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Boxer Floyd Mayweather posted a video to social media Monday saying he supports Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — After three fights featuring nine combined knockdowns and many unforgettable moments, Tyson Fury finally ended his epic heavyweight rivalry with Deontay Wilder with one last valedictory punch.

Legendary Boxer and Philippine Senator Manny Pacquiao announced his retirement from the boxing ring on Wednesday ahead of seeking the Philippine presidency in May 2022.

New WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk hopes a contractual rematch against Anthony Joshua will take place in his native Ukraine — although Joshua’s promoters want another British bout to maximise revenue.

Andre Berto, a Haitian and former boxing champion, slammed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, saying he would fix the border if he cared.

Fans at the Holyfield vs Belfort fight were heard breaking out into chants of “We want Trump” and “F**k Joe Biden.”

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that if he got in a boxing match with Joe Biden, Biden would “go down very, very quickly.”

Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, 18, died in Canada on Thursday after suffering repeated blows to the head during her weekend match.

A local Communist Party official presented boxer Ronny Álvarez this week with cooking oil, two packs of hot dogs, and a bunch of plantains upon his return from the Junior Pan-American Games qualifiers, where he earned a gold medal, Latin American outlets noted Wednesday.

TOKYO (AP) – Aidan Walsh has been forced out of his semifinal bout at the Tokyo Olympics after the Irish welterweight injured his ankle while celebrating his quarterfinal victory.

Famed boxer George Foreman took to Twitter during the Independence Day holiday to tell fans that he is not ashamed to be an American.

Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former champion Deontay Wilder met onstage and stared each other down for several minutes on Tuesday afternoon. But that was all the talking Wilder would do.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. outclassed YouTube personality Logan Paul but couldn’t stop him inside the distance.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo turned himself in to federal agents to face charges hours after authorities identified the body of a dead woman as his 27-year-old pregnant lover, officials said.

Labour’s Shadow Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary David Lammy listed heavyweight boxing legend Smokin’ Joe Frazier alongside Judas Iscariot and the KKK in a bizarre Good Friday message.

Legendary boxer “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler’s wife Kay said Tuesday he did not die from a coronavirus vaccine, calling reports “nonsense.” 

Boxing legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler was “in an ICU fighting the effects of the vaccine,” before his death Saturday at the age of 66, according to friend and former rival Tommy Hearns.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a decision to Sugar Ray Leonard — stolen, he claimed, by the judges — that he never fought again.

Boxing champ Devin Haney drew the line Thursday on UFC star Amanda Nunes fighting YouTuber Jake Paul saying, “I don’t think he should fight a girl. I think he’s still a man. He gotta fight a man.”

Heavyweight world title contender Bryant Jennings has slammed people wishing Muslims a “Merry Christmas” or even “Happy Holidays” as ignorant, idiotic, and disrespectful.

During last week’s interview with boxer Jake Paul, Jemele Hill asked Paul if it was “racist” for him to have knocked out his black opponent.

Brazilian boxer Viviane Obenauf, 34, was arrested after her husband was found dead in their Switzerland apartment following a “sustained violent assault.”

Philippine Sen. Manny Pacquiao, one of history’s most successful boxing champions, on Wednesday became the president of PDP-Laban, the ruling political party of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Shortly after former NBA star Nate Robinson’s face hit the canvas on Saturday night, UFC welterweight sensation and outspoken Trump supporter Colby Covington tweeted that he would like the opportunity to make NBA social justice warrior LeBron James “eat the canvas in half the amount of time.”

Former New York Knicks player Nate Robinson was utterly dominated by Youtube star Jake Paul in Saturday evening’s undercard fight.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Tyson showed glimpses of his destructive prime Saturday night during the 54-year-old boxing icon’s return to the ring for a lively exhibition bout with 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr.

As Mike Tyson prepares for his bout with Roy Jones, Jr., the champ posted a Thanksgiving video in which he chomps on one of Jones’ ears.

Professional athletes are known to go to great lengths to avoid testing positive on drug tests. However, what Mike Tyson recently admitted to doing certainly takes things to the next level.

Long before Joe Biden was getting destroyed in debates by Donald Trump, he was taking populist punches from another popular patriot. This past week, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took us for a trip down memory lane, reminding us how she knocked out Biden back in 2008.

On Tuesday, Mike Tyson has explained his bizarre, mumbling interview with ‘Good Morning Britain,’ and it was extreme fatigue, he said.

Boxing trainer Freddy Roach says Manny Pacquiao is two fights away from running to become president of the Philippines.

It was billed as a rematch in which all the questions after their first fight would be answered. And those questions were answered with a thunderous left hand that may have  been the Knockout of the Year.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Mike Tyson is coming back to boxing at age 54.

Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has told Boris Johnson to “grow a pair” after seeing Sir Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square repeatedly vandalised at Black Lives Matter protests.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Add boxing to the list of sports on the comeback trail.

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — British boxer Billy Joe Saunders had his boxing license suspended Monday after publishing a social media video in which he appeared to condone domestic violence amid the coronavirus outbreak.