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Julius Menendez, who coached Muhammad Ali to the gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, has died. He was 90.

India's sports ministry says Olympic boxing medalist Vijender Singh has tested negative for banned substances after police claimed last month he used heroin.

Heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder is set to face 2000 British Olympic gold medalist Audley Harrison, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Wednesday.

Olympic boxers will fight without head guards in a pro-style scoring system starting this year after several significant rule changes by the sport's international governing body.

Junior welterweight Tom Stalker, the captain of Great Britain's 2012 Olympic boxing team, is turning pro under the promotion of Matchroom Sport, promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Wednesday. Stalker, 28, of Liverpool, England, made it to the quarte...

Five members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team will make their professional debuts on the same Nov. 9 card at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., Golden Boy Promotions announced on Friday.

Cruiserweight contender B.J. Flores spends more time broadcasting boxing these days than fighting. He spent part of his summer as a studio analyst on CNBC's Olympic boxing coverage and also serves as a ringside analyst for NBC Sports Net's "Fight Nig...

Six of the nine members of the U.S. Olympic boxing team in London -- Dominic Breazeale, Marcus Browne, Terrell Gausha, Errol Spence Jr., Jamel Herring and Rau'shee Warren -- have signed with manager Al Haymon in recent weeks.

The Brazilian Olympic Committee says boxing officials have turned down its request to review the result of the Olympic final.

Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division Sunday at the Olympic boxing tournament, overcoming Freddie Evans' home-crowd support in a 17-9 victory.

Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine won his second straight Olympic boxing gold medal on Sunday, completing his domination of the London lightweights with a 19-9 victory over South Korea's Han Soon-chul.

Flyweight Robeisy Ramirez won Cuba's second Olympic boxing gold medal of the games Sunday, capping a stellar run through the tournament with a 17-14 victory over Mongolia's Tugstsogt Nyambayar.

World champion Vasyl Lomachenko and four of his medal-winning teammates on Ukraine's dominant Olympic boxing team have signed with a new professional boxing venture created by the governing body of the amateur sport.

When Lennox Lewis tells a heavyweight British boxer to do something, that boxer usually listens.

Claressa Shields, 17, will be going back to Flint with a whole lot of glint. The senior-to-be at Northwestern (Flint, Mich.) defeated 33-year-old Russian Nadezda Torlopova 19-12 on Thursday to win the gold medal in boxing's middleweight division a...

U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal Thursday, capping her swift rise to the top of women's boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia's Nadezda Torlopova.