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Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fought 24 rounds in the space of a year, with little to pick between them. When the scorecards were totaled Saturday night, though, the judges crowned a new middleweight champion of the world — but just barely.

President Donald Trump says he may pardon another late heavyweight boxing champion — this time, Muhammad Ali.

Former Presidents, George W. Bush and Barack Obama did not issue a pardon, despite considering the pardon.

NEW YORK (AP) — Vasiliy Lomachenko had been down on the canvas and was even on the scorecards.

Boxing used to be king in the United States. Listen for sports references in popular music and they’re almost always about boxing or baseball. Today it’s all about Brady and LeBron but it used to be names like Johnson, Louis, Marciano, and Ali that were all the rage.

After a career laden with belts, cash and kudos, boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr retired undefeated over 50 fights — but his flawless record faces an unlikely challenge from an obscure Thai fighter known as the “dwarf giant”.

If boxing were a sport where one advanced by mouth alone, Adrien Broner would have eclipsed his mentor Floyd Mayweather Jr. long ago.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Canelo-Triple G rematch, expected to be the fight of the year, is off.

The Rougarou is defined as a legendary creature in Laurentian French communities linked to European notions of the werewolf. For boxer Regis Prograis, the nickname “Rougarou” is the perfect fit. Prograis doesn’t just box, he fights. He tries to destroy his opponent. He is the Rougarou.

Los Angeles (AFP) – Mexican middleweight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, prepping for a May 5 title rematch with Gennady Golovkin, has tested positive for banned clenbuterol, his promoters blaming tainted meat.

Boxing promoter and former boxer Oscar De La Hoya called out Donald Trump, inviting the president to attend the upcoming May 5 Canelo Alvarez – Gennady Golovkin bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to show he cares about Mexicans. De La

Los Angeles (AFP) – World middleweight boxing champion Gennady Golovkin will fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on May 5 in a 12-round rematch of their epic draw last September, promoters announced Monday.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. needs some brushing up on current events. The undefeated champion recently did an interview with Men’s Health, in which he revealed a rather high level of ignorance about what the #MeToo movement actually means.

Mike Tyson has been a boxer and even tried his hand at acting, but now he has a new venture: pot farmer.

In an appearance Thursday on Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed,” UFC president Dana White said “anything is possible” regarding retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. coming over to fight in the octagon. Mayweather fought Conor McGregor, who came over from the UFC,

British boxer Amir Khan has received death threats after posting pictures online of a Christmas tree he put up for his young daughter.

Conor McGregor made the jump to boxing, in order to take on Floyd Mayweather. After reports that UFC President Dana White wanted to explore having Mayweather reciprocate, by making the jump to the “Octagon,” Mayweather said he had no interest in doing so.

It only took six seconds for boxer Zolani Tete to send opponent Siboniso Gonya to the mat in a knockout that took the world record for the shortest title fight ever.

Ferdie Pacheco, Muhammad Ali’s cornerman and physician, passed away at 89 on Thursday.

Former heavyweight champion George Foreman issued a Twitter challenge to martial arts movie star Steven Seagal hoping to goad the actor to a 10-round boxing match this week.

Billy Joe Saunders and Willie Monroe Jr. are set to square off Saturday in a WBO middleweight title bout, but one side is already taking cheap shots as Saunders’ seven-year-old son, Stevie, punched Monroe in the groin. Monroe put his hand

[LANGUAGE WARNING] Floyd Mayweather Jr. defended President Donald Trump’s lewd comments, also deemed as “locker room talk,” that were picked up on a hot mic during a private 2005 conversation with Billy Bush. The now 50-0 retired boxer said in

Conor McGregor’s improbable challenge of Floyd Mayweather Jr. was a box-office smash. There between 4 million and 5 million pay-per-view sales. An estimated 50 million people watched in the United States alone.

Brisbane (Australia) (AFP) -Filipino great Manny Pacquiao on Friday pulled out of a rematch with world champion Jeff Horn, leaving the Australian looking for another challenger in his title defence.

TEL AVIV – A Palestinian boxer who refused to compete against an Israeli Druze in the world’s most prestigious championship said he chose not to fight because doing so would be “beneath his dignity.”

Floyd Mayweather Jr. moved to 50-0 with his technical knockout Saturday in the much-anticipated boxing match with UFC’s biggest star, Conor McGregor. The fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas was called with1:55 remaining in the 10th round, giving Mayweather

Friday on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike,” ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith predicted Floyd Mayweather Jr. would “embarrass” and “destroy” Conor McGregor in their upcoming bout. “It will probably go five or six rounds,” Smith explained.” Floyd will embarrass him.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Just 20 months ago, a former plumber from Dublin fought a fearsome superstar who hadn’t lost in a decade. Conor McGregor talked his way into a big-money showdown, but he had to back up his boasts against Jose Aldo, one of the greatest fighters in his sport.

Los Angeles (AFP) – Floyd Mayweather believes Conor McGregor is struggling to make the weight for their cross-combat showdown as the final countdown to the superfight cranked into overdrive on Tuesday.

UFC fight champion Conor McGregor has been accused of racial bias, but the fighter’s father, Tony McGregor, is striking back against claims that his son is a racist.

Monday on Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed,” co-host Shannon Sharpe reacted to the trash talk between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor at media appearances for their upcoming bout. McGregor got caught in some controversy after sports personalities took offense with him

Thursday, Fox Sports 1 “Undisputed” co-host Shannon Sharpe discussed the upcoming bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor, saying the fight “plays along racial lines” because it pits a black American versus a white non-American. Sharpe said white Americans cheer against their black countrymen in

Conor McGregor is catching some heat for his taunts aimed at his upcoming boxing opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr. made during media appearances on back-to-back days. “Dance for me, boy,” McGregor has twice told Mayweather. Sports media personalities like Fox Sports 1’s

TMZ Sports asked UFC President Dana White Tuesday if President Donald Trump was coming to the upcoming Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Conor McGregor fight in August. According to White, someone from Trump’s camp called him about the fight, but the

A week after falling to Jeff Horn in a welterweight title bout with a controversial decision, boxer Manny Pacquiao was home in his native Philippines Friday to give back to the people. Pacquiao, who earned $10 million in his recent bout

The much anticipated and highly rumored fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor remains completely unofficial. But, perhaps for not much longer.