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The fate of fighters who win titles controversially has been checkered at best, and their first defense has frequently been their last. Is that where Timothy Bradley is heading when he faces Ruslan Provodnikov?

Hall of Fame broadcaster Larry Merchant, a ringside staple of HBO broadcasts since the 1970s, retired at the end of 2012. Former heavyweight champ George Foreman was one of his longtime broadcast partners on HBO before leaving the network several yea...

While boxing media coverage traditionally focused exclusively on what happened inside the ropes, the recent trend of reporting too much on the business end of things has hurt the sport.

What if Roy Jones Jr. had remained a heavyweight after beating John Ruiz for a title in 2003? Might his superhuman reputation have held up in the division and changed how we remember him today?

Five things we learned from Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce, Amir Khan-Carlos Molina and Saturday's other fights.

Larry Merchant, a staple of HBO's boxing telecasts for 35 years, will call his final fight for the network on Saturday night.

Shane Mosley made it official, announcing his retirement on Monday.

As memorable as Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s fourth-round knockout of Victor Ortiz was in September -- when he knocked out Ortiz while he had his hands down and wasn't looking -- Mayweather's exchange with HBO commentator Larry Merchant after the fight was...

To swipe a line from HBO broadcaster Larry Merchant, boxing is the theater of the unexpected. How else to explain one of the strangest things I can recall: A fight being called off because the ring was too small. Last Saturday night, while the eye...

As much as I look forward to covering Amir Khan's junior welterweight title defense against Lamont Peterson on Saturday night in Washington, D.C., -- only about a half-hour from my home -- I'm as excited to watch the HBO telecast (9:45 ET) later on m...

Glen Johnson has made a career of fighting the best on their own turf, but will it matter that this time, on Saturday in Quebec City, he'll face good friend Lucian Bute? Apparently, you don't know "The Road Warrior."

HBO boxing announcer Larry Merchant said Monday that Floyd Mayweather's victory over Victor Ortiz on Saturday in Las Vegas was the result of a "legal sucker-punch."

Friday, 1:30 p.m. ET -- Cheers "This is a sign of the globalization of boxing," said Larry Merchant yesterday, and sure enough, the main event on Saturday pits a Filipino against a Brit, in the United States, on a card sponsored by a Mexican beer co...

Friday, 9 a.m. ET -- What died first: The chicken or the egg? I had a great chat with Larry Merchant yesterday evening as I was sitting in the press room. He came over and asked me how I thought Ricky Hatton compared in popularity to other British s...

LOS ANGELES -- It was only 17 months ago when it looked like Larry Merchant's tenure as HBO's boxing analyst might come to an end, which would have been a crime. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Merchant is the greatest...

Saturday, 2:30 p.m. ET -- Still fighting over Leonard-Hagler What really happened when Sugar Ray Leonard fought Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1987? The nation remains divided. Well, at least the "Four Kings" panel couldn't agree. Larry Merchant said L...

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