Manny Pacquiao (right) threw 112 connecting punches to Broner's 50 at the MGM Grand
Manny Pacquiao retained his WBA world welterweight title with a convincing unanimous points win over Adrian Broner in Las Vegas.
The Filipino, in his 70th fight and his first as a 40-year-old, rocked the former four-weight world champion with a stunning left in the ninth round.
Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa (left) is floored by former world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather (right) in an exhibition boxing match in Tokyo; Floyd Mayweather floored Tenshin Nasukawa three times in the opening round
UFC fighter Conor McGregor says he wants to fight Tenshin Nasukawa in a mixed martial arts bout following the Japanese kickboxer's defeat by Floyd Mayweather.
Nasukawa, 20, was beaten by former five-weight world champion Mayweather, 41, in only 140 seconds in an exhibition boxing match on 31 December.
Iaquinta lost to Nurmagomedov at UFC 223
Al Iaquinta says Conor McGregor will have to fight him before a possible rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Ireland's McGregor tapped out in the fourth round in October as Nurmagomedov retained his lightweight title.
Winner Sindhu Pusarla (R) of India poses with runner-up Nozomi Okuhara (L) of Japan after the women's singles final match at the 2018 BWF World Tour Finals badminton competition in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province on December 16, 2018. AFP photo
SHANGHAI: An emotional P.V. Sindhu finally got her hands on gold at badminton’s season-ending World Tour Finals on Sunday while in the men’s decider China’s Shi Yuqi exacted stunning revenge over number one Kento Momota.
The 23-year-old Indian Sindhu has suffered a series of near-misses in recent years, winning silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and again at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games this year.
Kento Momota of Japan in action during his men's singles match against Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia at the HSBC Badminton World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, China. - EPA
SHANGHAI: World champion Kento Momota revved into the last four of badminton’s US$1.5 million World Tour Finals with a third comprehensive victory on Friday.
The all-action Japanese star powered past Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto 21-14, 21-8 in just 36 minutes in the Chinese city of Guangzhou.
