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Boxing star DAVID HAYE has carried on the celebrations for beating 7ft tall NICOLAI VALUEV in Germany by going to see BLUEY ROBINSON.

This Saturday, December 5th, 2009, HBO presents two good match-ups. In Atlantic City, New Jersey, junior middleweight Paul Williams takes on Sergio Martinez while heavyweight Chris Arreola takes on Brian Minto.

Manny Pacquiao may fight Yuri Foreman before taking on Floyd Mayweather Jr, trainer Freddie Roach has revealed.

No Los Angeles International Airport security cameras captured an alleged fight between boxer Mike Tyson and a photographer, TMZ.com reported exclusively.

BOLTON'S world champion Amir Khan believes a British superfight against Ricky Hatton is a possibility as he prepares to defend his WBA light-welterweight title.

Craig McEwan stretched his perfect professional record to 17-0 and targeted a showcase date in Las Vegas early next year.

TRAINER Freddie Roach is convinced Amir Khan's sole professional defeat - to Breidis Prescott last year - will turn him into the world's best fighter.

NIKOLAY Davydenko ended seven years of pain against Roger Federer yesterday, finally beating the world number one 6-2 4-6 7-5 to reach the final of the ATP World Tour Finals for a second successive year.

AMIR KHAN wants to ambush Ricky Hatton's comeback fight by getting his fists on Juan Manuel Marquez before his pal.

Intro: Many boxing analysts and gamblers initially peg Floyd Mayweather, Jr as a slight betting favorite over WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao .

The Danish boxer Brian Nielsen, who won the International Boxing Organisation world title, but lost to Mike Tyson two years ago, is to retire due to a knee injury.

Photos by Laura De La Torre This past Saturday night, I had the honor and privilege of attending the WBA super middleweight title bout in Oakland, California between defending champ Mikkel Kessler and hometown hero Andre Ward.

The following series was originally published in early spring 2009. Part 1 and Part 2 are updated given the developments that transpired during the year.

SEOUL: Choi Hyun-mi traded an accordion for boxing gloves, Kim Jong-il's cult leadership for capitalism, and the red bandanas worn by North Korean school children for the World Boxing Association championship belt.

In a November showdown with the UFC in Las Vegas, boxing scored a knockout at the gate after the latest numbers from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Giant Ukrainian stands in way of Williams and his chance of hitting jackpot. Alan Hubbard Lennox Lewis has been offering Danny Williams some unsolicited advice on how to beat Vitali Klitschko when they meet in New York on 11 December in the Ukrainian giant's first defence of his World Boxing Council heavyweight title.

In a recent interview , world-renowned trainer Teddy Atlas claimed that the Manny Pacquiao vs.

Yuri Foreman winning the super-welterweight boxing title while being called a rabbinical student has sparked a debate of whether it is permitted to box, considering the inevitable damage done to the body, or not.

By Jim Black THE World Boxing Organisation has forced Scotland's Commonwealth super-featherweight champion Ricky Burns to abandon plans to undertake a world title warm-up fight at Newcastle's Metro Arena on 5 December.

Rhonda Luna is a guidance counselor at Santa Fe Middle School in Monrovia. She helps kids whose grades are falling, and with what she refers to as "social emotional" issues.

With the recent announcement of Evander Holyfield's next fight against Francois Botha scheduled for 16th January 2010 I've had one or two great ideas.

Although many folks are taking it easy this week because of Thanksgiving, that's not the case in boxing as several fights are in the works.

After the first two bouts in Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic, things were looking grim for the American participants.A Jermain Taylor was stopped in devastating fashion in the final seconds of his bout with Germany's "King" Arthur Abraham.A Later in the day Nottingham's own WBC Super Middleweight king, Carl Froch, took a close and ...

Kelly Pavlik will defend his world middleweight crown against Miguel Espino next month.

Photograph: Nick Potts/PA Don King is trying to force David Haye to defend his world heavyweight title against a 39-year-old Australian who was stopped in just 32 seconds by Danny Williams eight years ago.

The death of a local boxing champion is saving lives. Francisco Rodriguez died after an opponent knocked him out.

After victory in the big fight on Friday night, Rendall Munroe sat in his dressing room and thanked his trainer, his supporters, his employers and his sparring partners.

A fist fight may seem an odd way to show respect between Jews and Muslims, but when Dmitriy Salita competes for the WBA light-welterweight title next month, he'll be doing just that.

Australian heavyweight Kali Meehan will take on Ruslan Chagaev for the World Boxing Association's interim heavyweight championship.

FORMER ring king Ricky Hatton has tipped Floyd Mayweather to win a superfight with Manny Pacquiao if they clash in 2010.

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been arrested after brawling with a celebrity photographer at Los Angeles International Airport and injuring the man's head.

Photos by Laura De La Torre / 411mania.com During this week's media day workout in Oakland, I had the chance to sit down and talk to 2004 Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward who is days away from his first crack at a world title against WBA champ Mikkel Kessler.

Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward scored the first upset in Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic with an eleventh round technical decision over WBA super middleweight champ Mikkel Kessler in Oakland, California.

If the family of late boxing champ Arturo Gatti has its way, the legal battling with Gatti's widow could last into 2011 and could end up up being reminiscent of the massive civil suit O.J. Simpson was involved in in 1997.

Rodel Mayol scored a second-round TKO over Edgar Sosa to capture the WBC light flyweight belt.

On a night when he was supposed to be playing second fiddle, Canadian boxer Steve Molitor turned in a second rate performance.

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NEWPORTa S former army man Lee Churcher is ready to show he belongs at super middleweight, in front of the king of the division.

Sometimes it's easy to tell who the naturally bigger man is in a boxing match. Last Saturday, England's David Haye lifted the WBA heavyweight championship from Russia's Nicolay Valuev on a 12-round, majority decision in Nuremberg, Germany.

Will this seed of interest bring a younger generation into the fold, or will this be the last stand of a legendary sport? Over the last decade, the sport of boxing has been on a rapid fan base freefall.

Caveat: We provide an alternative explanation - a contrarian analysis - of what happened during the Manny Pacquiao vs.

Another Big Boxing Weekend ... Everyone is going Pacquaio crazy, but there's an excellent fight this weekend, too.

Denmark's Mikkel Kessler will defend his WBA super-middleweight title against Andre Ward on Saturday after a row over officials was resolved.

Yuri Foreman Good thing it's getting dark early these days. Saturday night, after Shabbat had ended, Yuri Foreman won the WBA junior middleweight crown - after 12 rounds becoming the first Israeli to grab a boxing title belt: "Before I entered the ring my wife, Leyla, told me: 'Yuri, can I ask you something? Do me a favor, finish it quickly with a ...

The World Boxing Association decided at its general assembly in Colombia on Thursday to approve a rematch between Japan's Daiki Kameda and WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit of Thailand, Kameda's gym said Friday.

Manny Pacquiao's desire to take on Floyd Mayweather may not be enough to persuade the American to climb into the ring for a dream fight against the Filipino, promoter Bob Arum said on Thursday.

" Boxing has traditionally been driven by heavyweights and many of the sport's most recognizable figures through the years have fought in the highest-profile division.

A WBA heavyweight championship bout may not be that far away for David Tua. Current title holder David Haye caused a major upset when he beat the 'Beast from the East' Nikolay Valuev earlier in this month.

Jahmaine Smyle has got the date he has been waiting for. Smyle discovered this week that he will make his professional debut at Northampton's County Cricket Club on December 5. The 23 year-old super-middleweight from Northfields will be looking to reproduce the form that took him to national honours as an amateur.

DUDLEY'S Darren McDermott is plotting a new route to British title glory after announcing plans to move up to the super-middleweight division.

Bolton light-welterweight Khan, who holds the WBA version of the world title, trains with Filipino Pacquiao under Freddie Roach in Los Angeles and the pair regularly spar.

ONE of Britain's finest boxers, Sir Henry Cooper, should be formally recognised in the borough where he grew up, it has been claimed.

Former world super-featherweight champion Alex Arthur admits taking on light-welterweight Nigel Wright is a risk, but he feels he needs a stern challenge to re-ignite his ambitions of fighting again for a world title.

WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler's camp is unhappy about the assignment of local judges and a California referee to his Super Six tournament bout against Andre Ward in Oakland on Saturday.

FORMER world champion Paul Weir has turned trainer to discover the next Scot able to claim a global crown in the ring.

Just over a decade ago it was a sport many thought should be banned. But after a mini renaissance in the past ten years, boxing is now on the rise and is being credited with improving behaviour and attendance within schools.

A rabbi, a Ukranian immigrant and an undefeated New York boxer enter a boxing ring in Las Vegas to fight for the light middleweight title on Saturday night.

Responding to Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s statements earlier this week, seven-time world champion Manny Pacquiao says that "for the record" he wants to fight the undefeated former pound-for-pound king.

Leicester's European super-bantamweight champion Rendall Munroe has been branded a "freak." The southpaw makes the fifth defence of his title when he faces Italy's number one contender Simone Maludrottu at Nottingham's Harvey Hadden Centre a week tomorrow.

Former WBO champion Alex Arthur, from Edinburgh, is making a temporary step up to light-welterweight to fight Nigel Wright in Newcastle on 5 December.

Prosecutors have begun investigating whether to charge ex-heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and a photographer for a scuffle at Los Angeles International Airport.

The comparatively tiny British fighter ran rings around his 7ft opponent and claimed the WBA heavyweight crown, in a contest of strength and agility.

There at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas where people occupied all 17,157 seats to witness boxing history in the making with Filipino pride Manny Pacquiao having 49 won with 37 by knockout-3 lost-2 draws attempting to grab Puerto Rican fighter Miguel Angel Cotto's 34 won with 27 knockouts-1 lost-0 draws WBO Welterweight title.

In the next 24 hours, negotiations will commence to arrange the biggest fight in boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs.

"It's not the size of the Pacman in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the Pacman." Thanks to Manny Pacquiao, from the rich and wealthy; to the poor and forgotten - to the maids, janitors, cooks, to the street vendors, to the jeepney drivers, to the homeless, to the peddlers, to those who must bear stereotypes in a foreign land, to the ...

A typically busy road in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines is empty as Filipinos watched Sunday, November 15, 2009 the much-awaited WBO welterweight championship 12-round bout between Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Britaina s newest heavyweight world champion was still nursing a broken hand yesterday after winning the WBA title against giant Russian Nikolai Valuev.

Ready to brawl. Steve Molitor has been working hard with trainer Chris Johnson in preparation for his upcoming fight against Argentina's Jose Saez.

Date : Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:23:43 PST Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Nov 16 2009 Raging Bull's low profile belies his remarkable achievements Daniel Lewis November 16, 2009 Once in a generation fighting machine ¦ Victor Darchinyan, after defeating Mexico's Cristian Mijares last year.

Yuri Foreman enters the boxing ring Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to fight for the WBA welterweight championship.

Live Boxing. Click here to bet. Click here for Pacquiao & Cotto reaction Click here for Freddie Roach reaction Click here for Pacquiao v Cotto photo gallery Click here for round-by-round report Click here for more boxing news Trainer Freddie Roach has put Floyd Mayweather Jr firmly in his sights as the next opponent for his victorious charge Manny ...

Pacquiao stops Cotto in WBA title Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines punches Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico during their WBO welterweight title fight on November 14, 2009 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

THE vacant Scottish welterweight title clash between Edinburgh duo Gary McMillan and Gary Young on Sunday will see Glasgow's Pavilion noised up as the two camps of the boxer's followers hopefully cheer their man to victory.

Actress Robin Givens attends the Montel Williams MS Foundation Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street March 13, 2008 in New York City.

By Saturday night, another guy named Foreman could be an undefeated world champion boxer.

Friday, the 13th was alive and buzzing with fans inside the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, the site of the welterweight championship showdown between the Philippines' Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto.

In Manny Pacquiao 's eyes, Freddie Roach has transcended the title of trainer. "Freddie is my master, my master in boxing," Pacquiao said.

The face of boxing today is a tattooed police mug shot. Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson no longer fights in a sanctioned ring, yet his criminal reputation and name recognition resonate throughout the world - whether he is involved in an airport scuffle with a photographer, as he was this week in Los Angeles, or appearing on Oprah's show, ...

When the subject of Mike and Robin's 1988 interview with Barbara Walters came up, Mike said that Robin told lies about him.

Israeli boxer Yuri Foreman can transform himself from a relative unknown into one of the country's household names on Saturday night if he overcomes the odds and defeats three-time world champion and current WBA super welterwight champion Daniel Santos in Las Vegas.

Boxing experts are mixed on who will win the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto mega-fight saying the outcome will be decided not only by the fighters in the ring but the role both corners play.

I treasure my hair. I like it. It looks normal. After this weekend, it might be gone! Two weeks ago, in an email I challenged the YouTube Boxing Community to hold themselves acountable for their predictions for the upcoming Manny Pacquiao vs.

BRAMPTON boxer Josh Wale could be set to drop down to bantamweight, in a bid to improve himself ahead of a new assault at gold, writes Liam Hoden Finding a breed of opponent to test him before moving up to championship level has proved difficult for the highly rated prospect at his natural super bantamweight so he could opt for a spell at a lighter ...

Rendall Munroe's world title hopes have been handed a massive boost. Munroe will move up a place to No 1 in the World Boxing Council's super-bantamweight ratings following the decision of Rafael Marquez to step up to featherweight, and that means next week's European title defence takes on added importance.

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Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik will defend his titles next month against Miguel Espino, in Pavlik's first fight since February.

Police say boxer Mike Tyson has been detained on suspicion of battery following an alleged altercation with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Former English cruiserweight champion David "The Hayemaker" Haye was awarded a majority decision victory over Nicolai "The Russian Bear" Valuev to capture the WBA heavyweight title Saturday night at the Nuremberg Arena in Germany.

Khan A v Salita D. Click here to bet. Click here to bet on boxing with Sky Bet! Click here for more boxing news Kevin Mitchell hopes he can move a step closer to a showdown with Amir Khan by crushing the fighter who almost ruined his domestic rival's career.

"I'm prepared for the speed of Manny," Cotto told reporters while sitting on the edge of the MGM Grand ring .

Bet on the FA Cup with Sky Bet! Click here for more FA Cup news Click here for FA Cup results Click here for updated FA Cup draw Substitute Jason Price grabbed a second-half double to help Millwall to a 4-1 victory over AFC Wimbledon and set up an FA Cup second-round tie away at Staines Town.

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Many people would describe Joe Dwyer as a consummate politician, but the recently appointed NABF president wholeheartedly disagrees with that assessment.

Ring legend Oscar de la Hoya believes this is the beginning of a new era for the heavyweight division following David Haye's ascendancy to the WBA world title.

London, Nov.10 : WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has revealed his blueprint to beat Russian Nikolai Valuev, the biggest and heaviest world champion ever.

Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, forced to twice pull out of defenses against Paul Williams this fall because of a left hand problem stemming from a staph infection, will make his ring return Dec.

On a night when heavyweight champion David Haye was in the crowd, AFC Wimbledon were hit bby three sucker punches to dump them out of the FA Cup in the first round.

The intense interest in the meeting of Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas has led Bob Arum to draw parallels between the classic fights he promoted in the Eighties.

THE SUN: Alex Ferguson faces a lengthy touchline ban for slating ref Martin Atkinson after yesterday's defeat.

On the few occasions on Saturday night when David Haye actually managed to land his fists on Nikolai Valuev's chin he was not only pulling off one of the most astonishing victories in the history of his sport, he was breathing life into the future of heavyweight boxing.

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Tyson boxing mad with journalist's tough questions SHOWBIZ Boxing legend MIKE TYSON faced his toughest opponent in years during a U.K. interview, after a news anchor kept pushing the former fighter to answer a string of difficult questions.

Tony Galento boxing a bear. cahier.be/wordpress/wp-forums/4_1194_9.html The sport of boxing is filled with the most colorful of characters.

Gordon Brown has joined in the praise of south London boxer David Haye after he won the WBA world heavyweight title.

It has been 347 days since David Haye stepped into a ring, but on Saturday night, as the clich goes, the talking stops.

This weekend, at a hotel, I came across a Mexican repairman and his assistant. Speaking very little English, he tried to communicate with me and for a few minutes and I had difficulty understanding him.

While Arthur Abraham will be the favorite when he fights Flint's Andre Dirrell in a Super Six super middleweight tournament bout in January, one source thinks Abraham is in for a rude awakening: boxingnews24.com: "However, I hate to be the one to rain on Abraham's parade just at the moment of his glory but his time in the sun is about to end when ...

Four-time world champion Joel Casamayor and three-time champ Zab Judah both earned victories in their returns to the ring on Friday night.

Boxing Valuev v Haye There is a video associated with this story. Stare down ... Valuev and Haye at the weigh-in. AP David Haye confident of upsetting giant Russian Nikolai Valuev in title fight From correspondents in Nuremberg, Germany British challenger David Haye weighed in 44kg lighter than WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev, but insisted ...

Celebrities and athletes are expected to swarm the MGM Grand Arena on November 14 to watch the fight of the year.

I had the honor of having lunch Wednesday with not one but two members of the Hall of Fame.

Boxing takes place year round, but there are two distinctly busy time frames. One takes place between late January and June, and the second occurs late in the calendar year.

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Whether or not WBA champion Mikkel Kessler is able to beat Andre Ward on November 21, he has to fight Froch in the first quarter of 2010.

Paul Williams finally has found an opponent for his next bout, choosing Sergio Martinez to replace injured Kelly Pavlik.

Over 20 years after then-heavyweight champion Mike Tyson graced the covers of the popular magazine, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao is featured on TIME Magazine's Asia edition.

A Quebec judge has awarded the widow of late boxing champion Arturo Gatti $40,000 to cover legal fees and child care costs.

BOXING legend Mike Tyson will spend Bonfire Night with fight legends and fans in South Yorkshire tonight - but there'll be no 'fireworks'. He's officially opening a nightclub owned by a friend of his Doncaster pal Andy Booker.

Three boxing organizations are holding a fundraiser Sunday to erect a statue of a late world champion a block from his former training facility.

In this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, Brett Rogers, back, watches trainer Mike Reilly and sparring partner Shane Dezee to pick up tips during a training session at Ambition Training Academy in Eagan, Minn.

Dirrell-Froch Rematch Approved by WBC... Maybe Posted by Ryan Bates on 11.04.2009 Andre Dirrell will have a chance for revenge against Carl Froch... as long as everyone can work it into their calendars.

DAVID versus Goliath. The mythical battle of a small man taking on a giant. On Saturday, there will be no myths with several such battles taking place.

BOXING fans are running out of time to get tickets to see Mike Tyson in person. a oeIrona Mike, the youngest ever heavyweight champion of the world, is coming to Five Lakes Golf and Country Club in Tolleshunt Knights, on Saturday.

David Haye's trainer has revealed that the promoters of Saturday's WBA heavyweight title fight with Nikolai Valuev have attempted to disrupt their preparations by booking the Briton in a hotel "in the middle of nowhere" and giving out the wrong start time of the fight.

Boxing legend MIKE TYSON has ruled out a return to the ring - because he has fallen out of love with the sport.

Arturo Gatti looks on against Carlos Baldomir during their WBC/IBA Welterweight Championship fight at Boardwalk Hall July 22, 2006 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

BERLIN: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev has arrived in Nuremberg ready for Saturday's fight with British challenger David Haye insisting he will leave Bavaria with his title.

As mixed martial arts gears up for a hectic November, here are five questions worth asking before Thanksgiving rolls around.

Amanda Rodrigues, the wife of Canadian boxer Arturo Gatti, is the only suspect in his killing, Brazilian police say.

" Three-time world cruiserweight champion David "The Haymaker" Haye is excited that his "David vs.

WBC and WBO middleweight champion Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik canceled his scheduled bout with Paul "The Punisher" Williams yet again last week because his left hand still has not healed from the effects of a stubborn staph infection he developed earlier in the year.

Soon after participating in a conference call from Los Angeles with boxing writers Wednesday at noon, Manny Pacquiao went back to his condo and fell asleep.