Floyd Mayweather Sr remembers the moment he discovered his son had a feel for the family business.

Amir Khan met with old sparring partner Manny Pacquiao in London on Friday to discuss a potential fight.

Andy Lee is hoping to make a November ring return after narrowly missing out on a world title shot against Miguel Cotto.

Irish boxing star Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan is still on target for a world title shot in 2013 — and next month he takes the latest step on that road.

Amir Khan has defended himself in the face of strong criticism for appearing to blame Freddie Roach's Parkinson's disease for his split from the trainer.

Amir Khan has added some clarity to his future by this morning announcing a new head trainer as well as his next opponent.

Amir Khan has said he will immediately appoint a new trainer after confirming his split from Freddie Roach in the early hours of this morning.

Amir Khan is to assess his relationship with trainer Freddie Roach after his defeat to Danny Garcia on Saturday.

Amir Khan must think long and hard about his next move after a shocking and brutal defeat by Danny Garcia even left him facing suggestions he should retire.

While literary aficionados will be celebrating Bloomsday around the world today, middleweight Andy Lee (28-1, 20 KOs) will try to add his own chapter in the tome of Irish boxing history when he challenges Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) for his WBC title in El Paso, Texas (4am, Sunday morning, Irish time).

MANNY PACQUIAO will respond to Floyd Mayweather’s challenge for a May 5 fight in the next 48 hours, trainer Freddie Roach says.

THE HEADLINES ebb and flow but this last week in American sport gushed in an entertaining torrent of confusion. It didn’t matter if the moment was glorious, seedy, violent or downright miraculous, skill and common sense ranked low and we, the humble onlookers, were all the better for it.

Amir Khan believes unfancied challenger Lamont Peterson poses a bigger threat to him on Saturday than two-weight world champion Zab Judah did in their recent light-welterweight unification scrap.

Amir Khan will be ready to face Floyd Mayweather after just one more fight, according to trainer Freddie Roach.

FREDDIE ROACH predicts Amir Khan will become boxing’s next superstar by emulating the popularity of Manny Pacquiao.

Amir Khan denied he had dispatched Zab Judah with a low blow to become unified light-welterweight champion.

AMIR KHAN is relishing his return to “the Mecca of boxing” when he takes on wily American veteran Zab Judah in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

MANNY PACQUIAO insists he will not be underestimating Shane Mosley when the two meet in Las Vegas tonight claiming to have trained harder than ever for the bout.

Amir Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach declared the British boxer will be good enough to beat Floyd Mayweather after he grew “from a boy to a man” during last night’s world title defence.

Amir Khan retained his WBA light-welterweight title with a thrilling points victory over Argentina’s Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas.

Amir Khan claims he has improved so much in the last two years his sparring sessions with the great Manny Pacquiao are "pretty even" - but insists he will never fight his friend for real.

Amir Khan has revealed he could fight American superstar Floyd Mayweather next year with the blessing and backing of friend and sparring partner Manny Pacquiao.

Amir Khan has revealed he could fight American superstar Floyd Mayweather next year with the blessing and backing of friend and sparring partner Manny Pacquiao.

WILLIE “BIG BANG” CASEY will not be the only boxer with bigger things on his mind at the CityWest Hotel tonight.

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.

MIDDLEWEIGHT John Duddy’s hopes of a world title shot suffered a huge blow when he was unanimously outpointed by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Trainer Freddie Roach believes Amir Khan has taken a big step towards boxing’s big time following his acclaimed American debut at Madison Square Garden.

Irish light welterweight Jamie Kavanagh marked his professional debut with a TKO win over American William Ware at Madison Square Garden last night.

Amir Khan made an impressive American debut as he successfully defended his WBA light-welterweight title with an 11th-round stoppage of Paulie Malignaggi at Madison Square Garden.

THE war of words between Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi developed into chaos at the weigh-in yesterday ahead of their WBA light-welterweight title fight at Madison Square Garden.

The war of words between Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi developed into chaos at the weigh-in today ahead of their WBA light-welterweight title fight at Madison Square Garden.

Amir Khan’s WBA light-welterweight title defence against Paulie Malignaggi on May 15 will be shown live on terrestrial television.

Ricky Hatton has again poured cold water on reports he has decided to retire from fighting.

Birmingham-born Irish boxer Matthew Macklin will team up with revered American trainer Freddie Roach as he steps up his bid to win a world title, it has been announced.

Manny Pacquiao has promised to take legal action following a row over blood-testing which is threatening his planned fight with Floyd Mayweather.

AMIR KHAN expects to go on to become a multi-weight world champion after trainer Freddie Roach backed him to emulate friend and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

TRAINER Freddie Roach has put Floyd Mayweather Jr firmly in his sights as the next opponent for his victorious charge Manny Pacquiao.

Manny Pacquiao was delighted to have claimed another bigger opponent as a victim following his impressive 12th-round stoppage of welterweight title-holder Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas.

MIGUEL COTTO will step into the ring tonight determined not to become another footnote in Manny Pacquiao’s rise to boxing superstardom.

BERNARD DUNNE has yet to address the challenge of the No 1 contender to his WBA super bantamweight crown, Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, but his promoter Brian Peters is already planning the Dubliner’s future ahead of that fight.

PROMOTER Frank Warren has strongly urged Ricky Hatton to retire rather than risk his long-term health by fighting Amir Khan – but admits he would happily pit his young champion against the jaded legend.

Amir Khan became a world champion overnight just 10 months after suffering a devastating knockout defeat by unknown Colombian Breidis Prescott.

PROMOTER Frank Warren would be happy to pit Amir Khan against Ricky Hatton providing the youngster wins his maiden world title challenge this weekend.

RICKY HATTON has been urged by his camp to think only of his health when deciding his boxing future.