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Middleweight Joval to Face McGirt in Saratoga

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -Middleweight contender Raymond Joval is scheduled to face prospect and champion's son James "Buddy" McGirt Jr. in the 10-round main event July 25 in Saratoga Springs. The eight-fight card at the 1,500-seat City Center c  >>> Full Story

Gang Witnesses Link Tyson to NYC Contract Killing

NEW YORK (AP) -Mike Tyson's taking a beating. This time, it's not in the ring or the tabloids. Instead, witnesses in an obscure racketeering case have linked the once-feared boxer to talk of two murder schemes in his old neighborhood. They claim he  >>> Full Story

Pacquiao Could Be Boxing's Pound-for-pound King

LAS VEGAS (AP) -The WBC lightweight title belt looked perfectly natural hanging off Manny Pacquiao's shoulder after he battered David Diaz. That invisible crown on his head seemed like a perfect fit as well. From the first too-quick combination t  >>> Full Story

Weekend Fights

LAS VEGAS (AP) -Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, stopped David Diaz, Chicago, 9, to win the WBC lightweight title; Steven Luevano, La Puente, Calif., drawed Mario Santiago, Puerto Rico, 12, to retain his WBO featherweight title; Francisco Lorenzo, Dominican R  >>> Full Story

Pacquiao Stops Diaz in 9th, Wins Lightweight Crown

LAS VEGAS (AP) -Speed has been Manny Pacquiao's specialty ever since he was a scrawny 106-pound teenage brawler. When he stepped in the ring weighing 135 pounds on Saturday night, even his trainer wondered whether Pacquiao would lose some of his splendid  >>> Full Story

Luevano Keeps Title, Barrett KOs Fields

LAS VEGAS (AP) -Steven Luevano retained his WBO featherweight title in a scintillating draw with Mario Santiago on Saturday night, and Monte Barrett knocked out touted heavyweight prospect Tye Fields 57 seconds into the first round on the eventful underca  >>> Full Story

Williams Stops Hamel in First Round

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -Ricardo Williams Jr. needed only one round Friday night in his first fight since his release from prison this year. The 27-year-old Williams, the 2000 Olympic silver medalist who served a three-year sentence for a cocaine d  >>> Full Story

Friday's Fights

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -Breidis Prescott, Colombia, outpointed Richard Abril, Cuba, 10, lightweights. CABAZON, Calif. (AP) - Abner Mares, Mexico, outpointed Jonathan Arias, Mexico, 10, bantamweights; Nestor Rocha, Montebello, Cali., outpointed Jos  >>> Full Story

Peterson, Martirosyan Win Decisions

LAS VEGAS (AP) -Lightweight prospect Anthony Peterson easily outpointed Fernando Trejo on Thursday night, maintaining his perfect record in a dull unanimous decision. Junior middleweight Vanes Martirosyan also remained unbeaten with a more punishing e  >>> Full Story

Thursday's Fights

LAS VEGAS (AP) -Anthony Peterson, Memphis, Tenn., outpointed Fernando Trejo, Mexico, 12, to win the interim NABF lightweight title. Vanes Martirosyan, Glendale, Calif., outpointed Angel Hernandez, Mexico, 10, light middleweights. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Ken  >>> Full Story

Underdog Champ David Diaz Hopes to Get Pacquiao's Goat
	LAS VEGAS (AP) -The goat really got David Diaz. The WBC lightweight champion made it from the Olympics to the pinnacle of prizefighting with a firm belief that his fate was in his own hands. He absorbed that philosophy from his parents while they rais  >>> Full Story