BERLIN (AP) _ Russian giant Nikolai Valuev is going to look bigger than ever Saturday in his WBA title defence against Ruslan Chagaev, nicknamed ``White Tyson.'' The tallest heavyweight champion of all time at seven feet and 326 pounds will tower ov ...

MESA, Ariz. (AP) _ Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson appeared in court Thursday and learned he will go on trial Aug. 20 on charges of drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs. Tyson was fresh out of a California rehabilitation f ...

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) _ A super middleweight fight to unify Joe Calzaghe's WBO and Mikkel Kessler's WBC and WBA belts looks further off than ever. After Calzaghe stopped Peter Manfredo, star of ``The Contender'' reality TV show, to retain his title fo ...

BERLIN (AP) _ Former IBF champion Henry Maske will end a 10-year retirement Saturday against Virgil Hill, the only fighter ever to beat the German. Hill's WBA cruiserweight title won't be on the line, and why he took the fight in Germany is clear en ...

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) _ Five-time world champion boxer Johnny Tapia has been released from Presbyterian Hospital after a three-day stay that began with an apparent cocaine overdose. Tapia had been upgraded from serious to fair condition on Wednesday and ...

Chad Dawson takes on WBC light-heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek in a matchup of undefeated fighters Saturday in the marquee bout on a card featuring three 12-round title fights. IBF lightweight champion Jesus Chavez defends his title against Julio ...

Mike Tyson was released from jail without bond on a felony drug possession charge Friday after an early-morning arrest in which police said they found two bags of white powder in his back pocket. ``He admitted to using today and stated he is an addic ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin granted boxer OlegMaskaev citizenship Saturday, a day before the heavyweight defendshis WBC crown in the first world title bout held in his adoptedcountry. The 37-year-old Maskaev, who was born in Kazakhstan when it ...

The ring was set up in a sandlot baseball stadium, surrounded byrickety bleachers and folding chairs. Someone had forgotten the bell, so they rang a cowbell to beginand end rounds. Someone else had forgotten the key to the padlockfor the gate, so th ...

Former Olympic superheavyweight champion AudleyHarrison stopped Danny Williams in the third round Saturday in anon-title heavyweight fight at ExCel Arena. Harrison, the 2000 Sydney Olympics winner who lost a decision toWilliams a year ago, floored W ...