World Boxing News
Grand jury may get Mayweather friend shooting case
A prosecutor served notice Wednesday that a grand jury may hear evidence that an associate of boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. shot at a man who police said argued with the boxer last August at a Las Vegas skating rink. Ocie Harris, 27, made a brief initial court appearance in a Las Vegas court on felony attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon charges.
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Joshua Clottey's road to a bout against the world's best pound-for-pound fighter was neither fast nor easy.
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Australian boxers will miss the Commonwealth Championships in New Delhi because of a clash of dates, not because of security concerns, Boxing Australia said Wednesday. Boxing Australia chairman Ted Tanner said his organization was happy to send boxers to India but the championships, starting Wednesday, clashed with national selection trials from March 18.
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A court clerk says a judge dismissed a felony coercion charge against boxing trainer Roger Mayweather, who faces trial June 1 on allegations that he beat and choked a female boxer at a Las Vegas apartment he owned. The 48-year-old Mayweather still faces battery-strangulation and battery causing substantial bodily harm charges carrying the possibility of up to 10 years in prison.
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By JAIME ARON AP Sports Writer
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Jerry Jones is bringing "big" back to boxing Saturday when his new stadium hosts the welterweight title fight.
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Amir Khan is ready to make a splash in the United States. The exciting British silver medalist from the 2004 Olympics will defend his WBA 140-pound title against former champion Paulie Malignaggi on May 15 at Madison Square Garden, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions told The Associated Press. Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya was headed to England on Tuesday for a news conference to...
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David Diaz knows he didn't impress against Manny Pacquiao, but is willing to work his way back to the top.
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Short shots about the world of professional boxing.
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Vitali Klitschko will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Polish-born fighter Albert Sosnowski on May 29. Klitschko's management group said Tuesday that the fight will take place at the Schalke stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Klitschko said Sosnowski is an experienced, fast and tough opponent who will try everything to deprive him of the title -- "but I won't allow that."...
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Australian Victor Darchinyan scored an unanimous decision against Rodrigo Guerrero of Mexico City to retain his WBC and WBA super flyweight titles Saturday night at The Show inside the Agua Caliente Casino. The judges scored the bout 118-110, 117-111 and 120-108. Darchinyan (34-2-1, 27 KOs), known for his spectacular knockouts, couldn't put down the tough Guerrero, whose head was rocked back...
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Devon Alexander was ahead of Juan Urango by only one point on two of the judges' scorecards going into the eighth round of their light welterweight title unification bout. The closely contested fight seemed headed for 12 rounds -- until Alexander landed one powerful right uppercut. Alexander floored Urango with that thunderous punch and then knocked him out with another uppercut at 1:12 of the...
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Former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison has been arrested in Kansas on suspicion of marijuana possession. A Wichita police report says the 41-year-old boxer was taken into custody Thursday evening a Wichita fitness club after police received a report of a suspicious person. Police said Morrison was arrested without incident.
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