Featherweight Boxing

Greg Goossen, a former Dodgers catcher who played six seasons in the major leagues, then dabbled as a boxing trainer and was a stand-in for actor Gene Hackman in more than a dozen films, was found dead Saturday at his home in Sherman Oaks. He was 65. --...

Fight promoter Top Rank is expecting a visit from world lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez at its 3 p.m. weigh-in Friday for the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley fight. It's significant because it will be Marquez's first public step away from Top......

Heavyweight 1. Cain Velasquez 2. Junior Dos Santos 3. Fabricio Werdum 4. Fedor Emelianenko 5. Brock Lesnar 6. Alistair Overeem 7. Shane Carwin 8. Frank Mir 9. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera 10. Antonio Silva It was an unspectacular month for heavyweight......

UFC starts off 2011 with a deep card from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Frank Edgar vs. Gray Maynard for the UFC lightweight title headlines the event. The Fabulous Forum will have results from Las Vegas for all of......

Heavyweight 1. Cain Velasquez 2. Junior Dos Santos 3. Fabricio Werdum 4. Fedor Emelianenko 5. Brock Lesnar 6. Alistair Overeem 7. Shane Carwin 8. Frank Mir 9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 10. Antonio Silva A serious shoulder injury suffered by Cain......

Nonito Donaire of the Philippines lacks the two world title bantamweight belts belonging to his Feb. 19 opponent, Fernando Montiel of Mexico, but he does have the smarts to recognize what the 118-pound bout at Mandalay Bay means. "The little......

Golden Boy Promotions Chief Executive Richard Schaefer said Wednesday that he has finalized a Saul "Canelo" Alvarez-Matthew Hatton fight on HBO at Honda Center on March 5 and is nearing other interesting agreements. The "Boxing After Dark" card...

UFC returns to the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas with one of the biggest MMA cards of early 2011. Vitor Belfort challenges Anderson Silva for the UFC Middleweight Title in the main event. The loaded event also features Forrest Griffin......

GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. BARDEN HAULS IN SEASON'S FIRST CATCH In the New York Giants' 34-10 thumping of the Houston Texans on Sunday, Flintridge Prep graduate Ramses Barden hauled in his first catch...

Burke Emery runs a local watering hole called Champ's Lounge in Clairemont, but at one time he was the toast of an entire country for his boxing ability. "I had a hell of a right hand," Emery said. Emery first used that right hand as a kid growing up in...

GLENDALE — Editor's Note: The following is a recap of the 2010 local sports scene from the summer and fall seasons. The second half of 2010 brought numerous headlines, ranging from a former Glendale Community College baseball standout helping the...

GLENDALE — For a while there, Art of Boxing Promotions President and former bantamweight contender Kahren Harutyunyan thought his focus on pursuing a law degree might force him to abandon the boxing promotions by which he's made a name for himself...