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Dawson-Tarver II benefits from delay

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.

Jets add bite to defense

It was a few minutes past midnight Friday when Bart Scott‘s phone rang and his two dogs started barking.

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McCullough isn’t ready to walk away

Wayne McCullough’s return from retirement didn’t go the way he had planned. But that doesn’t mean the former world bantamweight champion is giving up.

Boxing-MMA event’s fighters ‘hungry’

As pleased as Roy Englebrecht was with the turnout for his boxing card last month at Primm Valley Resorts, he believes Saturday’s boxing-mixed martial arts tournament at the Star of the Desert Arena will trump the 4,000 who turned out to watch Yuriorkis Gamboa fight.

UFC tries to duck punch

WASHINGTON — The Ultimate Fighting Championship has come to Washington to engage in the city’s ultimate sport: lobbying.

Superfight one-sided but still entertains

One of the first questions at a news conference Wednesday to preview the Ultimate Fighting Championship 94 card was directed at UFC president Dana White.

‘The Prodigy’ finally pairs discipline with skill

There is this truth about most NFL running backs once they turn 30. Statistical evidence shows their production dramatically falls as their bodies seemingly hit a brick wall the second they blow out the candles.

Youth boxing not on the ropes, but growth stunted

MapQuest says it’s roughly 91/2 miles from the Silver Nugget to the MGM Grand. Depending on traffic, it’s a trip that takes approximately 14 minutes.

Pacquiao signs deal, awaits Hatton

A fight contract needs two signatures to be valid, and at the moment, the deal between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton for their proposed May 2 junior welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden has only one: Pacquiao’s.

Pacquiao vs. Hatton back on, Arum says

The proposed megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton, called off a day earlier, appeared to be back on late Thursday after Pacquiao signed a deal for the May 2 junior welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden.