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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Finishes Second Half Of Court Ordered Plea Deal

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Finishes Second Half Of Court Ordered Plea Deal

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has completed the second half of a plea deal his attorneys struck with a judge after the boxer scuffled with a homeowner association security guard in November 2010. The scuffle over parking tickets eventually led ... continue
Manny Pacquiao Edges Out Juan Manuel Marquez For Welterweight Title

Manny Pacquiao Edges Out Juan Manuel Marquez For Welterweight Title

Manny Pacquiao edged out Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night to earn the welterweight title. Manny scored two out of three scorecards while the third ringside judge ruled the match a draw. The 12 round fight saw both ... continue
Pacquiao Die-Hard Fan Postpones Son’s Appendectomy to See Him

Pacquiao Die-Hard Fan Postpones Son’s Appendectomy to See Him

Pound-for-pound boxing champ Manny Pacquiao has got some avid fans, including this mom who said she postponed her son's appendectomy so she could see the boxer at Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood. The mother who introduced her ... continue
Joe Frazier Loses Battle with Cancer

Joe Frazier Loses Battle with Cancer

Former world heavyweight champion Smokin' Joe Frazier has died, losing his battle with liver cancer, his family confirmed. Frazier, 67, has been diagnosed with liver cancer just four weeks ago. Frazier is best known for his deadly left hook ... continue
Muhammad Ali Faces New Fight After Being Sold ‘Leaky’ Mansion [Video]

Muhammad Ali Faces New Fight After Being Sold ‘Leaky’ Mansion [Video]

Thirty years after he retired from the ring, Muhammad Ali is facing a new bout - this time in a courtroom. The 69-year-old boxing legend has filed a lawsuit against a couple who sold him his Kentucky ... continue
Pacquiao, Marquez In for a Tough Fight and We’re In for a Tough Tune

Pacquiao, Marquez In for a Tough Fight and We’re In for a Tough Tune

Manny Pacquiao, boxing's undisputed pound-for-pound king (unless you ask Floyd Mayweather Jr.) is facing Mexico's Juan Miguel Marquez for the third time on November 12 this year. The two great boxers fought to a draw in 2004. ... continue
Oscar De La Hoya Says Drinking, Drugs, and Womanizing Nearly Led to Suicide

Oscar De La Hoya Says Drinking, Drugs, and Womanizing Nearly Led to Suicide

Oscar De La Hoya may have a "golden boy" image, but the former boxing champion admitted in a TV interview recently that he suffered from addiction, was unfaithful to his wife, and recently considered suicide. De La Hoya, ... continue
EPSY Award For Man Who Spent 26 Years in Jail After Wrongful Conviction

EPSY Award For Man Who Spent 26 Years in Jail After Wrongful Conviction

Dewey Bozella of Fishkill, NY has only been free for two of the last 28 years, but he'll be receiving a major sports honor tonight on ESPN's ESPY Awards. A judge overturned Bozella's murder conviction in October of ... continue
Vernon Forrest killed in carjacking

Vernon Forrest killed in carjacking

Three time world boxing champion Vernon Forrest was shot and killed following an attempted carjacking in Atlanta Saturday night according to local police. Forrest was attacked by two men who jumped out of a at a red Chevy ... continue
Former boxer Arturo Gatti found dead

Former boxer Arturo Gatti found dead

Former boxer Arturo Gatti has been found dead in a hotel room in Brazil. Gatti's body was found Saturday morning at a hotel he had checked into Friday with his wife and son. Reports are sketchy at this ... continue
Boxing champ Alexis Argüello dead at 57

Boxing champ Alexis Argüello dead at 57

Boxer Alexis Argüello was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest in his home in Nicaragua today. He was 57. In 1999, the AP voted Argüello the top junior lightweight of the 20th century. Wikipedia has Argüello's stats ... continue
Manny Pacquiao KOs Ricky Hatton in second round

Manny Pacquiao KOs Ricky Hatton in second round

In perhaps the greatest non-surprise in recent boxing history, Manny Pacquiao put Britain’s Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton to the floor permanently in the second round to claim the IBO light-welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena ... continue
Oscar De La Hoya retires from Boxing

Oscar De La Hoya retires from Boxing

Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya has announced his retirement from boxing. "I've come to the conclusion that it's over" De La Hoya told a press conference in Los Angeles today. "This is the love of my life, ... continue
Amir Khan vs Marco Antonio Barrera (fight video)

Amir Khan vs Marco Antonio Barrera (fight video)

Seven time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera faced Amir Khan in Manchester Saturday for the WBA International lightweight title. Amir Khan won in the fifth round in a technical decision after Marco Antonio Barrera suffered a severe ... continue
In the world of Boxing, breast implants are a no-no

In the world of Boxing, breast implants are a no-no

The Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) has banned a would be boxer from competing due to her breast implants. Former model Sarah Blewden wants to become the first female boxer to represent Great Britain in the Olympics. ... continue