American Hasim Rahman has been named new WBC heavyweight champion following the retirement of Vitali Klitschko.

Vitali Klitschko’s trainer believes a number of “young, strong fighters” can step up to become world heavyweight champion.

World heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has announced his retirement due to injury.

Kevin McBride’s camp insist he will not be fighting Matt Skelton on December 10 at London’s ExCel Arena.

Promoter Don King has accused WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko of ducking Hasim Rahman after the fight was postponed for the fourth time.

VITALI KLITSCHKO will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Hasim Rahman in Las Vegas on November 12.

Frank Maloney has hit back at world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko for accusing Lennox Lewis of running scared of coming out of retirement for a rematch.

Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has hinted he could be tempted out of retirement by a mouth-watering rematch with WBC title holder Vitali Klitschko.

Don King’s ‘Battle For Supremacy’ night of heavyweight boxing turned into a battle for credibility at Madison Square Garden.

Danny Williams will fight Oleg Maskaev on October 9 at the ExCeL Centre in London’s Docklands in his first fight since beating Mike Tyson.

Lennox Lewis officially confirmed his retirement from boxing at a press conference in London today.

Lennox Lewis was set to quit as world heavyweight champion at a press conference in London today.

Lennox Lewis will be in good company today when he announces in London that he is to retire as reigning world heavyweight champion.

John Ruiz slogged out an ugly but unanimous points victory over Hasim Rahman to put himself in position for another heavyweight title shot.

WITH ALL the hype and expectation that preceded him into the hallowed ring at Madison Square Garden last Saturday night, it was perhaps inevitable that disappointment and a bruised ego should clamber back out between the ropes and follow heavyweight boxing’s great white hope back to his dressing room.

EVANDER HOLYFIELD has shoved thoughts of retirement to the back of his mind as he prepares to prolong his extraordinary career in Las Vegas tonight.

LENNOX LEWIS escaped with his World Boxing Council heavyweight crown in L.A. on Saturday when his fight with Vitali Klitschko was stopped after six rounds because of a severe cut over the challenger’s left eye.

Lennox Lewis retained his heavyweight crown after the referee stopped his fight against Vitali Klitschko at the end of the sixth round in Los Angeles.

Lennox Lewis believes the bitter memories of his two career defeats will spur him to victory in his Hollywood blockbuster of a clash against Vitali Klitschko in Los Angeles tonight.

Evander Holyfield remains on course for another crack at world title glory after beating Hasim Rahman on a technical split decision in Atlantic City.

Evander Holyfield shrugged off Mike Tyson’s latest verbal assault on Lennox Lewis and predicted the former undisputed champion will finish the job with his fists on June 8.

Mike Tyson is hoping to fight Lennox Lewis in California.

The multi-million pound heavyweight showdown between world champion Lennox Lewis and challenger Mike Tyson could be staged in South Africa, a promoter said today.

Frank Maloney, the manager discarded by Lennox Lewis, today called on world boxing authorities to have the courage to ban the proposed showdown between the world heavyweight champion and former undisputed king Mike Tyson.

Lennox Lewis has been awarded the CBE in the Honours List after an eventful year in which he lost then regained the world heavyweight championship.

Lennox Lewis has declared his intention to hang up his gloves if he beats Mike Tyson on April 6.

Hasim Rahman has fired a parting shot in his war of words with Lennox Lewis, 12 days after losing his rematch with Britain’s three-time Heavyweight World Champion.

Mike Tyson insists he is ready to take up the challenge thrown down by Lennox Lewis.

Howard Eastman watched Lennox Lewis exact revenge from Hasim Rahman on Saturday night two hours after the Battersea man claimed to have been robbed out of the WBA middleweight title.

Lennox Lewis called out to Mike Tyson after his chilling right-hand punch got rid of Hasim Rahman in Las Vegas and put him back on top of the boxing world.

Lennox Lewis emphatically regained his status as world heavyweight champion in Las Vegas with one of the best punches he has ever thrown.

The last time Lennox Lewis was in Las Vegas he was starring in a film which many say contributed to his losing the world heavyweight title.

Frank Maloney believes Britain's Lennox Lewis will never be regarded as one of boxing's greats.

Frank Maloney said his 11-year connection with Lennox Lewis ended because he ‘‘refused to be treated like a nodding dog’’.

The perspex screens which separated Lennox Lewis and Hasim Rahman at their weigh-in for tomorrow night’s world heavyweight title rematch might have been hype, but the anger between the pair remains real.

Lennox Lewis continues to insist he is not rattled by Hasim Rahman, but the champion has won the war of words ahead of Saturday’s world heavyweight title rematch in Las Vegas by unanimous decision.

Emanuel Steward says the impact of the recent confusion in Lennox Lewis’ backroom staff must be put into perspective, branding the former world heavyweight champion ‘‘the most loyal boxer I have ever dealt with’’.

British boxing's most successful trainer has blasted Lennox Lewis for his "totally stupid" preparations prior to his April defeat to Hasim Rahman in South Africa.

Hasim Rahman has dismissed fears that Lennox Lewis’ recent split with promoter/manager Frank Maloney will be a distraction for the former world heavyweight champion ahead of their forthcoming rematch.

Frank Maloney believes he has been made a scapegoat for Lennox Lewis’ world heavyweight title defeat to Hasim Rahman in April.

Lennox Lewis’ former promoter Panos Eliades reckons he, and Lewis’ former manager Frank Maloney, ‘‘created a monster’’ out of the fighter.

Lennox Lewis insists he has parted company with his long-time manager Frank Maloney on good terms.