PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Chang Yuan became the first woman boxer to win Olympic gold for China by beating Turkey's Hatice Akbas by unanimous decision in the women's bantamweight final at the Olympics ...

The martial arts genre was irreversibly changed by The Chinese Boxer upon its release in 1970. When it comes to the most influential martial arts movies of all time, the film that typically comes to ...

VILLEPINTE, France — Lin Yu-ting won her quarterfinal Olympics bout against Bulgarian Svetlana Staneva in a unanimous decision Sunday that assured a medal for the featherweight representing Chinese ...

In boxing, it's not often that the first fight of the night gets a lot of attention. But at Longshoreman's Hall in San Francisco last month, the fans, the announcers, even the viewers watching the ...

China’s Li Qian won women’s 75 Kg gold after defeating Atheyna Bylon of Panama 4-1 in Paris Olympics. Chinese boxers were placed at the top of the boxing medal standings and second in the events gold ...

As if Zhilei Zhang wasn’t already intimidating—as if being 6′ 6″ with Thanos-like fists didn’t make your knees rattle, as if back-to-back knockout wins last year over granite-chinned Brit Joe Joyce ...

Chinese boxer Zou Shiming is happy to have made his country proud but is even more delighted to have fulfilled his promise to his 13-month-old son. Zou defended his light flyweight Olympic ...

PARIS: China's women boxers have made an Olympic breakthrough in Paris with their first golds in a sport that was once banned under Mao Zedong.

In 2009 the Chinese national boxing team began making sporadic trips to the U.S. for training camps. Eventually the Lanes, then small-time promoters in Nevada, began hearing chatter about some of the ...