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If a random reader strolled into my office this afternoon, looked me up and down, then said I should hit the bricks because I'm no good at my job anymore, you can imagine where I'd tell him to go. (And then I'd wonder how the guy got in the building ...

Taken at face value, Tyson Fury's challenge of Cain Velasquez is pointless because we already know the result. Still, even if the callout is self-serving, even if it's designed to drum up interest and a payday, you have to admit there's something ...

Danny Garcia, Sergio Martinez and Amir Khan -- the favored fighters in their respective Saturday bouts -- were pushed to the limit in exciting, hard-fought decision victories.

Hyping fights is part of the game. We all get that. But pure delusion is another matter altogether. No offense, Lucas Browne. Browne (15-0, 14 KOs), for those who don't know who he is -- and that's probably most of you -- he's a 34-year-old Au...

Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek, whose planned fight against long-faded James Toney was scrapped, will instead face Travis Walker on Sept. 8 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., promoter Main Events has announced.

Men fighting well beyond their primes is nothing new in boxing, but James Toney is a special case. And instead of someone intervening, one promoter gladly signed him up to face a dangerous heavyweight contender.

Edgar Sosa's 12-round title eliminator with Wilbert Uicab in Cancun proved as wild and unpredictable as any spring break party.

When it comes to cruiserweight titleholders moving up to conquer the heavyweight division, many have tried. Most have failed. In recent years, cruiserweight champions such as Tomasz Adamek, Juan Carlos Gomez and James Toney have made the attempt. ...

MMA schedule for 2011.

James Kirkland's wild, comeback victory over Alfredo "El Perro" Angulo was that rare fight that actually lived up to the high expectations.

James Toney, a former champion fighting at 43, lost a unanimous decision Friday to Denis Lebedev of Russia for the interim WBA cruiserweight title.

Even without Manny Pacquiao arriving early in the States or the benefit of Top Rank's best-laid plans, the payoff for his upcoming third clash with Juan Manuel Marquez likely would have peaked at an all-time plateau.

Yuriorkis Gamboa wants to regain the belt that was stripped from him, but he's less concerned with hardware than he is with beating the best, starting with former titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon on Saturday.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- It's immaterial at this point, because the fight is going down Saturday one way or another -- but the origins of Dan Henderson versus Fedor Emelianenko has conflicting reports. Leading up to the fight, Henderson iterated (...

There have been special rules in MMA bouts plenty in the past -- some eccentric, some prudish, some with allowances to do everything short of dipping knuckles in broken glass -- but the implementation of Ken Shamrock's "30-second shot clock" to stand...

Former boxing world champion James Toney has confirmed he will fight MMA legend Ken Shamrock on Oct. 1, and he has taken a whole catalog of new digs at MMA. More » Rumor Central: Special rules to be enforced? » Bios: Toney» Shamrock »...