Welterweight

Devon Alexander: Golden Boy Promotions added St. Louis' Devon Alexander to its stable of fighters Saturday, and introduced plans to create a multi-fighter tournament in the welterweight division....

Not that anyone was expecting an apology, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn’t give one for the way he ended his world welterweight title victory over Victor Ortiz on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. “What goes around, comes......

Miguel Cotto once said he'd never let Antonio Margarito earn another penny off him. For more than two years, Cotto has harbored resentment that Margarito handed the Puerto Rican his first loss in July 2008 by wearing "loaded" gloves into......

WOODLAND HILLS — Avoiding a loss was of little solace to Gabriel Tolmajyan. Putting on the most action-packed fight to grace the Woodland Hills War 4 card at the Warner Center Marriott, the Armenian-born fighter — who trains at the Glendale...

Manny Pacquiao's lopsided unanimous decision triumph over Shane Mosley last month has been projected to net at least 1.3 million pay-per-view buys, Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said Monday, making the bout the Filipino star's best-selling bout yet. "It'll...

Recent boxing tournaments have been plagued by injuries, cancellations and delays -- see Showtime's appreciated but flawed efforts to crown a unified super-middleweight and bantamweight champion. Richard Schaefer, chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions,...

Heavyweight 1. Cain Velasquez 2. Junior Dos Santos 3. Fabricio Werdum 4. Brock Lesnar 5. Alistair Overeem 6. Antonio Silva 7. Shane Carwin 8. Fedor Emelianenko 9. Frank Mir 10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira In a month where there was a......

UFC 130 takes place from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, headlined by a light-heavyweight bout between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Matt Hamill. Additional pay-per-view bouts include Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson, Jorge Santiago vs. Brian Stann and Rick Story.......

MEXICALI — Omar Chavez, the youngest boxing son of Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez, will fight Saturday night here. Chavez, 21, will fight Genaro Trazancos, 36, in a 10-round welterweight bout that will be televised live from the Palenque Fex...

Gil Clancy Boxing trainer Gil Clancy, 88, a boxing trainer who helped lead Emile Griffith to welterweight and middleweight titles, died Thursday at an assisted-living facility on Long Island, N.Y., his family said. Born in Rockaway Beach, N.Y., in...

TARZANA — An hour after his victory in the cage, Alberto Crane took a break from an intense night of action at King of the Cage's Turning Point card and realized something. "We're creating something special here," said the mixed-martial-arts...

GLENDALE — For Alberto Crane, a veteran of 18 mixed-martial-arts bouts and countless grappling tournaments, his next fight — a three-round welterweight tilt against veteran Gabe Rivas at King of the Cage's Turning Point card today —...