US TV coverage of Michael Conlan’s Australian adventure will lead to regular homecoming bouts for the Belfast super-bantamweight, according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.

While May 2 heralded the end of boxing’s most notorious cold war inside the ring, it was the coming together of two prominent power brokers outside it which ultimately made the fight a reality.

Manny Pacquiao revealed he was almost forced to postpone his Floyd Mayweather super fight because of a painful shoulder injury, which he says affected his performance.

A (not so) learned sage once altered the expression “it’s better late than never” by including the addendum “but never late is better”. 

Former pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring in November following successive defeats to take on hard-hitting Brandon Rios in Macau.

It was one of the fights of the year... again. And it was also one of the shocks of the year... again. But with boxing fans clamouring for a Manny Pacquiao v Juan Manuel Marquez V, the duo will share the spotlight anew on April 20.

Juan Manuel Marquez carried more than eight years of frustration, disappointment and anger with him when he got into the ring with Manny Pacquiao on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.

Writer and journalist George Kimball hung on long enough for one last American Independence Day. He died a year ago on Friday.

Legendary trainer Emanuel Steward has demanded that boxing chiefs tackle the growing use of performance enhancing drugs in the sports.

Timothy Bradley promised to shock, though the biggest shock in his fight with Manny Pacquiao came from the judges’ scorecards.

Boxing found itself mired in controversy again today following fierce criticism of the decision to award Timothy Bradley a controversial split decision victory over hot favourite Manny Pacquiao at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand last night.

“THAT’S MUHAMMAD ALI!” the boxer blurted out, his eyes suddenly filling up with tears and rage.

A romantic film that didn’t garner good Stateside reviews and kinda sneaks into our local cinemas - and there's not much there to get excited about.

CORKMAN Gary Hyde has signed a new deal that will kick-start the stalled professional career of two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, considered by many to be the best amateur in boxing history.

THIRTY FOUR years after boxing’s last headline act at Yankee Stadium saw Muhammad Ali handed a controversial points victory over Ken Norton, the sport is preparing to return to the venue tomorrow night.

John Duddy will head straight back to the gym on Monday morning after scoring a first-round knockout that earned him a fight on the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey undercard on March 13.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones last night welcomed the opportunity to host world championship boxing at the new Cowboys Stadium after Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey’s welterweight clash was confirmed for March 13 in Texas.

JOHN JOE NEVIN and Katie Taylor completed a fantastic season by claiming the top awards at the IABA Annual Awards ceremony at the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel in Dublin last night.

Floyd Mayweather Jr insists he is "thoroughly disgusted" by claims he is to blame for the collapse of a lucrative super-fight against Manny Pacquiao.

Manny Pacquiao will fight three-time world champion Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas on November 14, their promoter announced today.

Boxing promoter Bob Arum has handed John Duddy a lifeline to a world title shot after putting the Irish contender on the Miguel Cotto-Michael Jennings undercard later this month.

Ricky Hatton’s showdown with Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas in May could be back on, just a day after it looked to have been scuppered by a row over money.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR has approached Ricky Hatton’s team about a possible rematch in 2009, according to the Englishman’s camp.

ANDY LEE is determined to ignore talk of a major promotional deal with Top Rank and concentrate on making an impression in the ring as he makes his US national television debut tonight.

THE damage John Duddy sustained to his left eye looks certain to rule out the June 7 world title fight with Kelly Pavlik and, while Bob Arum is already looking around for a replacement, Andy Lee insisted yesterday that he won’t be rushing his world title ambitions.

AS John Duddy still nurses the stitches above his eyes and applies a cold compress to what must undoubtedly be a severely bruised ego, he should offer thanks to the boxing gods that he still has a world middleweight title fight to aim for this year.

IRISH middleweight John Duddy’s hopes of a world title shot this summer have been dashed after he sustained bad cuts around his eyes against Walid Smichet.

Irish middleweight John Duddy’s hopes of a world title shot this summer have been dashed after he sustained bad cuts around his eyes against Walid Smichet.

JOHN DUDDY’S world title shot against undisputed middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik this summer is set to be rubber-stamped tonight at Madison Square Garden.

ANDY LEE and John Duddy could touch gloves in a world title decider by November, according to Lee’s handler, Emanuel Steward.

JOHN DUDDY may thank Jermain Taylor for exercising his rematch clause with Kelly Pavlik in the new year, with a world title shot for the Irish man four months later than expected proving well worth the wait.

Exciting Puerto Rican light-welterweight Miguel Cotto is willing to travel to England to fight Ricky Hatton, according to his promoter Bob Arum.

Legendary American promoter Bob Arum branded boxing as “the garbage can of sports” following Shane Mosley’s controversial win over Oscar de la Hoya in Las Vegas.