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Haye-Bellew rematch on for Dec. 17 in London

LONDON (AP) Tony Bellew will fight David Haye on Dec. 17 in London in a rematch of their all-British heavyweight encounter in March that was won by Bellew.

WBC heavyweight champion Wilder to face Ortiz Nov. 4

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) Undefeated heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz will fight at Barclays Center on Nov. 4.

Boxer LaMotta, immortalized in 'Raging Bull,' dies at 95

MIAMI (AP) Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight champion whose life in and out of the ring was depicted in the film ”Raging Bull,” for which Robert DeNiro won an Academy Award, has died, his fiancee said Wednesday. He was 95.

Joe DeNucci, boxer and long-serving politician, dies at 78

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) Joe DeNucci, a former world class middleweight boxing contender who became a politician and the longest-serving state auditor in Massachusetts history, has died at age 78.

Mayweather vs McGregor: a pay-per-view smash

LAS VEGAS (AP) Conor McGregor’s improbable challenge of Floyd Mayweather Jr. was a box-office smash.

Conor's choices: Defend UFC belt, box again, or Diaz III?

LAS VEGAS (AP) Conor McGregor was exhausted and hurt by the 10th round, his audacious venture undone by every logical problem with a mixed martial artist entering a professional boxing ring for the first time to take on the most accomplished boxer of recent years.

Big money bets roll in late on Floyd Mayweather

LAS VEGAS (AP) The big money continued rolling in just before fight time at this city’s sports books, with several million-dollar bets on Floyd Mayweather Jr. to beat Conor McGregor.

Mayweather, McGregor ready to rumble in much hyped fight

LAS VEGAS (AP) Conor McGregor has been kept pretty much under wraps ever since his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. was announced, emerging occasionally to trash Mayweather only to disappear again behind the closed doors of the UFC training center.

Judge throws out Crawford jail sentence in body shop dispute

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) World boxing champion Terence Crawford has had his 90-day jail sentence overturned, though he still will be on two years’ probation for two misdemeanors in connection with a 2016 disturbance at an Omaha body shop.

Bookies will lose millions if McGregor knocks out Mayweather

LAS VEGAS (AP) Conor McGregor is making a lot of wise guys nervous in this gambling city.

50 million could watch Mayweather-McGregor in the US alone

LAS VEGAS (AP) Conor McGregor’s improbable challenge of Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be seen by a staggering 50 million people in the United States as fans and the curious gather in small and large parties.

Sold out or not, Vegas will party during Mayweather-McGregor

LAS VEGAS (AP) The fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor may not have sold out yet, but that won’t stop Las Vegas from putting on its party hat.

Column: What's in a smaller glove? More hype for the fight

LAS VEGAS (AP) It’s only two ounces of foam, four if you count both hands.

Namibian vs Nebraskan: Fight of unbeaten 140-pounders

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Terence Crawford had never heard of Julius Indongo until nine months ago. Neither had the rest of the boxing world outside the small African nation of Namibia.

Nery wins WBC bantamweight title with TKO of Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan (AP) Luis Nery of Mexico defeated Japanese boxer Shinsuke Yamanaka with a fourth-round technical knockout to claim the WBC bantamweight title on Tuesday.

Relive the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor feud (so far) with all the best moments and analysis

From the first press conference to media day, the buildup to one of the most anticipated bouts in history has been a spectacle.

McGregor's biggest rival: "No way" Conor beats Mayweather

LOS ANGELES (AP) Conor McGregor became known as a fighter with a mystical ability to defy the odds because of his stunning upset victory over Jose Aldo, the former UFC featherweight champion.

Mayweather, McGregor still trying to hype their fight

LAS VEGAS (AP) It’s a fight (or at least an event) born and bred by social media. There is really no reason for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor to meet in a boxing ring Aug. 26 other than a lot of UFC fans think it’s a great idea and it will make the two fighters a great deal of money.

Confident Shields trying to move up quickly as a pro

DETROIT (AP) For Claressa Shields, this is an opportunity that arrived sooner than expected.

Klitschko was dominant but never really got his due

Wladimir Klitschko had to lose before he finally became accepted by most fight fans.

Vasyl Lomachenko finds peace, focus in California training

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) Vasyl Lomachenko awakes to California sunshine in his large, sparsely furnished suburban house. He commutes to his boxing gym in a late-model white SUV, cruising past fragrant acres of strawberries, lemons and celery in Ventura County’s fertile farmland.

Former heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko retires

BERLIN (AP) Former heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko announced his immediate retirement from boxing on Thursday.

Big-mouth Broner aims to do more than talk against Garcia

NEW YORK (AP) Adrien Broner unleashed a profanity-filled tirade against his opponent in the ring and his doubters outside it, proving he remains one of boxing’s biggest mouths.

Mayweather-McGregor to be shown live in movie theaters

Movie theaters around the U.S. will show the Aug. 26 fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor.

Embattled Olympic boxing body picks Russia for 2019 worlds

MOSCOW (AP) The embattled governing body of Olympic boxing has picked Russia to host the 2019 men’s world championships, amid reports of a no-confidence vote against President Ching-Kuo Wu over concerns about the Switzerland-based body’s finances.

McGregor makes fun of Mayweather's tax problems

TORONTO (AP) UFC star Conor McGregor played to a partisan Toronto audience and made fun of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s tax problems at the second stop of their four-city promotional tour.

Pacquiao disagrees with re-score, says no plans to quit

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Manny Pacquiao still disagrees with the unanimous decision that resulted in him losing the WBO world welterweight title to Jeff Horn, despite an independent re-scoring of the July 2 fight, and says he has no plans to retire.

Mayweather-McGregor set for T-Mobile after deal with Big3

Floyd Mayweather’s boxing match against Conor McGregor will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after promoters reached an agreement with Ice Cube to move the championship game of his Big3 basketball league.

SMACK CHECK: Quiet for now, but McGregor needling Mayweather

It’s still early, but give Round 1 of the trash-talk battle between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to the Irish MMA star.

WBO says it will re-score Pacquiao fight, result stands

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) The World Boxing Organization says it will re-score the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn welterweight world title fight due to the contentious unanimous decision awarded to the Australian fighter, but there is no plan to change the result.