Ward claims super middleweight belt with win over Kessler
Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward claimed the WBA super middleweight belt from Danish champion Mikkel Kessler Saturday in a an 11th-round technical decision.
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Rodel Mayol scored a second-round TKO over Edgar Sosa to capture the WBC light flyweight belt.
Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward claimed the WBA super middleweight belt from Danish champion Mikkel Kessler Saturday in a an 11th-round technical decision.
With a stunning victory in his hometown, Andre Ward proved he's ready for the world.
Challenger Marvin Sonsona took the WBO junior bantamweight belt away from Jose Lopez with a unanimous decision Friday.
Marvin Sonsona, the WBO super flyweight champ, lost his title early Saturday by not making the appropriate weight prior to his scheduled bout against Alejandro Hernandez for the WBO junior bantamweight belt.
Zsolt Erdei took a 12-round decision over Giacobbe Fragomeni to win the WBC cruiserweight title on Saturday.
Manny Pacquiao is a box office hit, selling 1.25 million pay-per-views for his fight with Miguel Cotto in a performance that could set up the richest fight ever against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Save a chair, folks. John Ruiz is sidling back to the heavyweight title table.
Manny Pacquiao proved he can be a box office hit. Now it's up to Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to see what they can do together.
The fight hasn't been made yet, and may not ever happen. But this city's casinos are already taking bets on who will win if Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. ever get into the ring.
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have played one-upmanship the past two months, and now fans can hope both fighters will end in the same ring.
Filipinos erupted into deafening cheers in bars, gymnasiums and army camps Sunday as Manny Pacquiao - their boxing hero - relentlessly pounded Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto to win his seventh title in as many weight classes.
Manny Pacquiao added another chapter to a burgeoning legend on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, stopping Miguel Cotto in the 12th and final round of their WBO welterweight championship fight.
Manny Pacquiao's speed and power were way too much for Miguel Cotto's heart.
Yuri Foreman, an aspiring rabbi who mixes religious studies with work in the gym, outpointed Daniel Santos over 12 rounds Saturday night to win a piece of the 154-pound title.
Few would argue that the welterweight division has become boxing's most talented weight class. When experts analyze the sport's best ``pound-for-pound'' fighters, welterweights dominate most top 10 lists.
Manny Pacquiao weighed in at 144 pounds, his heaviest ever, while Miguel Cotto came in at the contract limit of 145 pounds for their scheduled 12-round fight.
It's another big fight week. Which means different things to different people.
Manny Pacquiao spent long, hard weeks getting ready for one of the biggest nights of his life. Hundreds of hours sparring in sweltering gyms, nearly as many on morning runs through deserted streets.
Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson was detained Wednesday afternoon after reportedly hitting a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport.