Boxing

Unbeaten Ugandan faces Cuba’s Abril for crown

1 Mar 2013

Undefeated Ugandan Sharif Bogere has his first chance to fight for a world title on Saturday when he faces Cuba’s Richar Abril for the World Boxing Association lightweight title.

Peterson stops Holt to retain IBF title

23 Feb 2013

Lamont Peterson returned to the ring for the first time in more than a year and retained his IBF junior welterweight title, stopping Kendall Holt in the eighth round on Friday night.

Amateur boxer dies days after collapsing

21 Feb 2013

An amateur boxer in the United States who collapsed during a weekend fight has died.

The Grand Forks Herald reports that North Dakota boxer Jerimiah “J.J.” Moen died on Wednesday morning at...

Tyson sues Live Nation over alleged embezzlement

21 Feb 2013

Mike Tyson sued a financial services firm owned by Live Nation Entertainment on Wednesday, claiming one of its advisers embezzled more than US$300,000 from the former heavyweight champ and cost...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Guerrero on Showtime

20 Feb 2013

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight Robert Guerrero on May 4, and he’s changing television networks to do it.

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Short Sport, February 18, 2013

Adrien Broner had little trouble remaining undefeated as the WBC lightweight champion, overcoming Gavin Rees' aggressiveness and determination by stopping the Welshman in the fifth round before a...

Bribery allegation mars Sonny Bill Williams-Frans Botha bout

The referee who officiated the Sonny Bill Williams-Frans Botha fight said he was informed about an alleged bribe offered to the veteran South African heavyweight boxer before last Friday's bout...

Francois Botha claims he was offered A$150,000 to throw boxing bout

Botha, 44, alleges Sonny Bill Williams' manager, Khoder Nasser, offered him the money in a Brisbane park three days before the World Boxing Association fight, claiming he received a phone call...

BOXING

Pacquiao weighs up rematch with Marquez in Macau

Pacquiao's chief adviser, Michael Koncz, said the Filipino wants a fifth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez away from Las Vegas, "because of high US taxes" that would be incurred if the bout were...

BOXING

Sonny Bill under fire after shortened boxing bout

Former All Black Sonny Bill Williams’s boxing career plumbed a new depth of farce on Friday when he claimed a controversial victory over a middle-aged South African who had him on the ropes before...

BOXING

Cuba on the verge of allowing its fighters to enter World Series Boxing

Amateur boxing supremo Dr Wu Ching-kuo is confident that Cuba is about to make an historic decision and agree to field a team in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) which would see the nation's...