
Joe Mesi Geared For Boxing Return
Joe Mesi sure seems like a smart guy. He's articulate, answers questions quickly, and can back up his arguments.

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Joe Mesi sure seems like a smart guy. He's articulate, answers questions quickly, and can back up his arguments.

Samuel Peter won a unanimous decision over Robert Hawkins in a heavyweight bout Thursday night, his first fight since losing to Wladimir Klitschko. Peter, from Nigeria, outclassed Hawkins with a lead left jab and rights to the head. Late in the first round, Peter dropped Hawkins with a left hook to the ribs for the bout's only knockdown.

Boxing promoter Don King says in a lawsuit that his desire to unify four major heavyweight boxing titles in a television tournament was spoiled by IBF champion Chris Byrd.

Former world champion Agapito Sanchez was pronounced dead early Tuesday morning in the Dominican Republic.

A Brazilian judge ordered Mike Tyson on Friday to return to Brazil in March to face trial for allegedly assaulting a cameraman in a nightclub.

Brazilian police questioned Mike Tyson on Thursday after a TV cameraman accused the boxer of assaulting him in a nightclub, authorities said.

Vitali Klitschko will be stripped of the WBC heavyweight title if a knee injury takes more than three months to heal.

Vitali Klitschko's heavyweight title defense next Saturday against Hasim Rahman is still on despite an injury to the champion that will force him to fight with a knee brace on.

A Manhattan judge has dismissed a negligence lawsuit against two ringside physicians filed by the widow of boxer Beethavean Scottland, who died after a light-heavyweight bout aboard an aircraft carrier on the Hudson River.

Oscar De La Hoya, at a casino to pump up a fight card featuring four title bouts, confirmed Wednesday that he'd like to have two more fights before concluding a career that saw him win six world titles.