The same news flash that electrified the sports world shocked Mayor Anthony A. Williams: The D.C. Boxing & Wrestling Commission, which had been trying to bring one of sports' legendary bad boys to ...

This weekend in Memphis, Mike Tyson battles Lennox Lewis for boxing's heavyweight championship. Unscheduled brawls have been as much a part of the story as the fight itself. Plus, why some fans are ...

MEMPHIS -- The short, white-haired man with a cane came to the heavyweight championship fight Saturday night for the simple reason that it was a heavyweight championship fight. Budd Schulberg grew up ...

Class members and boxing program instructor Ron Aurit are upset with the decision of the Athletic Department to cancel Aurit's boxing class.Lauren Karp/DP File Photo Penn boxing instructor Ron Aurit ...

A marquee event in the history of hype unfolded 20 years ago at The Pyramid in Memphis: the Rumble on the River. Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Lennox Lewis clobbered Mike Tyson in front ...

Welsh boxer Yassim Essa will miss the Commonwealth Games after failing to beat the scales for his event. The Cardiff-based fighter was due to line up in the lightest of the categories - under 48kg - ...

CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) -- Even at 80 years old, Angelo Dundee has not forgotten the sweet right hand of Ingemar Johansson. ``The way he would let that right hand go was like a picture -- what you try to ...

NEW YORK — The heavyweight title match between Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis may be back on track following Tuesday’s 3-0 vote to grant Tyson a license by the Washington, D.C., Boxing and Wrestling ...

The Washington, D.C., Boxing and Wrestling Commission voted unanimously this week to grant heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson a license to fight in Washington. Tyson's supporters say the decision is a ...

Holm, a former UFC women's bantamweight champion, has been booked to challenge Stephanie Han for her WBA lightweight title in ...