boxing

You know it’s getting mad expensive to live out here in Washington when you find out that there’s a gold medal Olympic champion living in a men's’ shelter.

Live boxing is back at Legends Casino Hotel Event Center. Roy Jones Jr presents world-class boxing, Thursday, July 14th at legends. The main event features Quinton Randall, while the co-main event features Selah's very own, Andrew Murphy.

He was fast of fist and foot — lip, too — a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punches had taken their toll and his voice barely rose above a whisper...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Burton, the veteran character actor best known for brief but memorable appearances as the no-nonsense trainer and cornerman in the first six "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 78. Burton's wife, Aurelian, says the actor died of pneumonia Thursday at a Southern California hospital...

CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) — Riddick Bowe and Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday. Also inducted were featherweight champion "Prince" Naseem Hamed of England, light flyweight champion Yoko Gushiken of Japan, manager Rafael Mendoza of Mexico, referee Steve Smoger of Norfolk, Virginia, journalist Nigel Collins of England, and broa

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxing fans across the country or at least their lawyers are calling the hyped-up fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. a fraud. They want their money back, and then some. Some 32 class action lawsuits had been filed through Monday alleging primarily the same thing: that Pacquiao's pre-existing shoulder injury should have been disclosed to fans ahead of time... Rea

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and five-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield are set to square off at a charity fight night event in Salt Lake City. In full protective gear, Romney and Holyfield will spar in the boxing ring Friday night for a lighthearted fight before the night's three fights by professional boxers...