Three days after being banned from New Zealand, Mike Tyson hit out Saturday at the decision to revoke his visa due to a rape conviction but bizarrely said his life would be “miserable” without its controversies.

Ireland's Olympic silver medalist John Joe Nevin has confirmed that he will not continue amateur fighting until the 2016 Rio Game and will instead join the professional ranks.

Former Olympic boxer Orlando Cruz says he “is a proud gay man” and is not shy about letting people in prizefighting circles know it.

Muhammad Ali owned the night without saying a word.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are settling a federal defamation case in Las Vegas, clearing a key hurdle to a long-awaited bout between two top fighters who've traded verbal jabs for years but have never met in the ring.

“I'm a bit disappointed because I wanted to win by a real knockout not a technical one,” Klitschko said after the bout. “I was ready to keep on fighting and (Manuel) Charr also wanted. But it was the doctor's decision and it was his responsibility.”

Andre Ward knocked down Chad Dawson three times before winning on a technical knockout in the 10th round to defend his WBC-WBA super middleweight titles Saturday to the delight of his hometown crowd.

A Las Vegas judge sentenced an associate of Floyd Mayweather to jail time on Tuesday for shooting at two men who had a dispute with the American boxer.

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be released from a Las Vegas jail on Friday after serving two months of a 90-day sentence for domestic violence, a term that was previously postponed so the welterweight fighter could compete in a bout.

WBC champ Danny Garcia added the WBA light welterweight belt to his collection with a stunning fourth-round upset of Britain's Amir Khan in a unification title fight here on Saturday.