Boxing

Two would-be robbers in Chicago quickly discovered over the weekend they picked the wrong woman to mess with--she was a Golden Gloves champion.

A heavyweight boxing champion was charged with allowing his pet cougar to escape from his Florida home earlier this year, officials said this week.

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson this week said he and his podcast co-host smoke around $40,000 worth in pot each month on his California ranch where he grows cannabis for sale.

Putting profits ahead of politics, the promoter of heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua is dismissing concerns over the decision to contest a championship fight in Saudi Arabia.

Former boxing star Clifford Etienne went from fighting between the ropes to being behind bars in 2006 after a crime spree that included robbery, carjacking and the attempted murder of a police officer. 

Middleweight world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was stripped of his 160-proud title on Thursday by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) after his promoters failed to agree to a deal for a bout against mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko.

An Argentine former welterweight world boxing champion, who lost his title to Floyd Mayweather, was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for the repeated sexual abuse of his daughter, reports said Thursday.

WBC champion Jose Ramirez saw an opening and quickly ended the world super lightweight unification bout against WBO champ Maurice Hooker.

An Argentine boxer has died from injuries suffered in the ring, becoming the second pugilist to die in recent days. Hugo Santillan, 23, died after being injured Saturday in Buenos Aires in a super-lightweight bout with Eduardo Abreu that ended in a draw. He was awaiting the decision when he collapsed, according to La Nacion.

The opponent of Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev, who died Tuesday after suffering a brain injury during a match on Friday, has spoken out for the first time since the pair faced off.