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Boxing: Purdy's title bid fails before it starts

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 18:47

England's Lee Purdy failed to make weight for Saturday's planned welterweight world title fight against champion Devon Alexander, squandering his chance for the crown. Purdy tipped the scales on Friday at 147.8 pounds, just over the 147-pound limit, while US southpaw Alexander weighed in at 146.7 pounds. As a result, Purdy cannot win the International Boxing Federation title even if he defeats Alexander, 24-1 with 13 knockouts, at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall. Purdy, 20-3 with one draw and 13 knockouts, has won five fights in a row.

Signed Muhammad Ali rarities to hit U.S. auction block

Thomson ReutersMay 15, 2013 13:58

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Memorabilia from boxing champion Muhammad Ali's rise to sporting and cultural prominence, including a signed training robe and amateur boxing trophy, are expected to fetch tens of thousands of dollars in Los Angeles auction. Julien's Auctions said on Monday that it expects a signed white training robe, worn by Ali in November and December 1981 while he prepared for his final bout against Trevor Berbick, to sell for between $25,000 and $35,000 during a two-day auction starting May 31.

Boxing: Guerrero firearm possession charge dropped

Agence France-PresseMay 14, 2013 15:31

Boxer Robert Guerrero, coming off a loss 10 days ago to unbeaten Floyd Mayweather, had all firearm possession charges against him dropped on Tuesday in a New York State Supreme Court hearing. Guerrero was arrested March 28 for allegedly trying to take a handgun on a plane to Las Vegas at John F. Kennedy Airport. At the hearing, Guerrero pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $250 as well as ordered to perform 50 hours of community service, which he will be allowed to do in his home state of California.

Boxing: Injured Haye pulls out of comeback fight

Agence France-PresseMay 14, 2013 15:31

David Haye's hopes of re-establishing himself as a heavyweight title contender suffered a setback on Tuesday after the former WBA champion withdrew Tuesday from a bout next month with Manuel Charr because of a hand injury. British boxer Haye was set to fight for the first time in nearly a year at the Manchester Arena in northern England on June 29 against an opponent whose only professional loss came when he was controversially stopped because of a cut to his right eye in the fourth round by WBC champion Vitali Klitschko last year.

Crucial reforms at stake in Philippine elections

Agence France-PresseMay 12, 2013 17:00

The Philippines holds elections on Monday seen as crucial to popular President Benigno Aquino's efforts to transform society, but with deadly violence, corruption, and nepotism posing familiar threats. More than 18,000 positions will be contested in the mid-term elections -- from the town level up to the nation's Congress -- and Aquino is banking on landslide wins for his allies to cement his reform agenda.

India rail minister quits in cash-for-job scandal

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 12:29

India's railways minister resigned on Friday following accusations his nephew took $160,000 in a bribe from an official in return for a plum post in the state-run network. The exit of Railways Minister Pawan Bansal came as the future of the country's law minister, Ashwani Kumar, hung in the balance over a separate corruption scandal. The resignation of Bansal is the latest setback to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scandal-tainted Congress administration, which the opposition has condemned as the "most corrupt" since independence.

Boxing: Pacquiao to fight Rios in Macau in November

Agence France-PresseMay 7, 2013 04:30

Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao will battle US fighter Brandon Rios in Macau in November, organisers said Tuesday, in a match that promoters hope will ignite Chinese interest in big-time boxing. The bout -- at the luxury Venetian Macao casino resort -- will be Pacquiao's first fight outside the United States since 2006. "The fight is green and go," Pacquiao's chief management adviser, Michael Koncz, told AFP, adding the arrangements had been finalised with Top Rank, the Las Vegas-based boxing promotion agency that handles the Philippine boxer.

Boxing: Venezuela's Solis becomes WBA super fly champion

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 10:46

Liborio Solis of Venezuela pounded out a points win over defending champion Kohei Kono of Japan to claim the World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight title on Monday. Two of the judges had Solis ahead, 115-111 and 114-112, while the other scored it 113-113. Kono counter-attacked with a straight right to knock Solis down in the second round. But the Venezuelan also had Kono on the canvas in the eighth after unleashing a left hook.

Boxing: Japan's Uchiyama defends WBA super featherweight

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 09:00

Japan's Takashi Uchiyama pulled off a knockout victory over Jaider Parra of Venezuela to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight title on Monday. The knockout came two minutes and 15 seconds into the fifth round when Uchiyama fired a powerful left to the stomach to send Parra to the canvas. "He (Parra) had never had a defeat before and he was really strong. He has a good jab so I planned to beat him in the latter half of the bout, but I was able to end it earlier than I had expected," said Uchiyama.

Mayweather beats Guerrero for WBC welterweight title

Agencia EFEMay 5, 2013 14:15

U.S. Sports Desk, May 5 (EFE).- U.S. boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated by a unanimous decision his countryman Robert Guerrero, staying undefeated and retaining the welterweight title of the World Boxing Council, or WBC. The bout - an agreed-to maximum of 12 rounds - Saturday night was all Mayweather, who had not boxed in more than a year and who didn't seem to feel his absence from the ring at all. He put on a real boxing lesson, despite the fact that he injured his right hand early on, the same hand he used to give Guerrero quite a punishing.