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LONDON (Reuters) - Former champion Amir Khan will fight undefeated American light-welterweight Danny Garcia on July 14 for the WBC title. The Briton's rematch against Lamont Peterson, scheduled for May 19, was called off after Peterson, who beat Khan in controversial circumstances to win the WBA super-lightweight and IBF …

LONDON (Reuters) - Former champion Amir Khan will fight undefeated American light-welterweight Danny Garcia on July 14 for the WBC title. The Briton's rematch against Lamont Peterson, scheduled for May 19, was called off after Peterson, who beat Khan in controversial circumstances to win the WBA super-lightweight and IBF …

Manny Pacquiao's devotion to religion and comments against gay marriage will not have an impact as a training distraction or in the ring as the Filipino icon prepares to fight unbeaten American Tim Bradley.

Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor will battle for a historic Olympic gold as the world number one after she claimed her fourth consecutive lightweight title on Saturday.

Manny Pacquiao says he loves and supports gays and lesbians, even though he does not approve of gay marriage.

QINHUANGDAO, China (Reuters) - Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships on Wednesday. The three-times world and five-times European lightweight champion went through to the last four when her Romanian opponent Mihaela Lacatus …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The success of Manny Pacquiao is delivering a knockout blow to Filipino dreams of a first Olympic gold medal, with young boxers fast-tracking to the professional ranks in a desperate bid to escape poverty and emulate their hero. Manny Pinol, a former governor of North Cotabato and current manager of …

Golden Boy Promotions has asked boxing commissioners in Washington to turn English fighter Amir Khan's loss to Lamont Peterson into a no-contest result, ESPN reported on Saturday.

Amir Khan's promoter has canceled the British boxer's fight against Lamont Peterson because of the American's failed drug test.

Lamont Peterson's camp is "disappointed and distraught" by the decision to cancel a world light-welterweight title showdown next week against Britain's Amir Khan after the American failed a drug test.

Laila Ali kicked off a national conference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX at the University of Michigan.

LONDON (Reuters) - Anyone involved in the proposed heavyweight fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora at West Ham United's Upton Park stadium on July 14 will be stripped of their licence, the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) said on Wednesday. The pair were involved in a brawl at a news conference following Chisora's …

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's greatest athletes descend on London in July for the 2012 Olympics. Reuters' Martyn Herman highlights 10 to watch when the Games get underway:

British boxing's governing body has condemned the proposed 'grudge' match between former world heavyweight champion David Haye and Dereck Chisora and threatened sanctions towards anyone involved in the contest.

With a May 19 bout in Las Vegas on the line, boxer Lamont Peterson's lawyer is telling Nevada boxing regulators the champion fighter's failed doping test in March stemmed from an "inadvertent" failure to disclose medical treatment last November for low testosterone levels.

Lamont Peterson's scheduled May 19 rematch with Amir Khan in Las Vegas has been called into doubt after a Nevada boxing official said Peterson failed a doping test.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The heavily anticipated rematch between Britain's Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson, scheduled for May 19 in Las Vegas, has been cast in doubt after the American tested positive for a banned substance, organizers said on Tuesday. Peterson, who beat Khan in controversial circumstances to win the WBA super-lightweight …

Lamont Peterson's scheduled May 19 rematch with Amir Khan in Las Vegas has been called into doubt after a Nevada boxing official said Peterson failed a drug test.

Boxer Lamont Peterson failed a drug test, putting a May 19 light-welterweight rematch in Las Vegas against former title holder Amir Khan in doubt, a Nevada boxing official said Tuesday.

The long-awaited rematch between Lamont Peterson and British boxer Amir Khan has been thrown into doubt after the American failed a drug's test, a report said Tuesday.

Former world heavyweight champion David Haye vowed to knock out Dereck Chisora on Tuesday as a controversial July grudge match between the British fighters was confirmed.

LONDON (Reuters) - Unlicensed British boxers David Haye and Dereck Chisora will face each other at West Ham United's Upton Park stadium on July 14 in a fight sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation, promoter Frank Warren said on Tuesday. The two British heavyweights were involved in a brawl during the news conference …

By Mark Lamport-Stokes