Former world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho was critically ill in hospital today after being shot in his native Puerto Rico.

Former world boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho is in hospital after being shot in the face as he sat in a car near the capital of Puerto Rico.

THE once-proclaimed “baddest man on the planet” fumbled for words that wouldn’t come. Sylvester Stallone knew exactly what Mike Tyson was feeling.

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.

ANDY MURRAY not only wants to win tonight’s Irish lightweight title fight with Oisin ‘Gael Force’ Fagan when they headline the Yanjing Fight Night at the National Stadium in Dublin – he wants to do it with style.

Ireland's middleweight boxing sensation Andy Lee will give fight fans an early Christmas bonus when he headlines the Ladbrokes.com Fight Night at the National Stadium, Dublin on December 15.

RICKY HATTON is completing preparations for Saturday night’s Las Vegas super-fight against Jose Luis Castillo with a frightening intensity which lends weight to trainer Billy Graham’s claim that he will answer the opening bell in the best shape of his career.

RICKY HATTON has revealed his days as a two-weight world champion are numbered ahead of his quest to regain the IBF light-welterweight title from Juan Urango in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

OISIN FAGAN made a dramatic return to his home town by stopping Richie Scifo in 1 min 23 secs of their lightweight contest at the National Stadium last night.

EXCITING Irish middleweight prospect John Duddy insists he will not be “star-struck” when he fights at the prestigious New York venue Madison Square Garden next month.

Kostya Tszyu arrived in Manchester last night with a stark warning for Ricky Hatton ahead of their June 5 light-welterweight super-fight.

LEGENDARY boxing coach Emmanuel Steward has expressed an interest in training Limerick fighter Andy Lee.