Augie Sanchez was carried out on a stretcher the last time he fought.
Boxing
Ricky Hatton has a plan. Doesn’t everyone?
Oscar De La Hoya said last week that people would be shocked by his announcement regarding his future. But his decision to retire Tuesday hardly could be described as shocking.
You won’t find Oscar De La Hoya listed near the top of any account chronicling the best boxers over the last century. He doesn’t belong close to the legends of Robinson and Ali and Armstrong and Louis.
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Oscar De La Hoya has made a decision about his boxing future and will announce his plans Tuesday.
If Winky Wright could do it over, he wouldn’t have taken 21 months off from boxing.
Paul Williams, left, easily defeated Winky Wright tonight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, winning a unanimous decision in a middleweight fight. There was no title on the line.
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With boxing’s heavyweight division lacking star power, Chris Arreola sees an opportunity to gain a title shot from either Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko, the brothers who between them hold four of the five belts.
To Winky Wright, rust, like age, is a relative thing.
Jesus Magdaleno has dreamed of being a world champion ever since his father put a pair of boxing gloves on his hands when he was 6 years old.
Losing several weeks of training to a hand injury isn’t a good thing, but ultimately it might have been a blessing for Chad Dawson in his light heavyweight rematch against Antonio Tarver on May 9.
Joe Cortez installed a boxing ring in his home a few years ago to keep him sharp as a referee.