Scotland's lightweight world champion Ricky Burns will defend his title against England's Kevin Mitchell on 22 September. ...
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Denmark's Emmelie de Forest raises her prize next to her team after winning the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. ...
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International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Devon Alexander posted a dominant seven-round technical knockout of over-matched Briton Lee Purdy on Saturday (Sunday, PHL time). ...
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Nathan Cleverly has offered Carl Froch or Mikkel Kessler a shot at his world title - at light-heavyweight. ...
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Mikkel Kessler's promoter Kalle Sauerland has reported the WBA super-middleweight champion to be in rude health. ...
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Dereck Chisora appeals against the withdrawal of his licence by the British Boxing Board of Control. ...
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Nathan Cleverly receives a boost in his bid for a light-heavyweight unification clash with Bernard Hopkins. ...
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Enzo Maccarinelli is ordered to a rematch against Shane McPhilbin for the British cruiserweight title. ...
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Cheshunt's Ashley Sexton believes he can become a future world champion, after signing with Frank Warren Promotions. ...
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Tony Bellew's British light-heavyweight title defence against Danny McIntosh is put back two weeks to 27 April after McIntosh pulled out with a chest infection. ...
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Carl Froch believes he can stop Mikkel Kessler when they clash at the O2 Arena next Saturday. ...
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Anthony Ogogo impressed on his American debut with a unanimous points decision over Edgar Perez on a night that also saw Haroon Khan win his first professional fight. ...
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Eddie Hearn labelled Froch vs Kessler II as 'fight of the decade' as the countdown to the fight began in earnest on Monday. ...
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Rob McCracken says Carl Froch is in a great place ahead of his fight with Mikkel Kessler on Saturday night. ...
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Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard implores Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to fight, for the sake of their own legacies. ...
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Paul McCloskey has a change of opponent for his contest on 5 May after former IBF champion Julio Diaz pulls out of the bout. ...
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Britain's three female Olympic boxing hopefuls are chosen for next month's World Championships in Qinhuangdao, China. ...
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Wladimir Klitschko defends his heavyweight world titles against American Tony Thompson on 7 July. ...
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Lamont Peterson says Amir Khan is incapable of altering his game-plan for their May rematch and that his British rival is mentally "all over the place". ...
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Former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury remains unbeaten as he stops Martin Rogan in five rounds. ...
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Heavyweight Warren Baister moves closer to Olympic qualification with a thrilling win over France's Abdoulaye Diane in Turkey. ...
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George Groves pulls out of his WBO super-middleweight world title fight against Robert Stieglitz because of injury. ...
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Lightweight Josh Taylor qualifies for the Olympics, ensuring there will be one Scot in the GB boxing team. ...
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Nathan Cleverly withdraws from his WBO light-heavyweight title defence against Robin Krasniqi because of illness. ...
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. agreed to pay $5.6 million in back taxes before the Internal Revenue Service was poised to take the money from his purse after his comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez last weekend. ...
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Japanese challenger Daiki Kameda has defeated Denkaosen Kaowichit of Thailand by unanimous decision to win the WBA flyweight title. ...
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Floyd Mayweather looks as if he never left the ring, and his dominance over Juan Manuel Marquez proves it. While the sport itself is cast in a cloud of doubt, there's no question who's the best in boxing today, Mike Freeman says. ...
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At least nine people were killed and 37 others wounded when two car bombs exploded Monday in a pair of neighborhoods, Basra police said. ...
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TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) -- Adrian Hernandez defeated Nicaraguan Yader Cardozo by unanimous decision on Saturday night to retain the WBC light flyweight title. ...
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Brian Magee believes Mikkel Kessler will inflict a repeat defeat on Carl Froch in their super-middleweight rematch on May 25. ...
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Amir Khan has said he would love to fight Lucas Matthysse after watching the Argentinian floor Lamont Peterson in Atlantic City. ...
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Alexander Povetkin warmed up for a fight with Wladimir Klitschko by stopping Andrzej Wawrzyk in the third round. ...
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Lamont Peterson believes he is ready to take the best Lucas Matthysse has to offer ahead of their fight in Atlantic City ...
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Chapter two of the Zou SHIMING era will begin when the two-time Olympic gold medallist and three-time Amateur World Champion returns to the ring and headlines an exciting card featuring two world championship fights - WBO/WBA flyweight champion Juan Estrada vs. ...
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Andre Ward is the super middleweight champion of the world, make no bones about it. ...
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Lee Purdy produced a gutsy display before being pulled out by his corner against IBF champion Devon Alexander. ...
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Mediocre pugilist Amir Khan claims negotiations are underway to cement a bout versus the great Floyd Mayweather in the United Kingdom on September 14. ...
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Ricky Burns kept his minor WBO lightweight belt when unbeaten challenger Jose Gonzalez of Puerto Rico retired after the ninth round on Saturday. ...
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DONCASTER, England (AP) -- Jamie McDonnell won the vacant IBF bantamweight title when he edged the previously unbeaten Julio Ceja with a controversial majority decision in his home ring on Saturday. ...
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George Groves has defended his sparring sessions with Mikkel Kessler saying it was an opportunity he couldn't refuse. ...
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James DeGale made an impressive debut across the Atlantic on Friday night with a second round stoppage victory in Canada ...
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The recent death of his grandfather, one of his grandson's strongest supporters, gave the Hasbrouck Heights senior even more motivation to cap his tremendous amateur boxing career by winning a national Golden Gloves title. ...
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Heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker doesn't mean "big man" in any egotistical sense. ...
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Lucas Matthysse is looking forward to a fight with Danny Garcia after knocking Lamont Peterson out inside three rounds. ...
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Darren Barker will challenge IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York on August 17. ...
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Shane Mosley emerged from retirement to claim a unanimous points victory over Pablo Cesar Cano in Cancun, Mexico. ...
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Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor has become a Sky Sports Living for Sport Ambassador as the initiative launches in Ireland. ...
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MANILA, Philippines – Respected boxing trainer Virgil Hunter was full of praise for American superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. following his clinical victory against Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero last May 4 in Las Vegas. ...
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World Heavy Weight Boxing Champion and one of the leaders of Ukrainian opposition Vitaly Klitschko greets supporters during an opposition rally "Rise up Ukraine!" in the centre of Kiev. ...
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Two men who the Iranian government said worked as spies for Israel and the United States were hanged Sunday morning, according to Iranian state news outlet Press TV. ...
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