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Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. has never boxed outside of the United States as a professional and has not fought outside of Las Vegas since a 2005 fight against Sharmba Mitchell, which took place in Portland, Ore. That's eight consecutive ...

Yes, 2012 is in the books, but beyond last week's daily annual awards for fighter, knockout, round, prospect and fight of the year, I handed out some additional hardware on Wednesday. And now, here is Part 2: Most important business development: T...

Yes, 2012 is in the books, but beyond last week's daily annual awards for fighter, knockout, round, prospect and fight of the year, here is part 1 of some additional awards: Trainer of the year: This was a slam dunk: Robert Garcia had a huge year ...

UPDATE: The LA Times' Lance Pugmire reports that the Devon Alexander title defense versus Kell Brook has been reset to March 2. A Ricky Hatton fight went down the tubes when Hatton got starched, Alexander looks to be booked...it's on to Plan C for Pa...

LAS VEGAS - The fourth installment of the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez rivalry has sold out, according to promoter Top Rank. They meet on Saturday night (HBO PPV, 9 ET, $59.95) in a welterweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and, accor...

After his split decision victory over Juan Manuel Marquez in 2008, Manny Pacquiao would win his next seven fights. Many of those victories came against big-name opponents, including stoppages against Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto in...

Ricky Hatton looked better in his comeback fight after 42 months of inactivity, depression, and suicidal ideation than I thought he might. Yes, he got stopped out Saturday by a liver shot in Round 9 by Vyacheslav Senchenko. Yes, he's 34, and yes, ...

Former two-division titleholder Ricky Hatton fought gamely, to the delight an adoring crowd, Saturday in Manchester, England, but his comeback crumbled under the force of a Vyacheslav Senchenko body shot.

That boxing is a zero-sum endeavor was plainly apparent when Ricky Hatton, in front of 19,999 fans at Manchester Arena in England -- I have to figure his foe's missus was there to root him on -- went down from a left hook to the liver, and couldn't r...

MANCHESTER, England -- The dreaded comeback. Is there a more painful word in sports? How often has a champion returned for one last hoorah, only to discover Father Time in the opposite corner? Ricky Hatton came back Saturday night. But it lasted j...

Ricky Hatton came back after 42 months off, and was stopped in Round 9 by ex-welterweight champ Vyacheslav Senchenko in Manchester, England -- Hatton's stomping grounds. A left-hook liver shot sent Hatton down, and he tried mightily to get up, but...

Ricky Hatton hastily retired again Saturday night following a knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko in the British star's first fight in more than three years.

After a devastating loss to Manny Pacquiao in 2009, Ricky Hatton went into depression and even tried to take his own life. Now he's back in the ring to exorcise his demons.

On a Monday conference call to hype his Saturday comeback fight against Vyacheslav Senchenko, beloved Brit pugilistic icon Ricky Hatton said he was keen on meeting Paul Malignaggi, in Brooklyn, N.Y., for his next bout if things go smoothly Saturday i...

NOTTINGHAM, England -- With Ricky Hatton's eligibility one week away from definition, Amir Khan exposed and David Haye bizarrely locked in an Australian jungle for a reality TV show, the U.K.'s true pound-for-pound No. 1 reaffirmed his foothold Satur...

Although former junior welterweight champ Ricky Hatton is set to emerge from a 3.5-year retirement to face former welterweight titleholder Vyacheslav Senchenko on Nov. 24 in his hometown of Manchester, England, he hasn't forgotten about his promo...