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Promoter/rap star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson started off slowly in the promotional game. The first fight he was involved in was when he made a deal with Top Rank to put his top fighter, Yuriorkis Gamboa, on the HBO PPV undercard of Juan Manuel Marqu...

Boxing promoter Lou DiBella is putting his movie producer hat back on, and is teaming with rapper-entrepreneur 50 Cent on a new project. They have acquired the rights to the documentary "TAPIA," a film about the star-crossed former world champion Joh...

A few updates on some upcoming fights: • Former unified featherweight titlist and interim junior lightweight titleholder Yuriorkis Gamboa has never fought at lightweight, but when he makes his debut in the 135-pound division he will be ...

Boxing's top pound for pound fundraiser, Boyd Melson, is heading up a charity gala tonight (May 16), which will raise money for spinal cord injury research. The 11-1-1 junior middleweight Melson, along with friend Christan Zaccagnino, created Tea...

50 Cent to perform with Spanish artist NACH and EDM producer Zedd

Three notes from the fistic world: • Interim junior lightweight titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa is supposed to fight June 8, but it has not been easy for promoter Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and HBO to finalize the opponent. Gamboa is supposed to...

Boxing's newest promoter, 50 Cent, joins his fighters for a workout in Brooklyn.

Former super middleweight title challenger Andre Dirrell and lightweight contender Marvin Quintero, both scheduled for main events on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" in April, dropped out of their bouts this week.

Undeterred by his breakup with Floyd Mayweather Jr., Curtis Jackson has big plans as a boxing promoter, writes Tim Struby in ESPN The Magazine - MLB Preview. But will he beat the game, or will the game beat him?

ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" will feature an IBF title fight between featherweight champion Billy Dib (35-1, 21 KOs) and undefeated challenger Evgeny Gradovich (15-0, 8 KOs) in a 12-round main event at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. ...

Billy Dib has long been a talented, dangerous fighter, but he was anything but compelling theater. With a new trainer and style, he now has a new lease on his career heading into Friday's bout with Evgeny Gradovich.

Mike Hill and Hugh Douglas will be joined by ESPN NBA analyst Bruce Bowen (10:45 a.m. ET), boxer Victor Ortiz (11:15), rapper 50 Cent (11:45), 49ers TE Vernon Davis (12:15 p.m.) and Warriors G Stephen Curry (12:30) on Thursday. As always, email the ...

Bernardo Pilatti highlights five keys to victory for Evgeny Gradovich against Billy Dib on Friday.

50 Cent showed up at this weekend's Daytona 500. Seems harmless enough, right? NOPE. Just look at this: (GIFs by HeyBelinda) Just horrible. Sorry, Erin Andrews. Yes, the subsequent borderline-handsy follow through the crowd was...

An African-American female journalist and hip-hop fan covering her first NASCAR race was pleasantly surprised by the racial diversity and number of female fans at the Daytona 500.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer last fall made an appearance on "Duck Dynasty," A&E's No. 1 rated show, which features the eccentric Robertson family in Louisiana. Bowyer visited the Duck Commander warehouse, which makes duck ca...