Read more boxing stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/361/boxing.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:31:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71904/tyson-holyfield-make-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEvander Holyfield forgives Mike Tyson for biting his ear during their heavyweight title fight in 1997, he said during a joint appearance with his former opponent on today's Oprah Winfrey Show . The boxers—who knew each other as teens—shook hands, and Holyfield said the famous bite “wasn't really as...http://www.newser.com/story/71904/tyson-holyfield-make-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 16:25:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65696/boxer-gattis-death-suicide-wife-off-hook-brazil-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBoxer Arturo Gatti's death was ruled a suicide by Brazilian police today, and a judge ordered the release of his wife, once suspected of killing the former champion. Investigator Paulo Alberes says authorities decided Gatti killed himself July 11 while at a seaside resort. When asked if police had determined...http://www.newser.com/story/65696/boxer-gattis-death-suicide-wife-off-hook-brazil-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 15:59:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65371/boxing-champ-vernon-forrest-shot-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer pro boxer Vernon “the Viper” Forrest was shot and killed Saturday night in a skirmish after he was robbed, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Forrest had stopped at a gas station to fill his tires with air when a man robbed him at gunpoint. The armed ex-fighter chased the mugger,...http://www.newser.com/story/65371/boxing-champ-vernon-forrest-shot-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 6:13:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64165/exboxing-champ-gatti-found-dead-in-brazil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer boxing champion Arturo Gatti, whose epic trilogy with Micky Ward branded him one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas today. Police investigator Edilson Alves says the body of the former junior...http://www.newser.com/story/64165/exboxing-champ-gatti-found-dead-in-brazil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 18:48:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62985/top-female-boxer-turns-to-politics-in-argentina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarcela Acuña isn’t accustomed to losing. The 5-foot-4 Argentine boxer has won a record 32 matches, 16 by knockout, to just five losses, earning her a huge following and the nickname la Tigresa , the Tigress. Now, she’s jumped into a different kind of ring: the political one. She’s running for...http://www.newser.com/story/62985/top-female-boxer-turns-to-politics-in-argentina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Jun 2009 14:33:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59492/new-punch-out-is-classic-fun.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! , on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, was a “perfect combination of addictive gameplay and technological impressiveness,” Chris Kohler writes in Wired . In a new version for Wii, happily, the company has figured out "what made the original so compelling” and recreated it “in spades.” Sometimes, Kohler writes,...http://www.newser.com/story/59492/new-punch-out-is-classic-fun.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 15:50:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57636/boxings-little-icons-prep-for-duel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSaturday will see a boxing matchup sure to draw countless diehard fans: Filipino Manny Pacquiao, considered the sport’s “pound-for-pound best,” versus Britiain's Ricky Hatton, the current International Boxing Organization junior welterweight champ. “When Manny fights, everything stops in the Philippines,” a Manila journalist tells the Wall Street Journal . And a...http://www.newser.com/story/57636/boxings-little-icons-prep-for-duel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 10:47:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56179/de-la-hoya-hangs-up-gloves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBoxer Oscar De La Hoya called it quits today after an electrifying career, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Knowing that you’re never going to compete again is a tough decision,” said De La Hoya, 36, who earned the nickname “Golden Boy” in a victorious 1992 Olympics that launched his career....http://www.newser.com/story/56179/de-la-hoya-hangs-up-gloves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 15:35:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55095/mccain-asks-obama-to-pardon-boxing-champ.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain has introduced a resolution requesting a posthumous presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, the LA Times reports. Johnson suffered what McCain calls a “racially motivated conviction” in 1913 for dating a white woman. Prosecutors said he’d violated the Mann Act, which...http://www.newser.com/story/55095/mccain-asks-obama-to-pardon-boxing-champ.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 5:00:00 CDT