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Manny Pacquiao Ekes Out Championship

Mark Russell — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:00:28 CST

Manny Pacquiao narrowly survived his third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez in last night's battle for the welterweight title, winning two out of three scorecards to retain his championship, reports the AP . Pacquiao's aggression was evenly matched by Marquez's counterpunching, and many thought Marquez deserved the win—the results were...

Joe Frazier Was Better Than Ali

John Johnson — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:50:05 CST

Frazier and Ali—the names are inseparable in the annals of boxing, but for veteran sports writer Dave Anderson, Joe Frazier is the ultimate champ. The boxer who died yesterday "was the better better fighter," writes Anderson in the New York Times . "And the better man." He thumped Ali in...

Smokin' Joe Frazier Dead at 67

Rob Quinn — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:45:00 CST

If cancer could be dropped with a devastating left hook, Joe Frazier would still be with us. The former heavyweight champion has died at the age of 67, just weeks after he was diagnosed with liver cancer, AP reports. Frazier, who won gold for the US at the 1964 Olympic...

Boxer, 52, Wins Debut After Years Wrongly Jailed

Matt Cantor — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:35:42 CDT

After 26 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, a 52-year-old boxer finally got his chance to go pro—and won his first fight. "I used to lay in my cell and dream about this happening," says Dewey Bozella. "It was all worth it." Bozella was convicted of...

2012 London Gold Medals 'Sold' for $10M: BBC

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:41:13 CDT

A boxing official made arrangements to "sell" two 2012 Olympic gold medals to the Azerbaijani team for $10 million, according to an investigation by the BBC . Millions of dollars in secret payments have already been made to international boxing organization World Series Boxing, sources say. In exchange, the head of...

Save Boxing, It's a Worthy Fight

Mark Russell — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:35:01 CDT

The American Academy of Pediatrics last month came close to recommending a ban on boxing for children and teenagers altogether, putting the sport at risk like never before. But ending boxing would be a shame, writes Gordon Marino in the Wall Streeet Journal , who believes the payoffs of pugilism are...

Sugar Ray Leonard: Coach Sexually Abused Me

Matt Cantor — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:16:15 CDT

Sugar Ray Leonard was sexually abused by his coach, the boxer reveals in an upcoming memoir. Leonard doesn’t name the trainer, calling him simply a “prominent Olympic boxing coach,” but he discusses multiple incidents in the Big Fight , due out next month, the New York Times reports. At age 15,...

Why Boxing Is Coming Back (or Not)

Kevin Spak — Sun, 08 May 2011 14:28:05 CDT

Last night's big fight between Manny Pacquiao and “Sugar” Shane Mosely turned out to be a dud, with Pacquiao winning an easy decision, reports AP . But the fight had generated much buzz, leading Atlantic to ponder whether the sport might be ready to burst back into the mainstream. Some pros:...

Jose Canseco Busted Sending Twin to Paid Event

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:49:06 CDT

Score another one for Jose Canseco's relentless quest to make the entire planet mad at him: This time it's Celebrity Boxing, which discovered on Saturday that the Canseco it paid $10,000 to show up at a match was really Jose's twin brother, Ozzie. The boxing group made the discovery...