BRAZILIAN police have questioned the wife of a former world boxing champion, Arturo Gatti, after he was found dead in a hotel in north-eastern Brazil.

Bernard Hopkins clinched a dominant unanimous-decision victory over previously unbeaten Kelly Pavlik last night.

AT FIRST glance, 2007 was the year that sport was beset by scandal, controversy and pain. Again.

JOHN DUDDY may thank Jermain Taylor for exercising his rematch clause with Kelly Pavlik in the new year, with a world title shot for the Irish man four months later than expected proving well worth the wait.

Kelly Pavlik knocked out Jermain Taylor in the seventh round in Atlantic City last night to claim the WBC and WBO middleweight belts and become undisputed middleweight world champion after a thrilling fight.

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Mexican Antonio Margarito made a successful fourth defence of his WBO welterweight belt after he stopped Argentinian fighter and number one contender Sebastian Lujan at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

A sold out concert by US pop stars Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake was cancelled when a large lighting grid collapsed on the stage.