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BOXING
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (left) looks to score the signature win of his young career Saturday against Sergio Martinez in a middleweight championship fight. (AP)
Rapper and nascent boxing promoter Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson visited New York hip-hop station Power 105.1 on Friday morning for an in-studio interview on the The
"He said, 'This is my next project,'" Gomez recalls. "He said, 'I call him Canelo.'" Eight years later Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez ranks as one of boxing's most
Manny Pacquiao (right) edged Juan Manuel Marquez by majority decision last November. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS -- Former welterweight titleholder
LAS VEGAS -- A key factor in USA men’s boxing's medal-less 2012 Olympics was its inability to adjust to international styles. On Tuesday, USA Boxing took the
Amir Khan is mixing up his corner after his second straight loss. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS -- It appears the working relationship between
Ricky Hatton may be heading back into the ring soon (Scott Heavey, Getty Images) The Hitman is back in business. Ricky Hatton, the British boxer that fought
Manny Pacquiao (above), who fell to No. 3 in SI.com's most recent pound-for-pound ratings, might not fight again in 2012 according to Top Rank's Bob Arum. (AP)
Andre Ward defended his WBA and WBC titles with a 10th round knockout of Chad Dawson. (Jeff Chiu/AP) 1. This was a boxing clinic -- Chad Dawson is the
Vitali Klitschko overwhelmed Manuel Charr to keep his WBC belt. (Kiril Kudryavtsev/EPA) Critics of the heavyweight division have long bemoaned the lack of
Ex-UFC fighter Miguel Torres (40-5) will headline the WSOF's first event. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa/Getty Images) The World Series of Fighting, an upstart MMA
Chad Dawson beat Bernard Hopkins for the WBC light heavyweight title in April. (Al Bello/Getty Images) OAKLAND -- One of the biggest questions leading into
When Cowboys Stadium opened three years ago, Jerry Jones envisioned it as a grand showcase for champions. That’s a promise still unfulfilled by his NFL team,
Miguel Cotto's only losses have come to Antonio Margarito (controversially), Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. (Eric Jamison/AP) Junior middleweight Miguel
So now we know the new formula for securing a title shot in the UFC: Lose two straight championship fights in your weight class, then move to another division
Jon Jones (left) and Anderson Silva are friends, but Silva will root against Jones at UFC 152. [Jason Merritt/Getty Images] So we’re finally going to see
Floyd Mayweather visited New York hip-hop station Hot 97 on Wednesday morning for a lengthy in-studio interview on the Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg show, addressing
Manny Pacquiao, a congressman in the Philippines with lofty political aspirations, has designs on the office of governor of Sarangani province in 2013. (AP)
Floyd Mayweather was the highest-earning American athlete of the past year, collecting $85 million for a pair of victories over Victor Ortiz and Miguel Cotto.