Taylor loses four of his past five outings after out he is knocked cold by Arthur Abraham during Saturday's "Super Six World Boxing Classic" in Berlin, Germany.
Markus Schreiber / Associated PressJermain Taylor is unable to get off…
Matches that boxing commissions would never allow based on records get the green light in the MMA arena.
One of the huge differences between the boxing world and that of mixed martial arts is the latter is not afraid…
Middleweight Jermain Taylor hopes to turn things around with a win on Saturday in Showtime's "Super Six World Boxing Classic."
Eric Jamison / Associated PressFormer middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, above, basically is in a must-win situation when he faces Arthur…
Youngstown's Kelly Pavlik, with his injury woes behind him, will defend his WBC/WBO middleweight titles against rugged challenger Paul Williams in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec. 5. HBO will televise it at 9:30 p.m.
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It's wishful thinking for Kelly Pavlik to receive medical clearance to begin training for a December title defense against Paul Williams. While the middleweight champ from Youngstown hopes to face Williams on Dec. 5 in an HBO-televised affair in Atlantic…
Reports circulating on the Internet last week had middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik all but signed, sealed and delivered for a December bout against dangerous contender Paul Williams. However, Pavlik was anything but healed. Lee Samuels, publicist for Pavlik's Las Vegas-based…
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira outslugged a game Randy "The Natural" Couture on Saturday night to win the heavyweight feature at UFC 102 in Portland, Ore. Nogueira nearly ended the bout several times, but the 46-year-old Couture showed plenty of heart in…
UPDATED: 12:25 a.m. CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ron Johnson was in his hometown of Cleveland on Saturday night but by the seventh round, he was in unfamiliar territory. Johnson had never been past six rounds in his career. Many wondered if…
An injury to main-event fighter Ben Henderson has forced postponement of the World Extreme Cagefighting show at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown on Sept. 2. Henderson was to have met Donald Cerrone. The entire card has been rescheduled for…
Cleveland's Terrell Gausha left today with 10 other amateur fighters on Team USA for the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan, Italy. Gausha, 21, a three-time Cleveland Golden Gloves champion at two weights, proved his mettle by winning the 165-pound…
CLEVELAND, Ohio — What's a middleweight champion to do? Take the money and fight. That's what Youngstown's Kelly Pavlik decided to do last week after finally agreeing to meet dangerous Paul Williams in Atlantic City, N.J., on Oct. 3. Monday,…
Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has agreed to defend his two title belts against Paul Williams, perhaps the most avoided fighter in boxing. They will fight Oct. 3 at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, Williams promoter Dan Goossen told The Associated Press…
