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'My champion Thai boxer son gave gift of life to eight others'

03.10.11
A champion Thai boxer's grieving mother told how his donated organs had saved eight lives... more

Wales for the final? Anything is possible after Irish thriller

23.09.11
A real competition is shaping up and it could be more open than any World Cup since 1987... more

Women fans just love me, says Amir Khan

19.07.11
Khan is eager to expand his growing female fanbase by enticing even more women into watching him fight... more

David Haye: I made you rich, Wladimir, so I deserve a rematch

04.07.11
Beaten Briton will not quit if he can face Klitschko in a second bout... more

David Haye to win ... and then quit

01.07.11
Hamburg title fight will define two boxing careers. Both have an enormous amount to prove and a reputation that will be irredeemably stained by defeat... more

Floyd Mayweather Jr is set to return

08.06.11
Six-time world champion will end a 16-month absence when he returns to the ring in September... more

Lennox Lewis hails 'amazing drive' of WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko

17.03.11
Lewis retired at the age of 37 after beating Klitschko on cuts in their fight in Los Angeles in 2003... more

David Haye glad to 'cut through the nonsense' and set up Wladimir Klitschko fight

07.03.11
Londoner has agreed the fight in Germany, with his WBA title and Klitschko's IBF and WBO belts on the line following years of on-off talks... more

Good week, bad week

29.11.10
We round up who had a brilliant weekend of sport, and those who had one to forget... more

David Haye must split prize pot or forget about the Klitschkos

15.11.10
Manager of the Ukrainian brothers says unification fight “will never happen” unless Englishman agrees to share £20m fight purse ... more

I'll be back, vows defeated Carl Froch

26.04.10
Briton says he can become a world champion again despite suffering his first defeat against Denmark's Mikkel Kessler... more

Betting news: Man Utd favourites to burst Spurs bubble

23.04.10
Manchester United have not lost any of their last 21 tussles with Spurs and are again expected to see off Harry Redknapp's side with a bit to spare... more

Wladimir Klitschko warns David Haye

12.04.10
IBF and WBO champion has laid down the gauntlet by warning his fellow world heavyweight champion: "You can't run away from me forever"... more

Carl Froch should be wary of 'dangerous' Mikkel Kessler

31.03.10
Unbeaten boxer has been warned to expect Kessler to be at the most dangerous of his lengthy career when he travels to Denmark next month to defend his WBC super-middleweight title... more

Lennox Lewis's mum stopped rematch, says Vitali Klitschko

10.03.10
The Ukrainian has revealed how Briton's mum stopped him getting a rematch with the former world heavyweight champion... more

Carl Froch unfazed by Danish mission

18.02.10
Carl Froch insists he will thrive on the pressure of going into "the lion's den" to defend his WBC super-middleweight title against Mikkel Kessler... more

David Haye telling Vitali Klitschko to cool fight talk

18.12.09
David Haye will not begin talks about a fight with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko until after he faces John Ruiz.... more

David Haye: 2009 was a great year for British boxing

08.12.09
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye believes fellow boxers Amir Khan and Carl Froch are unfortunate not to be joining him among the BBC Sports Personality of the Year contenders... more

Carl Froch's Denmark date with Mikkel Kessler

08.12.09
Carl Froch will travel to Denmark to defend his WBC super-middleweight title against Mikkel Kessler in the Super Six tournament on April 17... more

Las Vegas and Wembley in battle to stage David Haye fight

10.11.09
David Haye has been told to turn his back on London and head for Las Vegas if he really wants to cement his place as one of the greatest world heavyweight champions... more

Robert McCracken to lead boxing bid at 2012

06.11.09
The responsibility for guiding British boxers to glory at the 2012 London Olympics has been handed to former middleweight Robert McCracken... more

Barry's heavies are lightweight but it will still be a thrilling show

02.10.09
Prizefighter is a novelty night, a pantomime in a way, but it’s also going to be brilliant to watch... more

Cristobal Arreola demands respect ahead of Vitali Klitschko battle

25.09.09
American Cristobal Arreola does not believe he is getting the respect he deserves ahead of his WBC heavyweight title fight against Vitali Klitschko... more

Mayweathers are spelling double trouble for Ricky Hatton

01.05.09
Boxing: As Briton prepares to face Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, Floyd Jr looks set for a comeback and Floyd Sr admits to a split in the camp... more

Carl Froch wants clash with Joe Calzaghe

27.04.09
Boxing: Carl Froch is desperate to take on Joe Calzaghe after staging one of the great comebacks to retain his WBC world super-middleweight title against Jermain Taylor... more

Carl Froch vows to stitch up Jermain Taylor in title showdown

23.04.09
Boxing: Carl Froch insists he will win his first title defence when he puts his WBC super-middleweight championship belt on the line against Jermain Taylor... more

Brutal Froch will jet to US for Taylor fight

11.03.09
Boxing: Carl Froch is to defend his World Boxing Council super-middleweight title next month against American Jermain Taylor... more

Klitschko opts for Gomez over Haye

09.01.09
Vitali Klitschko has signed a contract to defend his WBC heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez instead of Londoner David Haye... more

David Haye agrees London date with Vitali Klitschko

15.12.08
Boxing: British heavyweight David Haye claims he has agreed a deal to box Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko in London next June... more

Watchdog smells rats - but can't catch them

01.07.08
In his classic 1940 book Where Are The Customers' Yachts?, Fred Schwed Jr takes on the follies of Wall Street in a way never bettered since. By his telling, Wall Street is a kindergarten full of incurable romantics, children who really believe all that guff they spout even as it is being proven spectacularly wrong... more


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