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T.R. Foley ranks the top 10 challengers -- including light heavyweights, middleweights and heavyweights -- who could unseat current light heavyweight champ and MMA golden boy Jon Jones. Daniel Cormier and Alexander Gustafsson rank as the toughest tests.

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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.

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 ...

Gene Blevins/Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions Bernard Hopkins isn't about to bet the farm on James Toney's MMA debut.There are many, many reasons for James Toney to feel uncomfortable in the Octagon on Aug. 28, but there are two factors that aren&#0...

Gene Blevins/Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions Bernard Hopkins is quick to admit he isn't a fan of mixed martial arts fighting.You probably don't care that Bernard Hopkins is fighting Roy Jones on Saturday: Hopkins is 45, Jones is 41, and both m...

Former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski prepares for boxing exhibition.

Strikeforce continues to make a very good case for its pseudo-resurrection of ProElite. The promotion has announced that Andrei Arlovski will step in for an injured Alistair Overeem to face Brett Rogers at a June 6 event in St. Louis. Ask ESPN....

Oscar De La Hoya sees a future in which boxing and mixed martial arts can coexist -- even walk arm in arm. But will MMA fans accept outside influences, and would the union be a killer crossover for boxing?

Oscar De La Hoya is serious about entering the MMA fray and is ready to turn the fight world on its head. But is he turning his back on the sport that made him famous? George Willis explores.

According to Oscar De La Hoya, Golden Boy Promotions is keen on making its relationship with Affliction Promotions work.

This Friday, October 10th, ShoXC will be back in action when it hosts one of their "Challenger Series" events in Hammond, Indiana at the Horsehoe Casino. With Kimbo Slice no longer the golden boy for EliteXC and a deal with Tito Ortiz not yet final...

This Friday, ShoXC will be back in action when it hosts one of their "Challenger Series" events in Hammond, Indiana at the Horsehoe Casino. With Kimbo Slice no longer the golden boy for EliteXC and a deal with Tito Ortiz not yet finalized, these Sho...

What's so bad about Affliction's Tom Atencio reaching out to a new demographic -- the boxing demographic -- by partnering with Golden Boy Promotions? Absolutely nothing, if you're a fight fan.

Golden Boy Promotions, one of the leading boxing promotional companies in the world, is branching out into mixed martial arts, CEO Richard Schaefer announced Saturday at a news conference at the MGM Grand.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya, who shattered box office records when they met last spring, are close to finishing a deal for a rematch, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com Wednesday.

Along with representatives from Major League Baseball and ESPN, Zuffa's Lorenzo Fertitta sat in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday in order to lob complaints against the increasingly pervasive problem of broadband content theft. A...