Searchers in the rugged North Cascades of Washington state have found a backpack belonging to the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum, but are still looking for the missing climber. John Arum, a 49-year-old environmental lawyer in Seattle and an experienced climber, was reported missing Monday after failing to return from a weekend trip to climb Storm King, an 8,515-foot peak about 85...
Light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal is set to defend his title against Bernard Hopkins in December in Quebec City. The fight is scheduled for Dec. 18. Pascal last fought in August when he beat Chad Dawson on points after the fight was stopped in the 11th to retain his WBC light heavyweight title. The 45-year-old Hopkins hasn't fought since winning a unanimous decision in his long-delayed...
Lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez has agreed to fight Michael Katsidis at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas on Nov. 27. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said Marquez has accepted the terms of a deal to defend his WBO belt against Katsidis, the all-action Australian slugger. Schaefer outlined a busy fall for his company's fighters during a workout in Hollywood on Wednesday by...
Mzonke Fana won a vacant junior lightweight title with an easy unanimous decision over fellow South African Cassius Baloyi on Wednesday night. The 36-year-old Fana regained the IBF version of the title he lost to Baloyi in April 2008 at the Carnival City casino in Brakpan, near Johannesburg. The belt had been vacated by Robert Guerrero when he couldn't defend it against Fana in February.
Mzonke Fana won the vacant IBF junior lightweight title with a unanimous decision over fellow South African Cassius 'Hitman' Baloyi at Carnival City in Brakpan, near Johannesburg. Fana, 36, regained the title he lost to Baloyi in April 2008 with a dominant display over 12 rounds at the Big Top arena on Wednesday.
Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach said Wednesday they agreed to every demand put forward by Floyd Mayweather Jr. for what could have been the richest fight in boxing history. Roach also insisted that negotiations did take place for the fight, contradicting recent statements made by Mayweather adviser Leonard Ellerbe.
Evander Holyfield wants to fight heavyweight champions David Haye and Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. Holyfield, a former heavyweight champ who turns 48 next month, defends his lightly regarded WBF title against Sherman Williams (34-11-2, 19 KOs) on Nov. 5 in Detroit. He won the belt in April by stopping 41-year-old Francois Botha in the eighth round.
Juan Manuel Lopez's highly anticipated featherweight title fight against Rafael Marquez has been rescheduled for Nov. 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The two were scheduled to fight Sept. 18, but the matchup was postponed several weeks ago after Marquez injured his right thumb during training camp.
Vyacheslav Senchenko retained his WBA welterweight belt Monday night with a unanimous decision over Charlie Jose Navarro. The unbeaten Senchenko rocked Navarro on a number of occasions with straight rights to keep the energetic Venezuelan challenger at bay and improve to 31-0 with 20 knockouts. Navarro lost for the fourth time in 22 fights.
Former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs plans to make current WBC titleholder Vitali Klitschko his "30-second, first-round victim" when they fight in October. "That's how a lot of my fights end," Briggs said Monday in Kiev. Klitschko shrugged off the threat, suggesting that the fight on Oct.
Danish boxer Mikkel Kessler pulled out of the Super Six tournament because of an eye injury on Wednesday, but said he would not be forced to retire. Kessler said his eyes had been "bothering me for some time" but he would continue training. "I have a few problems when I go down the stairs and when I close one eye, I don't see double," Kessler said.
Timur Ibragimov of Uzbekistan scored a 10th-round technical knockout over India's Gurchuran Singh in a bout between 1996 Olympians on Tuesday. The heavyweight bout was fought at a dull pace until the ninth round, when Ibragimov hurt Singh with a right to the head and followed with two more that sent Singh to the canvas.
Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek continued his pursuit of a title fight by defeating Michael Grant by unanimous decision Saturday. The victory enabled the 33-year-old Pole, the former IBF cruiserweight champion, to improve to 42-1 overall and 5-0 as a heavyweight. Adamek also has 27 knockouts. "I was ready for a tough fight and ready to go 12 rounds," Adamek said.
Juan Manuel Lopez's highly anticipated featherweight title fight against Rafael Marquez has been postponed after Marquez sustained a hand injury. The fight had been scheduled for Sept. 18 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Promoters hope they can reschedule the fight within four weeks of the original date.
Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan, who made headlines for performing multiple surgeries on reality TV star Heidi Montag, has died. He was 50 years old. The California Highway Patrol says Ryan's 1995 Jeep Wrangler went off the side of Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu and landed on its roof Monday afternoon.
Canada's Jean Pascal retained his WBC light heavyweight title by beating Chad Dawson on points Saturday after the fight was stopped in the 11th round. The fight was halted after an accidental clash of heads opened a deep cut above Dawson's right eye and prevented the American from continuing.
Jean Pascal beat Chad Dawson on points Saturday night after the fight was stopped in the 11th and retained his WBC light heavyweight title at the Bell Centre.
Chad Dawson is one of the best fighters pound-for-pound in the world, though that hasn't always translated into blockbuster ticket sales. Only a few thousand people turned out in his own backyard last fall to see him defeat rugged veteran Glen Johnson. The affable Dawson insists he didn't feel slighted, though, and he said this week that he isn't bothered about heading into someone...
Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao isn't planning on letting his new job as a congressman in the Philippines curtail training for his bout. Pacquiao, who is likely to fight former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13, says he will sleep and train in his office in the House of Representatives when it is in session.
Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield plans to step back into the ring in November against journeyman Sherman Williams at Joe Louis Arena. Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs) will be 48 when fights for the first time since knocking out 41-year-old Frans Botha in the eighth round in April in Las Vegas.
American Devon Alexander retained his WBC and IBF junior welterweight titles with a unanimous 12-round decision over Andriy Kotelnik of the Ukraine on Saturday. The 23-year-old Alexander (21-0) won 116-112 on all three cards. He scored enough points early to withstand a late charge from 31-year-old Kotelnik (31-4-1), a former WBA super lightweight champion.
Devon Alexander has always been talented beyond his years, which is why his trainer had to forge the date on his birth certificate several years ago so that he could fight in a local Golden Gloves competition. "You had to be 17," recalled Kevin Cunningham, a former police officer who helped to lift Alexander from the rough neighborhoods of North St.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being sued for unpaid rent and breach of contract after his promotions company was evicted from a Las Vegas office. Mayweather lawyer Jeff Morse on Thursday downplayed the July 27 eviction of Mayweather Promotions LLC from what he said was a substandard building. He said the company was going to move anyway, and has reopened.
Wu Ching-kuo will stand for a second four-year term as president of amateur boxing's governing body. The Taiwanese declared his intention to run Wednesday in a letter to AIBA's membership of almost 200 national federations. Wu took office in 2006 by defeating longtime incumbent Anwar Chowdhry from Pakistan, who was later barred for alleged financial corruption.
Juan Manuel Marquez became the pre-eminent Mexican boxer of his generation with his virtuosic win over Juan Diaz, and he feels his impressive career would be complete after one more fight with Manny Pacquiao. Marquez also realizes he'll probably never get that fight -- not while Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank are embroiled in a feud that essentially prevents their fighters from meeting in...
Unheralded Russian middleweight Dmitry Pirog stopped Daniel Jacobs with a crushing overhand right in the fifth round to win the vacant WBO title Saturday. Former featherweight champion Robert Guerrero dominated Joel Casamayor in a lopsided unanimous decision to win his debut at 140 pounds, and Jorge Linares also earned a comfortable unanimous decision over Rocky Juarez on the undercard of Juan...
Juan Manuel Marquez is eager to get back in the ring against Juan Diaz, and not just because he has been away from boxing for nearly a year. It's just about the only place he can get away from the nagging dissatisfaction of chasing Manny Pacquiao. Marquez and Diaz will meet Saturday night in a lightweight rematch of their acclaimed February 2009 bout.
It's been nearly three decades since Muhammad Ali stepped into the ring, and the public still can't get enough of the self-described greatest. A number of products bearing his image and iconic signature have come on the market the past couple of years, no surprise considering the former heavyweight champion, philanthropist and cultural icon has become even more beloved in retirement.
