinced the sport of Muay Thai is ready to hatch from its embryonic stage on the Island after spending two weeks coaching at the Bermuda Amateur Muay Thai Association. Grant, one of the top coaches in the United States, is passi...