Frank Warren hopes WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan does not develop “amnesia” and stays loyal to the man who has stood by him since turning professional.

Former World champion Wayne McCullough quit on his stool and then announced his retirement from the ring this morning after his fight in the Cayman Islands.

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.

WAYNE McCullough says he is ready to shock European champion Kiko Martinez and then go on to fight for the world super-bantamweight title in 2008.

Manny Pacquiao recorded a unanimous decision over Marco Antonio Barrera in Las Vegas to reaffirm his super-featherweight supremacy, but the post-fight limelight was stolen by his retiring opponent.

Former world boxing champion 'Prince' Naseem Hamed has been stripped of his MBE, it emerged today.

Frank Warren has confirmed that Alex Arthur has vacated his European super-featherweight belt to turn his attention to becoming a world champion next year.

With his Shaq-like dimensions and fearsome features, Nikolay Valuev — history’s tallest heavyweight champ — intimidates foes and titillates fans, but can Don King’s colossus fight? L. Jon Wertheim reports.

FORMER world boxing champion Naseem Hamed was jailed for 15 months yesterday after he admitted dangerous driving following a horrific crash in his €470,000 sports car.

Former world boxing champion Naseem Hamed was jailed for 15 months today after he admitted dangerous driving following a horrific crash in his £300,000 (€440,600) sports car.

Former world boxing champion Naseem Hamed is facing the possibility of a prison sentence after he today admitted dangerous driving following a crash in his £300,000 sports car.

RICKY HATTON’S dream of emulating his sport’s trans-Atlantic greats moved closer to reality after heovercame another cuts nightmare to unify the world light-welterweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Carlos Maussa in Sheffield.

Mexican boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera has backed Naseem Hamed’s stated intention to return to the ring nearly five years after outclassing the ’Prince’ in Las Vegas.

Irish boxer Wayne McCullogh believes he can make Naseem Hamed champion of the world once more.

Naseem Hamed has revealed he will never fight rising British boxing star Amir Khan.

AMIR KHAN will step up his professional career in September after his stunning debut victory over David Bailey in Bolton on Saturday night.

One thing that Wayne McCullough could never be accused of is shirking a challenge.

BERNARD DUNNE is poised to box his way into possible contention for a shot at the European featherweight title at the National Stadium tonight, when victory over Yuri Voronin would earn him a place in the EBU’s top 10 rankings.

Naseem Hamed has confirmed he is planning to return to the ring after a three-year absence this summer.

One of the world’s best fighters may finally get a title to call his own after one of the most anticipated matches of the year in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Mexican great Marco Antonio Barrera suffered a shock defeat when beaten into submission by Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in San Antonio, Texas.

Former chart star Cat Stevens performed his first concert for more than a quarter of a century tonight.

In the build-up to his 1997 New York win over Kevin Kelley, Naseem Hamed chose Chumbawumba’s Tubthumping as his big-fight anthem and belted out the words: “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never going to keep me down.”

Audley Harrison is totally single-minded in his determination to pilot his own career as he chases his dream of turning Olympic gold into the riches that go with becoming heavyweight champion of the world.

Hollywood beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones could doubtlessly have called upon the services of any of the film world’s top movers and shakers.

SCOTT HARRISON is determined to live up to all the colossal comparisons afforded him after a masterful points win over Ireland’s Wayne McCullough at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow.

Scott Harrison is determined to live up to all the colossal comparisons afforded him after his masterful points win over Wayne McCullough at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow.

WAYNE MCCULLOUGH believes WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison is third rate in comparison to many fighters he has faced.

Wayne McCullough believes WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison is third rate in comparison to many fighters he has faced.

Naseem Hamed has no intention of retiring and will definitely be back in the ring in the new year, according to one of his closest confidants.

JAMES CHISOLM makes the most exciting trip of his boxing career to date today when he travels to Beslvkye in East Hungary for what will be his fifth professional fight.

Michael Brodie has a showdown with Naseem Hamed in his sights after he retained his WBF featherweight title with a hard-fought points win over tough Luis Fuentes at the Altrincham Leisure Centre.

Johnny Tapia has good reason not to be scared ahead of his world featherweight title fight in Las Vegas tonight.

WAYNE McCULLOUGH will take two years of frustration out on Nikolai Eremeev tonight.

BOXER Bernard Dunne has been signed up by Sugar Ray Leonard with the talented Dubliner slated for his first bout in a week in Buffalo, New York.

WAYNE McCULLOUGH was relishing his return from the boxing wilderness last night as he prepared for his first fight on British soil in seven years.

Britain’s Ricky Hatton has today been hailed as the biggest live attraction in British boxing as promoter Frank Warren lined up his next title defence.

Belfast hard man Eamonn Magee has laughed off Ricky Hatton’s boast that he can become the new Naseem Hamed of British boxing.

Ricky Hatton intends to get Eamonn Magee out of the way as quickly as possible on Saturday night in order to avert his eyes to other sporting matters.

Naseem Hamed marked his return from a 13-month sabbatical with a win at London Arena last night - but not the kind he would have wanted.

Naseem Hamed says he intends to turn back the clock in his long awaiting comeback fight against Spain's Manuel Calvo.

Angry Naseem Hamed had to strip to make the weight for tomorrow’s IBO featherweight title scrap with Manuel Calvo at London Arena.

Soccer ace David Beckham and pop heart-throb Robbie Williams have entered the ranks of Britain’s wealthiest 1,000 people, an annual survey showed today.

Naseem Hamed’s comeback fight against Manuel Calvo has been postponed after the British boxer suffered a back injury in training.