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No matter that Tyson had nothing but choice words for the promoter in his recently released documentary, it was all kissy face between the two last Saturday. Full story »

Heavyweights Fedor Emelianenko (30-1) and Brett Rogers (10-0) are the headliners of the Saturday card on CBS.  Full story »

Taylor loses four of his past five outings after out he is knocked cold by Arthur Abraham during Saturday's "Super Six World Boxing Classic" in Berlin, Germany.  Full story »

Matches that boxing commissions would never allow based on records get the green light in the MMA arena. Full story »

Middleweight Jermain Taylor hopes to turn things around with a win on Saturday in Showtime's "Super Six World Boxing Classic." Full story »

Youngstown's Kelly Pavlik, with his injury woes behind him, will defend his WBC/WBO middleweight titles against rugged challenger Paul Williams in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec. 5. HBO will televise it at 9:30 p.m.  Full story »

It's wishful thinking for Kelly Pavlik to receive medical clearance to begin training for a December title defense against Paul Williams. While the middleweight champ from Youngstown hopes to face Williams on Dec. 5 in an HBO-televised affair in Atlantic City, N.J., there is still some healing to be done. Mike Pavlik, coordinator for Team Pavlik, said his younger... Full story »

Reports circulating on the Internet last week had middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik all but signed, sealed and delivered for a December bout against dangerous contender Paul Williams. However, Pavlik was anything but healed. Lee Samuels, publicist for Pavlik's Las Vegas-based promoter Top Rank Inc., said the Youngstown fighter will have to undergo further examinations of his left hand to... Full story »

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira outslugged a game Randy "The Natural" Couture on Saturday night to win the heavyweight feature at UFC 102 in Portland, Ore. Nogueira nearly ended the bout several times, but the 46-year-old Couture showed plenty of heart in going the distance in front of his hometown crowd. But the judges had to give it to "Nog" by... Full story »

UPDATED: 12:25 a.m. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ron Johnson was in his hometown of Cleveland on Saturday night but by the seventh round, he was in unfamiliar territory. Johnson had never been past six rounds in his career. Many wondered if he had the moxie, or more importantly, the second wind. No problem. Johnson's third-round knockdown and his continued pressure to... Full story »

An injury to main-event fighter Ben Henderson has forced postponement of the World Extreme Cagefighting show at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown on Sept. 2. Henderson was to have met Donald Cerrone. The entire card has been rescheduled for Oct. 10 at a venue to be announced. Refunds can be made at the point of purchase.  Full story »

Cleveland's Terrell Gausha left today with 10 other amateur fighters on Team USA for the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan, Italy. Gausha, 21, a three-time Cleveland Golden Gloves champion at two weights, proved his mettle by winning the 165-pound title at the USA Boxing championships in June. The Glenville High product is coached by Renard Safo at the... Full story »

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- What's a middleweight champion to do? Take the money and fight. That's what Youngstown's Kelly Pavlik decided to do last week after finally agreeing to meet dangerous Paul Williams in Atlantic City, N.J., on Oct. 3. Monday, a nagging injury to Pavlik's left hand forced postponement of the bout until Nov. 21, or possibly Dec. 5.... Full story »

Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has agreed to defend his two title belts against Paul Williams, perhaps the most avoided fighter in boxing. They will fight Oct. 3 at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, Williams promoter Dan Goossen told The Associated Press on Wednesday after finishing the negotiations. The bout is a risk for Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs), who rebounded from... Full story »

YOUNGSTOWN -- An Ohio man claims WBC middleweight boxing champion Kelly Pavlik and his trainer assaulted him at a bar in Pavlik's hometown of Youngstown. No charges have been filed. Police Chief Jimmy Hughes said today the initial investigation into the report by 45-year-old Ronald Cappitte of nearby Boardman has turned up no corroborating evidence.  Full story »