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Antonio Tarver tested positive for synthetic testosterone, a banned substance

Former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver tested positive for synthetic testosterone, a banned substance, in a drug test before his heavyweight draw with Steve Cunningham. “I have no idea…

While the mate was getting the hammer, Ahab, without speaking, was slowly rubbing the gold piece against the skirts of his jacket.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez stops Brian Viloria, retains flyweight title

Flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez strengthened his claim as the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world with his one-sided, ninth-round destruction of former unified titleh…

Few young fighters flash as much talent, technique and composure as Garcia, who methodically mows down all opposition, even scoring knockouts as he began to step up to the level of contender. He has real power (28 knockouts in 34 wins), having jumped from featherweight to junior lightweight and stopping Rocky Martínez in 2013 – something nobody had done before, and Martínez had faced some hard punchers. Right now, he's getting a big push from Top Rank, who keep mentioning him as a future opponent for Pacquiao.

Andrzej Fonfara defeats Nathan Cleverly by unanimous decision

Murphy set a major league record with homers in six straight postseason games, snapping a tie with Carlos Beltran, who homered in five straight games during the 2004 postseason with the Houston Astros…

You worry about his work habits, whether he's really a welterweight after that loss to Marcos Maidana and if he'll be in jail at any point in 2014, but until proven otherwise, he's one of the biggest ratings attractions in boxing. Half of his viewers want to watch him get beaten up, and maybe they'll not tune in to such a degree now that he has been. But if he avenges the loss to Maidana, he'll have restored some of his lustre as one of the brighter young talents in the sport.

The 30 young boxers on the rise in 2015

These are good days for fighters aged over 30, so much so that even some of boxing’s up-and-comers, such as Gennady Golovkin and light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, are into their third…

Crawford’s title fight also about pound-for-pound pre-eminence

After 12 meetings this season, the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays are as familiar with each other’s approaches, tendencies, strengths and weaknesses as they’re ever going to be. …

Rigondeaux likely to be stripped of one of his belts

Unified junior featherweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux is on the verge of being stripped of one of his title belts because of inactivity. You might recall in July that Demetrius Andrade, who had n…

As the man holding the title of "best American fighter in waiting", Crawford has to be in this tier, despite a cautious style that doesn't appeal to every fan. Ward, Bradley and a few others once held the title and the "despites" haven't always held them back. He'll get his big chance to prove himself against Ricky Burns in his next fight, although the bout not being televised on HBO is confusing; he was getting a push from the network but then they said no to his biggest fight. It doesn't feel like a breakup yet, but if it is, Crawford will be without his biggest platform and hurting.

Golovkin’s path to global stardom runs through Lemieux

When Gennady Golovkin came to the United States in 2012, largely unknown despite owning a middleweight world title, he and Tom Loeffler. It sounded far-fetched as they met with various network executi…

Cunningham rematched with Tomasz Adamek and lost a split decision

Steve Cunningham twice won world titles in the cruiserweight division before doing what most cruiserweights eventually do, which is move up for greater glory and money at heavyweight. A heavyweight si…

Unbeaten heavyweight Luis Ortiz to fight Bryant Jennings on Dec. 19

The HBO boxing season has a good chance to end the year with a bang. Heavyweight knockout artist Luis Ortiz and top contender Bryant Jennings will meet in a toss-up fight Dec. Ortiz’s promoter, …

Gennady Golovkin defeats David Lemieux, unifies middleweight titles

Gennady Golovkin delivered yet another big drama show, and another one-sided one, as he knocked out David Lemieux in the eighth round to unify middleweight world titles Saturday night before a raucous…

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