Nikolai Valuev likely ended Evander Holyfield's last chance at winning a fifth heavyweight title, narrowly defending his WBA title by majority decision on Saturday night. The 46-year-old American, attempting to become the oldest heavyweight to win a major belt, started the fight by moving around the ring to neutralize Valuev's long reach advantage.
Saturday's WBA title fight could have bigger implications that most imagine.
Evander Holyfield insists he has at least one more great fight left in him. If he summons it Saturday night, he'll become the oldest man to regain a world heavyweight title. Standing between the 46-year-old American and a record fifth championship is the tallest and heaviest boxer to hold a major belt, Russia's Nikolai Valuev.
Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton are close to finalizing a deal to meet in a 140-pound bout on May 2, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told The Associated Press on Thursday. The proposed fight, likely to be held in Las Vegas, would match boxing's unofficial pound-for-pound champion against one of the world's most popular brawlers, assuredly generating huge paydays for both fighters.
Robert Guerrero is in the Golden Boy's corner after the dynamic two-time featherweight champion signed with Oscar De La Hoya's promotions company Thursday. Guerrero (22-1-1, 15 KOs) hasn't fought in nearly 10 months while attempting to end his association with promoter Dan Goossen. After Guerrero got that freedom in an arbitration ruling Tuesday, he quickly signed with Golden Boy Promotions, which...
Evander Holyfield wants to turn back time, but the odds don't look so good.
If Floyd Mayweather Jr. decides to come out of retirement, Ricky Hatton wouldn't mind trying to avenge the only loss of his 11-year career. Mayweather stepped away from the sport in June after an 18-month stretch in which he beat Oscar De La Hoya and Hatton and made more than $50 million in the ring. Mayweather stopped Hatton in the 10th round last December to win the WBC welterweight title.
Manny Pacquiao is a unanimous choice for No. 1 after his destruction of Oscar De La Hoya.
By Phil Barnett PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer
Former featherweight champion Robert Guerrero is ready to start boxing again after winning a lengthy arbitration case Tuesday against his former promoter. Guerrero (22-1-1, 15 KOs), a two-time titlist from Gilroy, Calif., hasn't been in the ring since Feb. 29, when he knocked out Jason Litzau to defend his IBF title.
Joe Calzaghe's comments on the state of boxing drew plenty of reader reaction.
The World Boxing Council has started an investigation of Shane Mosley in the wake of recent reports that Mosley testified under oath that he used performance-enhancing drugs leading up to his 2003 fight against Oscar De La Hoya, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
The World Boxing Council has opened an investigation of Shane Mosley following recent reports that Mosley testified under oath to taking performance-enhancing drugs in the lead-up to his 2003 title fight against Oscar De La Hoya, the New York Daily News reported in Tuesday's edition. Nearly three months after winning the WBC junior middleweight title with his victory over De La Hoya, Mosley told...
Joe Calzaghe claims boxing is dying, but he sure isn't doing much to help matters.
Evander Holyfield has had his doubters over the years, from those who saw him as little more than a beefed-up cruiserweight to others who said he lacked the power to be heavyweight champion. Now aiming to win the heavyweight title for a record fifth time, the 46-year-old fighter says he has no patience for those who think he's too old or fear he's putting his health at risk.
Vitali Klitschko is set to defend his WBC heavyweight title against David Haye in June in London. A deal was agreed to after the British fighter watched the Ukrainian's brother, Wladimir, retain his IBF and WBO heavyweight belts by stopping Hasim Rahman in the seventh round on Saturday. "I was out in Germany to watch Wladimir Klitschko bore