Kellie Maloney has accused Tyson Fury of "degrading" the world heavyweight title with his behaviour since becoming champion.

Muhammad Ali has made his final journey through his home town as thousands of mourners along the route pumped their fists and chanted “Ali! Ali!” for the former heavyweight champion of the world known simply as ‘The Greatest’.

Actor Will Smith and former world heavyweight boxing champion, Lennox Lewis, will be pallbearers at legendary boxer Muhammad Ali’s funeral.

Former boxing promoter Frank Maloney plans to visit Irish matchmaker Willie Daly next week, but learning to be Kellie Maloney is her priority, says Margaret Jennings.

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Floyd Mayweather Sr believes it is only once his son has retired that his genius will be truly appreciated.

Winning a world championship was a dream for Andy Lee, all the more so after two major career-threatening defeats and then the passing of his legendary mentor Emanuel ‘Manny’ Steward. 

Forget being tired in the ring, Ireland’s newest world champion, Limerick boxer Andy Lee, must be exhausted with his seemingly endless homecoming.

Ireland's Andy Lee became the WBO middleweight champion after a memorable night in Las Vegas.

Former boxing promoter Frank Maloney is undergoing a sex change, it has been reported.

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has said he was high on drugs during many of his major boxing matches — and even used a fake phallus filled with someone else’s urine to fool drug testers.

Tyson Fury is facing the threat of more disciplinary action from the British Boxing Board of Control after launching another social media tirade against fellow heavyweights.

No other sport throws up tragic figures quite like boxing.

Andy Murray could become one of the top earning British sportsmen of all time following his historic Wimbledon victory, a marketing expert has said.

Andy Murray cemented his place in the Wimbledon final today following an electrifying and controversial clash with 6ft 8in Polish player Jerzy Janowicz.

Tyson Fury’s camp are touting Croke Park or Old Trafford as possible venues for a world title fight with one of the Klitschko brothers if Fury beats Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast tonight.

There used be a time when Ireland produced heavyweight boxers who shook the world but in the past 100 years that has become a rarity.

Lennox Lewis yesterday spoke of being “completely devastated” by the death of revered trainer Emanuel Steward.

Lennox Lewis has spoken of his devastation at the death of long-time trainer Emanuel Steward.

David Haye insists only a fight against WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will tempt him back into the ring.

After winning the respect of Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, and a host of other boxing greats, Katie Taylor has been urged to rejoin another women’s sporting revolution — in soccer.

IT was history in the making — an historic day for boxing and for the whole Olympic movement as the first three gold medals in women’s boxing were decided. And a dream realised for Ireland’s Katie Taylor, the driving force to have the discipline added to the Olympic programme.

This is a story of three journeys. One is the adventurous tale of a young girl whose prowess in a pair of boxing gloves helped gain her sport a place in the Olympic Games.

Four times world champion, five times European champion, odds-on for an Olympic gold, and now the darling of the boxing world.

As one news outlet correctly surmised, women’s boxing already had a star.

Japan were last night successful with an appeal against Satoshi Shimizu’s controversial Olympic Games bantamweight defeat to Magomed Abdulhamidov at ExCeL.

The Olympic Torch reached new heights this morning as it was held aloft on the London Eye.

The Olympics involves 26 sports in various categories, but only a handful are must-sees, says Richard Fitzpatrick

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.

Vitali Klitschko is unlikely to face David Haye due to his political commitments, according to the Ukrainian's manager Bernd Boente.

A dog at the centre of an international campaign to save it has been put down, Belfast City Council said.

Mike Tyson wants his next knockout to be on Broadway.

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.

A coroner has returned an open verdict into the inquest into the death of Irish boxer Darren Sutherland today, confirmed the cause of death as hanging.

A boxing promoter said he had no idea why Irish boxer Darren Sutherland would have been frightened of him, an inquest has heard.

British boxer Anthony Joshua, the 22-year-old who hopes to follow in the footsteps of Audley Harrison, was today tipped to be a home town star at the Olympics next summer.

Boxing was today mourning the passing of one its finest heavyweights after Joe Frazier lost his battle with liver cancer.

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.

WHILE David Haye was still spewing excuses in Hamburg a joke started swirling social networking sites that Wladimir Klitschko was going to have a tee-shirt mocked up showing him holding up his vanquished opponent’s severed toe.

David Haye is confident he will fight Vitali Klitschko later this year after he has "smashed" his brother Wladimir on Saturday.

MARTIN DONNELLY, Irish sponsor of Matthew Macklin, planned to have hundreds of green T-shirts printed today with “Matthew Macklin — WORLD CHAMPION” on the back.

Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis believes David Haye will need a repeat of his performance against Nikolay Valuev if he is to see off Wladimir Klitschko in their eagerly-awaited unification bout in Hamburg next weekend.