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Usher (via Twitter)

Usher gets ready for role as Sugar Ray Leonard

Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press
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'...
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Artist chosen for Philly statue of boxer Joe Frazier

Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An artist has been chosen to create a Philadelphia statue in honor of late hometown boxing great Joe Frazier...
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Jack Johnson (AP Photo)

Jack Johnson's family wants pardon

Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press
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...
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Mike Tyson with his wife Kiki Tyson arrive at the opening Night Of 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth' At The Pantages Theatre at the Pantages Theatre on March 8, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Mike Tyson weighs in on comeback; calls Chris Brown a 'wonderful kid'

Courtney Garcia
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...
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oxer Larry Holmes attends IWC Flagship Boutique New York City Grand Opening at IWC Boutique on April 25, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for IWC)

Ex-Heavyweight Champ Larry Holmes hospitalized, released home

Associated Press
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...
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Bernard Hopkins poses for photographs after an IBF Light Heavyweight championship boxing match against Tavoris Cloud at the Barclays Center Saturday, March 9, 2013, in New York. Hopkins won by unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

A champ at 48, Bernard Hopkins may stay in ring

Dan Gelston, Associated Press
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...
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In this March, 29,1997 file photo, Tony Martin, left, of Philadelphia, punches Mexico's Julio Cesar Chavez in the second round of their Welterweight Special Attraction fight, in Las Vegas. Police say that Martin, a former welterweight, was fatally shot Friday, March 8, 2013, in an altercation with a visitor at one of his rental properties in Philadelphia. He was 52. (AP Photo/Jeff Scheid, File)

Retired boxer Tony Martin shot, killed in Philly

Associated Press
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...
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Mike Tyson speaks on stage during his speaking tour, 'Day of the Champions' at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on November 16, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Mike Tyson takes one-man show on national tour

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is taking his one-man show "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" on a 10-week, 36-city tour.
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Mike Tyson takes part in a curtain call following his 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth' Broadway Opening Night at Longacre Theatre on August 2, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Mike Tyson launches children’s foundation

Ruth Manuel-Logan, News One
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...
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World title boxer Sugar Ray Leonard speaks regarding his personal experiences of abuse at the Child Sexual Abuse Conference in State College, Pa., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)

Sugar Ray Leonard recounts sex abuse

Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press
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...
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