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New Punch-Out!! Is Classic Fun
 New Punch-Out!! Is Classic Fun 
GAME REVIEW
May 19, 2009 3:50 PM CDT

New Punch-Out!! Is Classic Fun

(Newser) - Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, was a “perfect combination of addictive gameplay and technological impressiveness,” Chris Kohler writes in Wired. In a new version for Wii, happily, the company has figured out "what made the original so compelling” and recreated it “...

Boxing's Little Icons Prep For Duel

Hugely popular pair to duke it out Saturday

(Newser) - Saturday will see a boxing matchup sure to draw countless diehard fans: Filipino Manny Pacquiao, considered the sport’s “pound-for-pound best,” versus Britiain's Ricky Hatton, the current International Boxing Organization junior welterweight champ. “When Manny fights, everything stops in the Philippines,” a Manila journalist tells the...

De La Hoya Hangs Up Gloves
 De La Hoya Hangs Up Gloves 
Apr 14, 2009 3:35 PM CDT

De La Hoya Hangs Up Gloves

(Newser) - Boxer Oscar De La Hoya called it quits today after an electrifying career, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Knowing that you’re never going to compete again is a tough decision,” said De La Hoya, 36, who earned the nickname “Golden Boy” in a victorious 1992 Olympics...

McCain Asks Obama to Pardon Boxing Champ

Wants to overturn racially motivated conviction

(Newser) - John McCain has introduced a resolution requesting a posthumous presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, the LA Times reports. Johnson suffered what McCain calls a “racially motivated conviction” in 1913 for dating a white woman. Prosecutors said he’d violated the Mann...

Tyson: I Hear Voices
 Tyson: I Hear Voices  
Interview
Mar 21, 2009 11:33 AM CDT

Tyson: I Hear Voices

(Newser) - Mike Tyson’s handlers want him to stay on task, to talk about his new movie Tyson. The notorious heavyweight has other ideas. “I’ll talk about anything,” he says. “I’m not ashamed of anything I’ve done in my life.” And talk he does,...

Tyson to Star in New EA Game
 Tyson to Star in New EA Game 
Mar 11, 2009 1:21 PM CDT

Tyson to Star in New EA Game

(Newser) - EA has a new poster boy: Mike Tyson. The infamous boxer will adorn the cover of Fight Night Round 4 alongside Muhammad Ali and will be a playable character within, Silicon Alley Insider reports. As the star of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out! for the original Nintendo, Tyson was once the...

Boxer Challenges Brown to 'Real' Fight

Facebook group invites public to be 'next in line'

(Newser) - At least 1,223 people want to see Chris Brown get in another fight, and a Los Angeles martial arts expert is one of them, Fox News reports. Anthony Geisler, president of LA Boxing, started a Facebook group called "I want to fight Chris Brown" that invites the singer...

Holyfield, 46, Loses Close Bout for Title

(Newser) - Evander Holyfield lost his bid—barely—to become the world's oldest heavyweight champ tonight, SkySports reports. Holyfield, 46, lost a close decision to 7-foot Russian Nikolai Valuev in Switzerland for the WBA title. One judge scored it a draw, and the other two gave Valuev the win by scores of...

Papa Lohan Invites Your Best Jab
Papa Lohan Invites Your
Best Jab
Oct 6, 2008 1:39 PM CDT

Papa Lohan Invites Your Best Jab

Bidding starts at $5K to face Michael in Long Island charity bout

(Newser) - Step right up and be the next to knock out Michael Lohan, best known for using his platform as a celeb’s father to pitch his own outsized opinions. The highest bidder at a Long Island charity boxing match will get to take on Papa Lohan inside the ring Nov....

Boxing Champ Gunned Down in Bronx
Boxing Champ Gunned Down
in Bronx
Aug 16, 2008 6:05 PM CDT

Boxing Champ Gunned Down in Bronx

Early morning spat turns deadly for promising Vargas

(Newser) - Golden Gloves champ Ronny Vargas was fatally shot this morning after a car chase in the Bronx, the New York Post reports. The 20-year-old middleweight, recently turned pro, was hanging out with friends when they exchanged words with a passing group, police said. Vargas’ party drove off, but the others...

Boxer Diaz In Coma After Brain Surgery

Welterweight fighter collapsed in the ring after 10 rounds

(Newser) - Boxer Oscar Diaz remains in a coma after undergoing surgery to relieve swelling on his brain after he collapsed during a match, ESPN reports. Although his vital signs are good, Diaz is relying on a ventilator to breathe and his condition is "touch-and-go, very critical," said fight organizer...

Mayweather Jr. Quits Before Big Match

39-0 boxer forgoes $20 million payoff

(Newser) - Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is hanging up his gloves, nixing a high-profile rematch against Oscar De La Hoya, ESPN.com reports. “This decision was not an easy one for me to make,” the welterweight champ said. “However, these past few years have been extremely difficult for...

Calzaghe Edges Hopkins in Split Decision

After being knocked down 70 seconds in, Pride of Wales outpunches veteran

(Newser) - Joe Calzaghe didn't stop punching after a terrible start against Bernard Hopkins, and now the Pride of Wales is the best light heavyweight in the world. Calzaghe won a split decision last night, desperately rallying in the final rounds against his cagey 43-year-old opponent to remain unbeaten. Hopkins (48-5-1)  knocked...

Mosley Knew He Was Doping: BALCO Chief

Says boxing champ took steroids for de la Hoya bout

(Newser) - Shane Mosley was perfectly aware he had taken steroids before defeating Oscar de la Hoya in 2003, claims convicted steroid dealer Victor Conte. "He knew what he was taking and I told him that before he took it," BALCO founder Conte said. The prizefighter says he never knowingly...

Klitschko Toys With Ibragimov for WBO Title

Bigger, stronger Ukrainian easily claims third heavyweight belt

(Newser) - Wladimir Klitschko looked more like the older brother picking on his smaller sibling than someone trying to win a heavyweight title fight last night. The much taller and stronger Klitschko barely took a punch in beating Russian Sultan Ibragimov for the minor WBO belt in a unanimous decision, reports the...

Huck's Wife Defends Jaunt to Vegas for Fight, Hooters

Janet Huckabee long planned to root for boxing fellow Arkansan; hotel plans changed

(Newser) - Janet Huckabee put on her least social conservative-friendly face last weekend, going to Las Vegas for a middleweight prizefight—and staying at the Hooters Casino Hotel. The spouse of GOP candidate Mike has fine excuses—boxer Jermain Taylor is an Arkansas favorite; the risqué lodging was an eleventh-hour booking—but...

Champ Delivers on KO Promise
Champ Delivers on KO Promise
Dec 9, 2007 10:05 AM CST

Champ Delivers on KO Promise

Mayweather fends off Hatton with big blows in the 10th

(Newser) - Floyd Mayweather Jr. defended his welterweight crown against British challenger Ricky Hatton last night in 10 rounds. The 147-pound champion showed more punching than dancing, as Hatton kept on the offensive—contrary to the predictions that the bout would be a boring one. Before an overwhelmingly British crowd, Mayweather came...

Tyson Sentenced to 1 Day
Tyson Sentenced to 1 Day
Nov 19, 2007 7:16 PM CST

Tyson Sentenced to 1 Day

Ex-boxer also gets 3 years' probation on cocaine, DUI charges

(Newser) - Mike Tyson was scheduled today for a 1-night-only appearance—in the Phoenix slammer. The ex-heavyweight will serve 24 hours in jail and begin 3 years’ probation tomorrow after pleading guilty to cocaine possession and DUI charges stemming from a 2006 traffic stop, the AP reports. Tyson avoided a 4-plus-year sentence...

Cotto Outlasts Mosley, Keeps Title
Cotto Outlasts Mosley,
Keeps Title
Nov 11, 2007 6:02 AM CST

Cotto Outlasts Mosley, Keeps Title

'Real warrior' gets the decision, stays unbeaten in tough fight

(Newser) - Miguel Cotto came out triumphant over Shane Mosley in a well-matched fight last night at Madison Square Garden, ESPN reports. Cotto held on to his welterweight title by landing more powerful punches in the 115-113 decision, improving to 31-0 as the more experienced and well-known Mosley dropped to 44-5.

McCline to Fight for Title Despite Steroid Link

Cleared to box for the heavyweight crown tonight at MSG

(Newser) - Jameel McCline will get into the ring tonight to challenge Samuel Peter for the WBC heavyweight championship, despite reports in the NY Daily News that the fighter received $12,000 worth of steroids and HGH between 2005 and 2006.  McCline is the first boxer to be connected to the...

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