The greatest Rocky in history, the original Rocky, was Mr. Marciano, an undefeated heavyweight-boxing champion.
Last year the World Boxing Association donated a 22-foot statue to the city of Brockton, Mass., birthplace of Rocky.
When the city a...
NEW YORK CITY - Word out of the Big Apple is that champion boxer Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines has decided to hang up his boxing gloves after getting beaten by Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez.
The fight which shocked all of the fans at the MGM Gr...
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (ABSNN Sports) - The World Boxing Council has the entire sporting world agog at the news that Caesar's Palace will host the very first WBC Championship fight between two unknown, and as yet, unnamed twins in their mother's womb! Th...
Former England Cricket Captain and noted Pedalo pilot Andrew Flintoff came through his first bout as a professional boxer against Richard Dawson with a points victory. This was after Dawson had knocked Flintoff down in the second round.
Dawson th...
James 'Bonecrusher' Smith- Completely against the spirit and the laws of the game to crush opponents bones. Immediate disqualifications.
'Iron' Mike Tyson.- Self explanatory, he is made of Iron and therefore disqualified to compete in the human...
Former Olympic gold medalist Audley Harrison has decided to retire after yet another embarrassing performance in the ring.
His "fight" with British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder David Price lasted a pathetic 82 seconds before Harrison...
Two giants of the boxing world will face off tonight in a prize contest at Dorking's Cheesy Puffs Arena.
Pugilism has always been a gentleman's sport and they don't come more gentle than Bill 'Bonecrusher' O'Dibelt. The Irishman who was once pard...
Arsenal Ladies are being linked with a high-profile transfer move for Ireland's Olympic boxing gold medallist Katie Taylor, 26, who is also a talented footballer.
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She'd be handy as back up in a Patrick Vierra v Roy Keane rematch.
Luka Modric wants to talk to Andre Villas-Boas over his future, with the 26-year-old worried that his dream move to Real Madrid may fall through.
(Daily Mi...
While the Amir Khan vs Danny Garcia, and David Haye vs Dereck Chisora fights were capturing the attention of the pugalist's world, an unnoticed World Championship match was under-way in the Mediterranean.
Bidney Sollocks (56 but looks younger) fro...
Timothy Bradley shook the boxing world after a stunning split decision against Manny Pacquiao to win the WBO welterweight title.
Unfortunately Pacquiao appeared to dominate Bradley during the fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night,...
LOS ANGELES - Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao, who has held boxing titles in eight different boxing weight divisions has just stuck his gloved hand in his mouth.
Pacquiao, a 33-year-old Filipino, in an interview with Tango Brisket of Sports Territory Mag...
Promoter Bunny Warren announced at a press conference this morning that the eagerly awaited punch up between two of Britain's biggest attention seekers would be going ahead on the 14th July. As both fighters don't have a licence to fight in the UK, t...
A boxing match is to be held between David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris next week, a government spokesman informed us last night.
The fight is set to take place under the Arc De Triumph and has been sparked by revelations that the French...
The boxing world was in uproar today after the unauthorised fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora in Germany during a press conference.
Boxing a noble and historic sport involves two men punching each other in the face repeatedly until one o...
The Thrilla Vanilla to be held at The Venitian in Las Vegas has odds makers and boxing fans alike excited beyond belief.
"There hasn't been a confrontation of this magnitude since Ali fought Frazier in the Thrilla In Manila", said one gambler and...
It was a cracking fight in Washington DC, which had the pundits back in London drooling, as Lamont Peterson wrested two world title belts from Bolton lad, Amir Khan, who apparently lives just down the road from roly-poly Bolton funnyman, Peter "Garli...
We spoke to some stocky man who claimed he was an insider of David Haye's camp yesterday, and he claimed that Haye will come out if retirement in March to fight Vitali Klitschko, elder brother of Wladimir, who shook him in Hamburg last year.
At on...
Considered one of the greatest fights of 20th century boxing, the Thrilla in Manila between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier for the Heavy Weight Boxing Championship of the World, was fought in Quezon City, Philippines on October 1, 1975.
The bout was...