AUSTIN, Texas — Pfc. Sativa James entered her first boxing gym at 7 years old, tagging along as her brothers tried the sport. She begged her dad to try it, too. With a small lie to make James a year ...

When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke. Chess boxing? Could it really be a thing? Turns out, it is, and it's just what it sounds like: alternate rounds of chess and boxing.

More than a dozen insiders in boxing — from promoters to fighters, coaches, and experts across the business in logistics, broadcast and law — are divided over a fast-moving piece of federal ...

Cecilia Brækhus embarked on her against-the-odds career in professional boxing almost two decades ago, and she’s hardly stopped fighting before or since. Along the way, her opponents have been many ...

UFC CEO Dana White, in partnership with Turki Alalshikh, has officially launched Zuffa Boxing, a new promotional company formed under TKO Group Holdings, with the ambitious goal of reshaping the ...

LOS ANGELES – Manny "Jimuel" Pacquiao Jr. worked the mitts with his trainer at Wild Card Boxing Club this week. The image of his famous father, Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao Sr., loomed over ...

New year, new fights. And there'll be no feeling-out process this year, no. Boxing fans will be hoping 2026's kickoff month is a sign of things to come, because we're starting this one off with a bang ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is poised to celebrate reaching his 20th year as a professional boxer. The Mexican champion ...

Boxing continues to be popular at the best sportsbooks, especially when there are championships on the line and big-name fighters on top cards. Top sportsbooks allow bettors to place wagers on all ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. When Matt ...

He briefly mentored Don King and promoted fighters both well-known (like Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson) and obscure. The fight promoter Don Elbaum in an undated photo. “Don knew more than anyone ...