For the participants in the first U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women's Boxing, the view from Spokane rivals the one from atop Everest – with one cruel irony. “For most of them,” noted long-time advocate Christy Halbert, “their dreams will end at this event.” ... 
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Julio Cesar Chavez won a unanimous decision over Marco Antonio Rubio to retain his WBC middleweight title. ...
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Just when it seemed Reno was once again becoming a hotbed for pro boxing, fight cards suddenly disappeared from the area. ...
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. retained the WBC middleweight title Saturday night, earning a unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio. ...
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Middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. punished Marco Antonio Rubio on his way to a unanimous decision victory to remain unbeaten. ...
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. retained the WBC middleweight title Saturday night, earning a unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio. The judges scored the bout 118-110, 116-112 115-113 for Chavez, which drew a mixed reaction from the 14,120 in attendance Saturday at the Alamodome. Neither fighter went down despite taking continuous heavy blows to the head and body throughout the 12-round... ...
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Juan Carlos Sanchez shocked home favourite Rodrigo Guerrero to win the IBF junior bantamweight belt with a unanimous points decision in Mexico. ...
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For the participants in the first U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women's Boxing, the view from Spokane rivals the one from atop Everest – with one cruel irony. ...
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Despite hurting his left hand, Nonito Donaire knocked down Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. and won a split decision for the super bantamweight title. ...
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Nonito Donaire took a spit decision against Wilfredo Vazquez of Puerto Rico to win the WBO junior featherweight title Saturday at the Alamodome. Philippines-born Donaire (28-1), making his debut in the weight class, won 117-110 on two scorecards and lost 115-112. He controlled the bout despite breaking his left hand somewhere between the second and fourth rounds before a crowd of 14,120. ...
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Mikaela Mayer is hoping to be one of the first U.S. female boxers to compete in the Olympic Games in London ...
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Yoan Pablo Hernandez of Cuba successfully defended his IBF cruiserweight title with a unanimous decision against Steve Cunningham in their rematch on Saturday. ...
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Dan Rafael is a boxing writer for ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter @danrafaelespn. ...
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Yoan Pablo Hernandez of Cuba successfully defended his IBF cruiserweight title with a unanimous decision against Steve Cunningham in their rematch on Saturday. The southpaw twice had Cunningham on the canvas in the fourth round after catching the American with lefts. Cunningham remained unsteady after receiving a count but somehow recovered to see out the round. ...
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Kevin Mitchell remains on course for a world title clash with Ricky Burns after beating Felix Lora. ...
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Adil Anwar claimed the second edition of Prizefighter - the light-welterweights as he beat Tyrone Nurse. ...
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Unbeaten Scott Quigg climbed off the floor to stop Jamie Arthur in the eighth round of their British super-bantamweight title fight in Bolton. ...
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Adil Anwar claimed the second edition of Prizefighter - the light-welterweights division with a unanimous points victory over Tyrone Nurse. ...
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Scott Quigg retained his British super-bantamweight title with a win over Jamie Arthur. ...
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The New York Giants running back moonlights as a boxing manager and plans on getting into promotion when his football career is done. ...
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David Tua's refusal to fight Monte Barrett has led to the American confirming a fight with another Kiwi boxer.Barrett will fight Shane Cameron in New Zealand on May 30.He says he's worth more in this country than in the USA, so... ...
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (February 10, 2012) - Star Boxing&\#039;s Demetrius "The Matador" Andrade turned in an electrifying performance, destroying former world t ... ...
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Fans of Argentina's Luis Lazarte threw chairs into the ring while one supporter tried to punch Filipino winner Johnriel Casimero. ...
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Fans of Argentina's former world champion Luis Lazarte threw chairs and other objects into the ring while one supporters tried to punch the young Filipino winner Johnriel Casimero at the end of an IBF fight on Friday. ...
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Unbeaten boxing champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr hopes to go one step further than his legendary fighting father by winning a world title fight at the San Antonio Alamodome. ...
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BOXING will always throw up the odd controversy and the Jamie Arthur-Scott Quigg British super-bantamweight title showdown last weekend provided another one. ...
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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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Wayne Kelly, a boxing referee who officiated several notable bouts, has died. He was 63. ...
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Shane Mosley and junior middleweight titleholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez came to terms Friday night to fight on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. ...
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Lamont Peterson feels he made the right decision by agreeing to a rematch with Amir Khan in Las Vegas in May. ...
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Kevin Mitchell was unconvincing but did enough to register a points victory over Felix Lora in a non-championship fight at York Hall in London. ...
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was remembered Friday as a master motivator and a man who left a legacy of kindness that was just as impressive as what he accomplished in the ring molding a record 15 world champions, including Muhammad Ali. ...
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New heads of both HBO and Showtime shouldn't pay small-time fighters big-time purses. ...
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Junior welterweight titleholder Timothy Bradley Jr. signed a contract to challenge welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. ...
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Wayne Kelly, a boxing referee who officiated several notable bouts over the course of two decades, has died of a heart attack. ...
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Amir Khan has declared his intention to avenge his defeat by Lamont Peterson when the two meet for a rematch in Las Vegas in May. ...
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Amir Khan has declared his intention to avenge his defeat by Lamont Peterson when the two meet for a rematch in Las Vegas in May. ...
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Ovill McKenzie successfully defended his Commonwealth light-heavyweight title in Manchester on Friday. ...
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Once just a spoiled rich kid, the son of a boxing legend is now earning his stripes with hard work. ...
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Ovill McKenzie successfully defended his Commonwealth light-heavyweight title on Friday. ...
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The mother of late boxer Arturo Gatti's daughter can't sue his widow for wrongful death in New Jersey, a judge ruled in dismissing the lawsuit Friday. ...
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Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was remembered Friday as a master motivator and a man who left a legacy of kindness. ...
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Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was remembered Friday as a master motivator and a man who left a legacy of kindness during a funeral service attended by Muhammad Ali. ...
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The suit blames Arturo Gatti's widow, Amanda Rodrigues Gatti, for his death. ...
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Bradley signed a $5 million contract to fight Pacquiao on pay-per-view at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 9. ...
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Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was remembered Friday as a master motivator and a man who left a legacy of kindness during a funeral service attended by Muhammad Ali. Dundee helped mold Ali into a world champion, and Ali was among several hundred people at the 80-minute service. Dundee died last week at 90. ...
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A New Jersey judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of the daughter of late boxer Arturo Gatti. ...
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A New Jersey judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of the daughter of late boxer Arturo Gatti. The girl's mother, Erika Rivera, filed the wrongful death lawsuit last fall on behalf of then-5-year-old Sofia Bella Gatti. The suit blames Gatti's widow, Amanda Rodrigues Gatti, for his death. ...
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Plans to convert the legendary Blue Horizon on North Broad Street into a hotel with two restaurants are moving forward, its developers say. ...
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World Boxing Council heavyweight champion VITALI KLITSCHKO , of Kiev, Ukraine, his trainer Jonathan Banks and EPIX Sports executives Travis Pomposello and Ross Bernard, will host an international media conference call next Wednesday, February 15, beginning at 2:00 p.m. ...
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