An injury to a knuckle on his left hand has forced middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik to postpone his title defense against highly ranked Paul Williams.
A news conference on Tuesday to announce the bout, which originally had been set for Oct. 3 in Atlantic City, was also postponed.
The earliest Pavlik would be able to return for a rescheduled fight is [...]
The first Fight Night Club went so well, we’ve decided to do it again.
Make sure you tune in on Thursday night, when Yahoo! Sports, The Ring and Versus team up to give you a free night of live-streamed pro boxing action from Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. The live stream starts at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
Fight [...]
What is better than a night at the fights? A free night at the fights, of course.
On Thursday, Yahoo! Sports teams up with Versus and The Ring magazine to present a live stream of the Fight Night club event at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Bell time is 9 p.m. Eastern/ 6 p.m. Pacific.
The card [...]
Chad Dawson got the job done on Saturday but was it enough to get a Bernard Hopkins fight? At the postfight press conference, Dawson’s promoter Gary Shaw said that it doesn’t matter what "Bad Chad" does, Hopkins isn’t going to fight him. Shaw saw BHop on ESPN on Friday night saying the money has to be right. Shaw’s [...]
Manny Pacquiao may not be boxing’s best pitchman but his trainer is certainly making up for it. Freddie Roach has taken on the role of trash-talker extraordinaire. Roach isn’t happy that the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Juan Manuel Marquez fight is simply being dubbed "No. 1":
"They can call Mayweather-Marquez "No. 1" but it smells like No. 2," said [...]
Manny Pacquiao may not be boxing’s best pitchman but his trainer is certainly making up for it. Freddie Roach has taken on the role of trash-talker extraordinaire. Roach isn’t happy that the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Juan Manuel Marquez fight is simply being dubbed "No. 1":
"They can call Mayweather-Marquez "No. 1" but it smells like No. 2," said [...]
Chad Dawson got the job done on Saturday but was it enough to get a Bernard Hopkins fight? At the postfight press conference, Dawson’s promoter Gary Shaw said that it doesn’t matter what "Bad Chad" does, Hopkins isn’t going to fight him. Shaw saw BHop on ESPN on Friday night saying the money has to be right. Shaw’s [...]
Boxers are like baseball closers, you got to have a short memory otherwise a beating can put your career down for the count. Ricky Hatton recovered once from a whipping at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and now it sounds like he’s regaining his confidence after the Manny Pacquiao disaster. His father Ray says Ricky wants to make [...]
Boxers are like baseball closers, you got to have a short memory otherwise a beating can put your career down for the count. Ricky Hatton recovered once from a whipping at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and now it sounds like he’s regaining his confidence after the Manny Pacquiao disaster. His father Ray says Ricky wants to make [...]
Eight months has passed since the first time they met but you’d think it was five years from the recent reports of their first meeting. Chad Dawson rolled to a decision win over Antonio Tarver but it was far from a beating. Yet according to the odds, this is one of the most lopsided title bouts of the year. Dawson [...]