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Andrzej Fonfara’s puzzling TKO victory pleases Pavilion crowd
In an ending that had the crowd of 4,224 at the Pavilion scratching its head for a while, Andrzej Fonfara won the IBO light-heavyweight title Friday with a seventh-round technical knockout of Tommy Karpency. After being knocked down twice in the first round, Karpency had …Read More
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What’s next for Manny Pacquiao?
MANILA, Philippines — Manny Pacquiao has already achieved what most of his countrymen can only dream of: lifting himself out of wrenching poverty, securing a future for his children and becoming a hero to Filipinos the world over. Not content with just winning in the …Read More
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What next for Manny Pacquiao?
MANILA, Philippines — Manny Pacquiao has already achieved what most of his countrymen can only dream of: lifting himself out of wrenching poverty, securing a future for his children and becoming a hero to Filipinos the world over. Not content with just winning in the …Read More
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Andrzej Fonfara stands at a crossroad with Pavilion fight
Andrzej Fonfara aced the gatekeeper test. So the next logical step up the ladder for the popular “Polish Prince” is a crossroads fight. Fonfara’s trainer, veteran Sam Colonna, didn’t want the Chicago-based light-heavyweight contender to “take a step backward” after he pounded respected-but-aging Glen Johnson, …Read More
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Boxing great Carmen Basilio dies at 85
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer’s son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six months later, died Wednesday at age 85. Edward Brophy, executive director of the Boxing …Read More
Boxer Orlando Cruz ‘proud’ to be gay
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Describing himself as “a proud gay man,” Puerto Rican featherweight Orlando Cruz on Thursday became what is believed to be the first pro boxer to come out as openly homosexual while still competing. Cruz told The Associated Press in an …
Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. tested positive for marijuana
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Top Rank Inc. spokesman says middleweight boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. tested positive for marijuana after his first professional loss last weekend in Las Vegas.
Top Rank spokesman Lee Samuels read a statement Wednesday saying the promoter was reviewing the …
Floyd Mayweather ordered to pay $114K in Manny Pacquiao case
LAS VEGAS — A federal court judge in Nevada ordered boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to pay about $114,000 in lawyer fees and costs for avoiding questioning from rival fighter Manny Pacquiao’s lawyers. Attorneys for neither man immediately responded Wednesday to messages about Monday’s order. The …
Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight nearly set
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring Dec. 8, almost surely in a fourth fight against Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez.
Promoter Bob Arum said final negotiations were scheduled Wednesday with Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz for the fight, which would be the …
Muhammad Ali’s childhood home sold
A fan of Muhammad Ali has acquired an important piece of memorabilia: the boxing legend’s boyhood home in Louisville, Ky.
Ex-boxing champ Michael Dokes dies
AKRON, Ohio — Michael Dokes, a former world heavyweight boxing champion from northeast Ohio, has died. The Rhoden Memorial Home in Akron confirmed Dokes died Saturday. He was 54. Known as “Dynamite,” Dokes became the World Boxing Association heavyweight champion in 1982 after he defeated …
Michael Vick launches V7 clothing line
NEW YORK — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is launching a sports clothing line called V7 that will be sold exclusively at East Coast sporting goods shop Modell’s. The line is the latest image-restoration move for Vick, who spent 18 months in federal prison on …
Anderson Silva stops Chael Sonnen at UFC 148
LAS VEGAS — Middleweight champion Anderson Silva stopped Chael Sonnen at 1:55 of the second round in UFC 148 on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Silva has successfully defended his title 10 times and had a 15-match winning streak. In the second …
Mike Tyson takes his act to Broadway
NEW YORK — Mike Tyson wants his next knockout to be on Broadway. The former boxer announced Monday that he will team up with director Spike Lee to bring his one-man show, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,” to the Longacre Theatre for six nights only, July …
Amateur boxing great Teofilo Stevenson dies
HAVANA — Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson, the three-time Olympic heavyweight champion with a devastating right hand and a gentlemanly demeanor, has died. He was 60. “The Cuban sporting family was moved today by the passing of one of the greatest of all time,” said a …
