
Souleymane MBaye Battles Kotelnik To a Draw
LIVERPOOL, England -- Souleymane MBaye of France retained his WBA light-welterweight title by fighting to a draw with Andreas Kotelnik on Saturday as a -180 favorite at bodog.

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LIVERPOOL, England -- Souleymane MBaye of France retained his WBA light-welterweight title by fighting to a draw with Andreas Kotelnik on Saturday as a -180 favorite at bodog.

LE CANNET, France - Omar Narvaes of Argentina retained his WBO flyweight title Saturday, winning a unanimous decision over Brahim Asloum of France.

Anthony Mundine won the vacant World Boxing Association super middleweight title Wednesday, stopping fellow Australian Sam Soliman in the ninth round.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ultimate Fighting Championship legend Randy Couture made a dramatic return to the octagon Saturday night, winning a unanimous decision over heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia during UFC 68: The Uprising in Nationwide Arena.

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Chris John of Indonesia retained his WBA featherweight title with a unanimous decision over Jose "Cheo" Rojas of Venezuela on Saturday.

LAS VEGAS -- They held a tour stop, and a family reunion broke out. Floyd Mayweather Jr. stood with his arm around his father Tuesday, showing him off to Oscar De La Hoya and making it clear that the senior Mayweather would have a role in preparing him for their May 5 megafight.

WARWICK, RI - A former Rhode Island boxing star is facing criminal charges.

ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. -- Five-time world champion Johnny Tapia, no longer the relentless ring savvy battler he once was, scored a majority decision Friday night over little known Evaristo Primero in what could have been Tapia's final fight.

PANAMA CITY, Panama - Argentina's Mariano Carrera will be stripped of his middleweight title for failing a second drug test, making Spain's Javier Castillejo the new champion.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Five-time world champion Johnny Tapia promises two things in what's billed as his farewell fight: He's going to cry, and he's not going to lose.