Boxing

Day 229 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Bulgarian connection in the Explosion of the Crimean Bridge

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Explosions in the center of Kyiv. Fighter jets fly over the city

World media reported explosions in the center of Kyiv, a day after the Russian president accused Ukraine of a terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge.

Alvarez retains undisputed super-middleweight crown

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez retained his undisputed super-middleweight world title on Sept. 17, seeing off Gennady Golovkin to complete their epic fight trilogy in Las Vegas.

Mexico's Alvarez was in charge for most of 12 rounds at an electric T-Mobile Arena, winning a unanimous decision to spark wild scenes of celebration among the Mexican fans who made up most of the sell-out crowd.

Boxer Kozin wins WBF light middleweight world champion title

Aalen – Slovenian boxer Ema Kozin defeated Szilvia Szabados of Hungary in Germany’s Aalen on Saturday evening to become the world champion in the women’s light middleweight category in the WBF organisation. This is third weight category in which the 23-year-old from Ljubljana holds the world champion title.

Bivol stuns Alvarez to retain title

Unbeaten Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA light-heavyweight world title with a unanimous points decision over Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on May 7, handing the Mexican superstar just the second defeat of his career.

Russia's Bivol, 31, improved to 20-0 with 11 knockouts while multiweight champion Alvarez, the pound-for-pound king who went in a heavy favorite, fell to 57-2 with two draws.

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