Johnny Tapia, the five-time boxing champion whose turbulent career was marked by cocaine addiction, alcohol, depression and run-ins with the law, was found dead Sunday at his Albuquerque home. He was 45.
Randall Bailey’s bid at another world title will have a noticeable backdrop. The Miami resident and two-time 140-pound world champion will fight on the pay-per-view telecast headlined by Manny Pacquiao’s welterweight title defense against Timothy Bradley on June 9 in Las Vegas.
Carl Froch stopped Lucian Bute in the fifth round in his hometown Saturday night to claim the IBF super-middleweight title.
The guy he really should be boxing will be in a jail cell when Manny Pacquiao enters the ring next, not that it's the furious little fighter's fault. Neither was the faux uproar that erupted when shoddy journalism and the rush to judgment collided with predictable results.
Boxing fans lately have seen him more as a Showtime network fight analyst than in the ring, but Antonio Tarver is ready to cross through the ropes again.
‘I stuck to my plan of attacking but without doing it out of desperation,’ said Olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz after his win.
Karim Mayfield floored Raymond Serrano at the fourth-round bell, and then landed a solid right hand less than a minute into the fifth that stopped the challenger in the NABO junior welterweight title fight Friday night.
Former welterweight champion Andre Berto has failed a doping test, and the promoter of his rematch with Victor Ortiz says next month's fight is off.
Championship hardware will be on display when Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena has its first boxing show of the year Friday night.
Manny Pacquiao says he loves and supports gays and lesbians, even though he does not approve of gay marriage.
Lamont Peterson will try to explain to Nevada boxing regulators why he failed a doping test, prompting the cancellation of what would have been a rematch this Saturday against Amir Khan with Peterson's WBA and IBF junior welterweight titles at stake.
Flyweight Marlen Esparza has become the first American female boxer to qualify for the London Olympics.
Three-time world champion boxer Katie Taylor of Ireland qualified for the London Olympics. She defeated Saida Khassenova of Kazakhstan 20-8 Tuesday in the 132-pound class at the world championships.
May 18
Three-time world champion Katie Taylor of Ireland qualified for the London Olympics women's boxing, defeating Saida Khassenova of Kazakhstan 20-8 in the 132-pound class at the world championships on Tuesday.
The father of light welterweight boxer Nick Casal considers his son lucky to be alive after sustaining several deep cuts to his head in an attack last weekend.
After six months of inactivity, South Florida’s busiest fight show venue will finally have its first card of the year.
With such a spotless body of work during his 16-year professional career, Floyd Mayweather Jr. raises some eyebrows whenever he loses a round. Not a fight, but a round.
Mexican rising star Saul "Canelo" Alvarez retained his WBC super welterweight title by dominating "Sugar" Shane Mosley in a 12-round unanimous decision.
Marco Huck took a majority decision over Ola Afolabi to retain his WBO cruiserweight title on Saturday.
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