From a medical or scientific perspective, Floyd Mayweather is supported in his conclusion that to adequately test for banned substances, blood must be drawn randomly.
AP | Posted 12.25.2009 | Sports
SARANGANI, Philippines — Manny Pacquiao says he is planning to file a defamation lawsuit against Floyd Mayweather Jr., the fighter's father, and...
AP | TIM DAHLBERG | Posted 12.24.2009 | Sports
LAS VEGAS — Promoter Bob Arum declared the megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. dead Thursday, though efforts continued to ...
Posted 12.24.2009 | Sports
(SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS) (AP) Sports in 2009 looked down the barrel of a gun. From Tennessee to Georgia to Nicaragua, gunfire crackled in July. The ...
Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 12.23.2009 | Sports
ESPN's senior boxing writer, Dan Rafael, reported that on the eve of signing the contract for boxing's biggest mega-fight in decades, Manny Pacquiao (...
AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 12.16.2009 | Sports
WASHINGTON — Two lawmakers are appealing to President Barack Obama to pardon renowned black boxer Jack Johnson, imprisoned a century ago because...
AP | DAVE SKRETTA | Posted 12.05.2009 | Sports
NEW YORK — Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have signed off on the major issues in the negotiation for a megafight on March 13, and contr...
AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | Sports
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao submitted his candidacy for the 2010 elections Tuesday, his second attempt at a congressio...
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 11.22.2009 | Sports
OAKLAND, Calif. — With a stunning victory in his hometown, Andre Ward proved he's ready for the world. Ward claimed the WBA 168-pound title wit...
Michael Pina | Posted 11.19.2009 | Sports
The fans fortunate enough to be on hand at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last Saturday night bore witness to boxing's best absolutely dismantling an over-matched Miguel Cotto.
Gordon Marino | Posted 11.16.2009 | Sports
If boxing was down, it got off the canvas this weekend. On Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao's performance was absolutely jaw dropping, a fistic work of art.
Len Berman | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
On the undercard Yuri Foreman won the WBA Super welterweight championship. He's studying to become a rabbi. A boxing rabbi. Is that kosher?
Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.15.2009 | Technology
Did Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao make Web history?
AP | TIM DAHLBERG | Posted 11.15.2009 | Sports
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao's speed and power were way too much for Miguel Cotto's heart. Pacquiao put on yet another dominating performance Sat...
Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology
There's more to Filipinos than a man who can throw punches in a ring, of course, but Manny Pacquaio's success, in ways big and small, has unified and validated a sizable minority group from a country that, with 92 million people, is the 12th most populous in the world, just one spot under Mexico.
Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago
I wondered: How did boxer David Diaz come back from a nationally televised beat-down, a year older and a bum knee later? So I asked him.
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home
LAS VEGAS — Money came back with a guarantee. Floyd Mayweather Jr. told the world he was still its best boxer despite taking 21 months off, and ...
AP | DAVE SKRETTA | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Manny Pacquiao stood face-to-face with Miguel Cotto on a makeshift stage set up along the first base line, the wind whipping off the ...
Dave Zirin | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
In 1918, the first black heavyweight boxing champion defeated a racist "great white hope." But when the Obama Administration takes a right hook to the face, it just smiles through bloodied teeth.
nytimes.com | SOMINI SENGUPTA | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
Boxing represents a new kind of freedom to the women who entered this steamy, old-fashioned ring on India's southern tip. ...
Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy
Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment
Bill Cunningham | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
Organizations that can't touch Obama in the ring are moving to a crowding, brawling, Frasier-like approach to the debate.
Suzette Standring | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment
The power of prayer amazes famed boxer Micky Ward. Actor Mark Wahlberg portrays him in The Fighter, a Paramount movie being filmed in Lowell.
Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.01.2009 | Comedy
I found out there's a lot that goes in to watching a guy beat the crap out of another guy. For instance, there is someone whose actual job is asking the audience if they are ready to rumble.
Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 12.30.2009 | Sports