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MARTIN MURRAY has been forced to withdraw from his WBC world middleweight title challenge against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr because he cannot obtain a visa in time that would allow him to enter the United States. The British, Commonwealth and WBA inter-continental champion was lined up to challenge the Mexican ...

It is on. Former WBA (interim) light middleweight titleholder Nobuhiro Ishida (23-6-2, 8 KOs), who acclaimed international fame after vaporizing highly regarded James Kirkland in just a round, will try to repeat this trick against possibly a harder opponent. On Dec. 17 in Zaporizhyya, Ukraine, the lanky Japanese stylist will ...

Manny Pacquiao’s former accountants, VisionQuest, claim they’ve discovered the boxer’s BIGGEST WEAKNESS ... he sucks at paying his taxes ... this according to a new lawsuit obtained by TMZ. The number crunchers claim they were called in to save PacMan last year ... because, according to the suit, Manny’s tax ...

Khan used every bit of his 2 ½ inch reach advantage, busting up Zab from longe range. Judah, now 4-7 vs. current or former champs, landed an average of four punches per round, throwing 23 per round

Former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (29-6, 20 KOs) outclassed IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (31-3, 27 KOs) and scored a ninth round TKO on Wednesday night at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Tarver was in command from the outset, dropping Green in round two. The fight was ...

IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KOs) scored a spectacular fourth round KO over previously unbeaten mandatory challenger Jean-Paul Mendy (29-1-1, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Romexpo in Bucharest, Romania. An crushing overhand left put Mendy down and out face first. Time was 2:48

42-year-old Heavyweight James Toney is reportedly returning to MMA in September or October. Randy Couture easily beat Toney at UFC 118

The WBC’s Diamond champion at middleweight, Sergio Martinez, confirmed an earlier story by BoxingScene.com’s Miguel Rivera, who was advised by WBC president Jose Sulaiman that middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was granted permission to make a voluntary defense, but has to face Martinez in his next fight. Sulaiman also ...

Baltimore Ravens safety Tom Zbikowski, the former Notre Dame football player and Golden Gloves boxing champion, was suspended Tuesday for flunking a drug test after fighting in Oklahoma on Saturday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported