There are 17 weight classes in professional boxing, and five major recognised belts for each of the divisions: The WBA (World ...

Ray Close, the former European super-middleweight champion who has died aged 57, had just emerged as one of Northern ...

Mike Tyson’s life has been a roller coaster ride of extreme highs and the lowest of lows, according to his four-part, Netflix ...

Mike Tyson is one of the greatest boxers of all time, but his life outside the ring has not been without controversy or ...

Two-thirds of regional sport coverage is dedicated to football, but coverage of women’s football – at least in regional ...

Rhian Wilkinson says the pressure will be on Gemma Grainger's Norway in their Women's World Cup play-off final against Wales ...

Wilfredo Gomez, a native of Puerto Rico who won world championships in three different weight classifications, died on ...

Three-weight world champion Wilfredo 'Bazooka' Gomez has died aged 69. The Puerto Rican won the WBC super-bantamweight title, ...

By Per-Åke Persson Danish Fight Night, with promoter Bettina Palle, returns to Hotel Scandic Sluseholmen in Copenhagen on ...

From Jane Couch's 1998 licence battle to Katie Taylor's Croke Park farewell, the milestones that took women's boxing from refused licences to stadium headliners.

One of the more fun signings for Zuffa Boxing in its first year as a promotion will headline Saturday's return as "The Romford Bull" Johnny Fisher takes on Michael Pirotton inside London's Copper Box ...

Bobby Gould, who played most of his 11-year NHL career with the Washington Capitals, has died. He was 69. The Canadian Press Kyle Busch's 11-year-old son highlights his father's 'celebration of life' ...