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The California State Athletic Commission, which oversees more combat sports cards -- mostly boxing -- than any other state in the nation, announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Andy Foster as its new executive officer.

Junior middleweight titleholder Cornelius "K9" Bundrage, hoping for a major fight in the 154-pound division, has signed a multi-fight promotional agreement with Golden Boy Promotions.

Light heavyweight Chad Dawson is risking a lot by going down in weight to fight super middleweight king Andre Ward. So why is he doing it? Because he can -- and because boxing needs it.

Lineal middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who both submitted to random urine tests conducted by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on July 11, had their drug tests come back negative on Thursday.

Randall Bailey won a vacant welterweight belt on the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr. undercard on June 9, essentially with two punches. Bailey knocked down Mike Jones with a powerful straight right hand in the 10th round and then knocked him ou...

ESPN.com's Dan Rafael took advantage of an aborted boxing bout to take in his first MMA card and came away with a simple but satisfying conclusion: Fighting is fighting.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has lived up to his "Money" nickname again. Besides his record guaranteed purse of $32 million for his victory against Miguel Cotto (who made a career-best $8 million minimum) in their junior middleweight title bout last Satur...

Many times over the years, Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer and I have talked about the fact that he would have an HBO or Showtime card coming up with some good fights or prospects on the undercard, but unless you were in the arena, you wouldn't have a ...

The new year is upon us, so here are a few of my boxing wishes for 2012: • As usual, the long-awaited showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. We can hope, can't we? • For Mayweather to think long and hard ...

Your random thoughts ... • I'm looking forward to seeing Lucian Bute's super middleweight title defense against Glen Johnson. I know Johnson is coming off a loss, but so what? He makes good fights and his loss was a highly compe...

Kimbo Slice, the internet fighting sensation who rose to prominence in MMA, is making the jump to the boxing ring.

MONTREAL -- When I hit the town Thursday to cover Saturday night's rematch between light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and former champ Bernard Hopkins, I had a chance to chat at length with promoters Richard Schaefer and Gary Shaw, both of w...

Kimbo Slice's ballyhooed jump from mixed martial arts to professional boxing will be delayed until at least early next year, promoter Gary Shaw told ESPN.com on Wednesday night.

I turn 40 today. No need for cards or candles. But in the spirit of the day, here are 40 things I want in the sport of boxing: 1. Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- and no more excuses from either side. 2. For David Haye to shut his piehole and...

Shannon Briggs, who launched a comeback last month after 2.5 years out of the ring, tested positive for a banned substance following his first-round knockout of Marcus McGee.

Floyd Mayweather's return to the ring against Juan Manuel Marquez comes at just the right time for boxing.