Alicia Napoleon, of Lindenhurst, scored a unanimous 10-round decision over Scotland’s Hannah Rankin to defend her WBA super middleweight title at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on Saturday.


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Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has issued his first public update following the car crash that killed two of his friends in Nigeria.

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Jake Paul has slipped out of the WBA cruiserweight rankings after the YouTuber-turned-boxer was soundly beaten by former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua last month.

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Police say the driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria has been charged.

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