Boxing Day: most Americans know it as the day after Christmas, but what is it exactly, and where did it come from?
Boxing Day 2011 boasts huge sales from some of the biggest brands in the UK, with up to 80 percent slashed off original prices.
India, even if you won't hear them say it, have never had a better chance of clinching their first test series triumph in Australia than over the next month against a host nation in the turmoil of transition.
Britain's Amir Khan lost his World Boxing Association super-lightweight and International Boxing Federation light-welterweight titles on Saturday after he dropped a split decision to American Lamont Peterson in Washington.
A sellout crowd of about 9,100 is expected at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the U.S. capital as Washington native and top contender Lamont Peterson faces junior welterweight champion Amir Khan on Saturday night.
Two top junior welterweights battle on Saturday nigh
A sellout crowd of about 9,100 is expected at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the U.S. capital as Washington native and top contender Lamont Peterson faces junior welterweight champion Amir Khan on Saturday night. Khan is heavily favored.
Cotto got revenge on Margarito on Saturday.
Boxing great Miguel Cotto peppered his opponent Antonio Margarito's right eye all night long on Saturday.
The Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito fight was lopsided. Cheered by his fans who filled the Madison Square Garden, Cotto dominated and retained his title as the WBA (Super) light middleweight title.
Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto avenged his controversial loss to Mexico's Antonio Margarito three years ago when he won Saturday to retain his World Boxing Association super-middleweight world title at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Muhammad Ali may be down, but the man known as the world's greatest boxer ever is not out, despite reports to the contrary.
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who was admitted to hospital after falling unconscious Nov 19, is back at home in Scottsdale.
Mike Tyson, the same man who once literally gnashed off a chunk of another human being's ear, has begun an ongoing campaign to show his light hearted side, taking an appearance on a Brazilian television show over the top by serenading the South American nation with Girl From Ipanema while rocking a white suit and panama
The welterweight division is up for grabs.
Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach told ESPN's NYFightBlog that he strongly suspects that Pacquiao wants to fight Floyd Mayweather, delivering to fans the mega bout they've been wanting to see.
Many will remember Frazier as one of the greatest heavyweights in history.
It looks like the most anticipated mega bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr will continue to ekude fans, even before negotiations between both fighters' camps have begun.
The welterweight division has several high-profile fighters but no upcoming bouts.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is too volatile for network television and the mainstream.
Boxing and controversy have always gone hand-in-glove, as have concerns about fight-fixing in what is one of the more exciting spectator sports around. Saturday witnessed another controversial chapter in the sport's history, thanks to the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez bout.
It was indeed a thrilling fight, and both Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez were basically even up. But at the end, it was the Filipino star who edged the Mexican powerhouse by a majority decision in their remarkable trilogy Saturday.
