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MALAGA, Spain — Former WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Friday. The 31-year-old Scot was accused of attempted auto theft and assaulting two men - including a policeman - nearly three years ago, according to Spanish media reports. Calls by The Associated Press to the court house were not answered. According to … [Read more...] about Former Scottish WBO featherweight champ Scott Harrison jailed

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Former world boxing champion Kendall Holt has pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in New Jersey. Prosecutors say the charge against Holt, of Woodland Park, stemmed from drug deals made by his manager, Henry Cortes. In February, Cortes pleaded guilty to drug charges. In court Friday, the 27-year-old boxer admitted that several times in 2007 … [Read more...] about Boxer Holt pleads guilty to money laundering

Like many before him, Carl Froch has discovered that winning a world title was not a direct route to fame and fortune, but should he make a successful first defence of his WBC super-middleweight title against Jermain Taylor in the United States tonight, he will at least move out of the shadow of the man who held his title before him, Joe Calzaghe. Froch is the only Briton at … [Read more...] about Carl Froch takes dangerous route to top

Carl Froch has insisted he will be bringing back his WBC super-middleweight championship belt to England after he has defeated Jermain Taylor in his first title defence on Saturday night. The unbeaten world champion from Nottingham won the vacant title from France's Jean Pascal with an unanimous points decision last December and the 31-year-old has travelled to the United … [Read more...] about FROCH UNRUFFLED BY CONFIDENT TAYLOR

Willie Mays said hey to him, and a frenzied crowd at AT&T Park couldn't get enough of him. Not a bad night for Manny Pacquiao, even if they did run out of his bobblehead dolls. Not a bad time for boxing, either. The sport everyone loves to bash just lost its biggest cash cow in Oscar De La Hoya, but the reports of its demise are, shall we say, premature at best. Good … [Read more...] about Pacquiao and his bobbleheads good for boxing

MICKEY ROURKE's boxing career almost ended before it started - because his trainer insisted he wasn't committed or disciplined enough to be a great fighter. Top coach Freddie Roach, who is currently training Manny Pacquiao for his upcoming fight with Brit Ricky Hatton, refused to work with Rourke when the actor first approached him in 1990 - because The Wrestler star only … [Read more...] about MICKEY ROURKE – ROURKE BEGGED BOXING COACH NOT TO GIVE UP ON HIM

Oscar De La Hoya may have retired from fighting, but his work as a boxing promoter carries on. Golden Boy Promotions is set for its sixth year of fights in downtown Fort Worth at 6:30 p.m. May 8 at Sundance Square. The card, highlighted by middleweights Brian Vera vs. Craig McEwan, is scheduled for a live telecast from 9 to 11 p.m. on ESPN2 as part of the Friday Night … [Read more...] about De La Hoya-backed fight card set for Sundance Square

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The IBO light-welterweight title fight between Ricky Hatton of Britain and Filipino Manny Pacquiao next week has been sold out, organisers said on Tuesday. A capacity crowd of around 16,000 is expected to attend the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for the May 2 bout. Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs), who has never lost at his natural weight of 140 … [Read more...] about Hatton vs. Pacquiao fight sold out

Olympic bronze medalist Deontay Wilder of Tuscaloosa is undefeated as a professional boxer. But none of those bouts have been in his home state. And they won't be unless the Legislature creates a state boxing commission to sanction professional boxing in Alabama. Wilder and his co-manager, Jay Deas, have been trying for three years to get the Legislature to pass a law … [Read more...] about Olympian pushes bill establishing boxing commission in Alabama

Austin boxer James Kirkland was handed over to federal authorities Tuesday to face a gun-possession charge, just two weeks before his next scheduled bout in Las Vegas. Kirkland, 25, a rising star in boxing whose fights have been televised by HBO, has been scheduled to fight Michael Walker on May 2 in Las Vegas on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight. First, … [Read more...] about Boxer Kirkland held on federal gun charge

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Christian Bale is getting into the ring with Mark Wahlberg in a new Paramount Pictures drama "The Fighter." "The Dark Knight" star has been tapped to join the previously cast Wahlberg in the project. According to Variety, Relatively Media also stepped in to get involved in financing the film. Paramount will now be limited to distributing the project … [Read more...] about Christian Bale Joins Mark Wahlberg In “The Fighter”

Boxing contender James Kirkland of Austin, Texas was arrested Sunday on a felony gun possession charge, according to the Travis County Sheriff's Office Web site. … [Read more...] about Austin boxer Kirkland arrested on felony gun charge