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Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: November 8, 2021 at 01:05AM Would-be foes and matchmakers see the 168-pound champion as a path to a career payday.

Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: November 6, 2021 at 12:59AM It’s difficult to be an undisputed champion in boxing. Álvarez feels he can burnish his legacy by taking all the major belts at 168 pounds.

Author: BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN - Publish Date: October 13, 2021 at 01:53AM He was a hero in Boston “not because he’s the greatest prizefighter in the world, which he isn’t,” a sportswriter wrote, “but because he’s so damned courageous.”

Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: October 11, 2021 at 03:40AM After beating Deontay Wilder and retaining his heavyweight belt, Tyson Fury can target the winner of the rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk.

Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL AND OSKAR GARCIA - Publish Date: October 10, 2021 at 06:30AM The main event will likely happen sometime after 11 p.m. Eastern.

Author: BY JAY CASPIAN KANG - Publish Date: September 28, 2021 at 02:12AM He’s our favorite combatant-saint.

Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: September 27, 2021 at 01:28AM Oleksandr Usyk’s defeat of Anthony Joshua complicates the division but creates more opportunities for big fighters to face one another.

Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: September 26, 2021 at 06:16AM Usyk beat Joshua in a unanimous decision as Joshua had been openly looking toward the winner of a forthcoming Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder bout.

Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: September 25, 2021 at 12:09AM Anthony Joshua will try to defend his heavyweight titles on Saturday in a fight that could set up a bout against either Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury.

Author: BY JAY CASPIAN KANG - Publish Date: September 17, 2021 at 02:05AM But organizing MMA fighters is a particularly tough challenge.

Author: BY EMMANUEL MORGAN - Publish Date: August 31, 2021 at 12:31AM Paul, the social media star turned boxer, hoped his eight-round, split-decision victory over Tyron Woodley would give him legitimacy in the sport.

Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: August 23, 2021 at 01:40AM Pacquiao did not announce his retirement after a defeat to Yordenis Ugas in Saturday’s title bout. But he dropped some hints and has also publicly considered a run for president of the Philippines.

Author: BY ANNA JOYCE AND MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: July 10, 2021 at 01:20AM Mr. Fury had been scheduled to go up against Deontay Wilder on July 24.

Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: June 28, 2021 at 04:19AM Davis won an old-school, high-stakes matchup at a time when boxing is figuring out whether a recent wave of popular novelty fights will boost the sport or threaten it.

Author: BY KEVIN DRAPER - Publish Date: June 18, 2021 at 01:42AM There is perhaps no greater hurdle to a return to normalcy in sports than the hesitancy among some elite athletes to be vaccinated.

Author: BY EMMANUEL MORGAN - Publish Date: June 7, 2021 at 05:40AM

Author: BY KEN BELSON - Publish Date: May 9, 2021 at 11:01AM Olympic organizers changed how boxers from the Americas would qualify for Tokyo because of the pandemic. Now one of the best Canadians is on the outside looking in.

Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL - Publish Date: May 8, 2021 at 11:01AM Beyond Álvarez’s bout on Saturday night with Billy Joe Saunders, it is not very clear where boxing is headed. Thank the sport’s usual gamesmanship.

Author: BY MICHAEL LEVENSON - Publish Date: March 14, 2021 at 10:42AM One of the most formidable boxers of his era, Hagler defended his title 12 times before losing to Sugar Ray Leonard in a 1987 split decision.

Author: BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN - Publish Date: February 7, 2021 at 07:28AM He was an Olympic champion with few pro fights under his belt when he surprised the world by beating the champ in 1978. Things did not go smoothly after that.