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Arlovski signs boxing deal, ready to star in two sports

BY ROMAN MODROWSKI Staff Reporter There was a news conference Thursday at Sears Tower to promote the Dec. 6 superfight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, but the most interesting name being mentioned was Andrei...

Reeling economy has boxing fans hurting in the pocket

Roberto Gonzalez loves boxing. I don't make a lot of money and to pay $50 for a pay-per-view fight, well, even if I have some friends over, that's a lot for us." Gonzalez might resort to cramming his friends into his modest...

Chris Mannix: De La Hoya-Pacquiao bout all about bulk

NEW YORK -- There was a moment Wednesday afternoon, when Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya stepped off the boat that carried the two fighters to Liberty Island, when you couldn't figure out which man was supposed to be the...

Anti-doping agency to Lance: Let's retest

Anti-doping agency to Lance: Let's retest samples from 1999 It could be truth or dare time on Lance Armstrong's comeback trail.The French anti-doping authority has challenged the seven-time Tour de France champion, proposing he...

De La Hoya plans to keep fighting after '08

Oscar De La Hoya wants to fight at least a couple of more times after taking on Filipino hero Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas, in what is sure to be the biggest fight of the year. My mind can still do it, my body can...

Dettloff: Salvadoran hero Hernandez fighting for a cause

AP Photo/Jane Kalinowsky Who says nice guys finish last? Watching it happen in front of you, you could have been excused for thinking Carlos Hernandez had been born and raised in El Salvador, the tiny Central American country...

Manny Pacquiao versus Oscar De La Hoya Fight [Digg] [Makoys Memoirs Of A Certified Blogger]

The number one boxer according to the pound-for-pound web site could rake in to more than 15 million US dollars from his boxing bout against former Olympic gold medalist Oscar De La Hoya this coming December 6. The said...

AC/DC ticket sales remain strong, keeping the band as the week's top event

For the second week in a row, tickets to see rock legends AC/DC were far and away the most popular event in TicketNews's top event rankings. The Black Ice World Tour will take the band on an 18-month adventure, beginning...

Mayorga, Mosley meet in matchup of former champs

Ricardo Mayorga plans to retire Shane Mosley when the former world champions meet in a 12-round junior middleweight bout at The Home Depot Center on Saturday. But both have other goals as well. "I'm not worried about the...

Hatton ready to step up

Hitman would move up to face De La Hoya or Pacman Hatton: Would fight at welterweight again What kind of a fighter would I be if the best pound-for-pound fighter is just seven pounds up from me and I wasn't ready to give...