An Uzbek businessman who has been accused of ties to organized crime was elected president of the amateur boxing association on Saturday, putting the sport on a collision course with the International Olympic Committee.

Winding up his visit to the United Kingdom, WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao yesterday confirmed the date and place of his coming title defense against American Adrien Broner.

Floyd Mayweather has called off his bout with Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa and says he was "blindsided" by promoters of the proposed New Year's Eve event.

Even as boxing is under threat of expulsion from the Olympic calendar, there is no stopping the training of Filipino fighters hoping for a chance to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Games.

WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao delivered an inspiring speech before the Oxford Union, the university’s prestigious debating society, then spoke from the heart in a one-on-one interview on stage at a packed auditorium on the school campus late Monday afternoon.