Usher gets ready for role as Sugar Ray Leonard
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Usher believes his dancing skills will help him in his upcoming role as Sugar Ray Leonard in 'Hands of Stone'...
Artist chosen for Philly statue of boxer Joe Frazier
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An artist has been chosen to create a Philadelphia statue in honor of late hometown boxing great Joe Frazier...
Jack Johnson's family wants pardon
HOUSTON (AP) - Relatives and hometown supporters of boxing's first black heavyweight champion are turning to YouTube to convince the President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon him of a 1913 conviction for accompanying a white woman across state lines...
Mike Tyson weighs in on comeback; calls Chris Brown a 'wonderful kid'
theGRIO REPORT - Mike Tyson has fought both in and outside the boxing ring to moderate a reputation renowned for world dominion, yet smeared by personal plight, and it has taken decades to come out clean on top...
Ex-Heavyweight Champ Larry Holmes hospitalized, released home
EASTON, Pennsylvania (AP) — Former heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes is recovering at home in eastern Pennsylvania after he was hospitalized for two days because of high blood sugar...
A champ at 48, Bernard Hopkins may stay in ring
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bernard Hopkins has another belt around his waist and a slice of boxing history to his name. He just might not have another bout...
Retired boxer Tony Martin shot, killed in Philly
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Family members say retired boxer Tony Martin was fatally shot in an altercation with a visitor at one of his rental properties in Philadelphia...
Mike Tyson takes one-man show on national tour
theGRIO REPORT - Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is taking his one-man show "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" on a 10-week, 36-city tour.
Mike Tyson launches children’s foundation
NEWS ONE - Former world heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson (pictured) has traveled quite a road from fighter, spousal abuser and convicted rapist, to ear biter, pigeon lover, actor and now, children’s philanthropist...
Sugar Ray Leonard recounts sex abuse
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Retired boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard said Monday he cried for Jerry Sandusky's accusers after hearing of the former Penn State assistant football coach's arrest on child sex abuse charges nearly a year ago...
