CROWN POINT, Ind. - Angel “El Diablo” Manfredy was one of the most successful boxers to emerge from the Region. The colorful fighter won a junior lightweight world title, beat big-name fighters like ...

The latest buzz going around the boxing world is the fear that mixed martial arts will replace boxing as the number-one combat sport in the world. Since the early 80’s when ESPN introduced kick boxing ...

Eight-time world boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. is moving into MMA, albeit on the promotional side of things. His Square Ring Promotions will put on “March Badness,” a mixed boxing/MMA card on March 21 ...

been talked about on a big level and done a few times on a small level, with negative results more often than not. The two sports have different audiences. Some believe MMA is a flash in the pan and ...

At a little past 6 p.m. Saturday, in what seemed a tiny 17-foot circle in the middle of this pit thing at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Don Mouton of Houston and Lekan Byfield of Yonkers, N.Y. — a ...

Jan. 15—Jerone Penrose III's gloved fists fly at the punching bag. His older sister, Starr Penrose, is nearby, working combinations. In the boxing ring, Troy Nash holds a body bag to his chest and ...

About one-third of professional mixed martial arts matches end in knockout or technical knockout, indicating a higher incidence of brain trauma than boxing or other martial arts, according to a new ...