Boxing News

LAS VEGAS - Unheralded Russian middleweight Dmitry Pirog stopped Daniel Jacobs with a crushing overhand right in the fifth round to win the vacant WBO title Saturday night. Full Story »

NEW YORK - 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. Full Story »

BERLIN (Reuters) - World heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko will defend his titles against Nigeria's Samuel Peter on September11, the Ukrainian boxer said on his website (www.klitschko.com) on Friday. Full Story »

BERLIN - Wladimir Klitschko will defend his heavyweight titles against Samuel Peter of Nigeria in Frankfurt on Sept. 11. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Shannon Briggs is looking forward to ending the career of WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko after announcing on Thursday that he will fight the Ukranian on October 16. Full Story »

MANILA (Reuters) - Seven-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao made a vow to improve life in his poor southern hometown and to help the Philippines win a first Olympic gold medal in his maiden speech as a lawmaker in Congress. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Manny Pacquiao has turned his attention to former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito for a November fight, after his promoter could not get a deal signed against former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. Full Story »

NEW YORK - The fertile boxing ground that produced dozens of world champions, from Mike Tyson to Riddick Bowe, will soon have a regular series of fights in a glimmering new arena. Full Story »

LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather Jr. lives in what he calls his Big Boy house, a $9.5 million golf course mansion he likes to show off whenever HBO trots out its "24/7" show to promote his fights. Full Story »

MIAMI - Floyd Mayweather Jr. allowed a deadline for striking a deal on a superfight with Manny Pacquiao to pass without saying anything. Full Story »

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - No doubt this time. Full Story »

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Mike Jones stopped Irving Garcia in the fifth round of their welterweight fight at Boardwalk Hall on Friday night. Full Story »

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao will begin talks about a possible fight with Mexican Antonio Margarito or Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto next week after a deadline to agree a clash with undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr expired. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham will fight on neutral ground in Monaco in the third stage of the World Boxing Classic, as both try to secure a spot in the tournament semifinals. Full Story »

BOLTON, United Kingdom (AFP) - World boxing champion Amir Khan was released from hospital on Tuesday after being given the all clear amid fears he had caught malaria while on holiday in Africa. Full Story »

EASTON, Pa. - Former heavyweight title holder Larry Holmes is getting a statue in his eastern Pennsylvania hometown. Full Story »

Don King is putting on a title triple-header in St. Louis. Full Story »

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Two-time Olympian Rau'shee Warren has been torn between cash and country since a demoralizing defeat at the 2008 Beijing Games. Full Story »