boxing

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“Right now, we’re seeing these competitions like robot boxing and robot olympics, and we’re watching them stumble over and crash into things,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Orie worked for years to become part of Team GB and secure a regular income from boxing.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

He says he came to the decision to retire from boxing without consulting those close to him.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Fighting across three-minute rounds - rather than two minutes as is traditionally the case in women's boxing - 34-year-old Cameron worked at a high tempo and did her best work on the inside.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

This increased Cohn's distaste for boxing, but it gave him a certain satisfaction of some strange sort, and it certainly improved his nose.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway