They're giving this fight a hook
BILL DWYRE
As the Dec. 6 bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao approaches, the propaganda is flowing freely from the two camps.

latimes.com
MMA
MMA vet, who took more than 30 unanswered blows, says ref did not wait too long to end fight and doesn't know "what the big deal is." >>

November 16, 2008
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Former wrestler pummels UFC crowd favorite and referee stops it in the second round. >>

November 14, 2008
BILL DWYRE
The boxer meets the press -- meaning pretty much anyone with a camera -- as he prepares for his bout with the younger, harder-punching Manny Pacquiao. >>

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
The veteran ends his legal separation from UFC and will face Lesnar, the next big thing in mixed martial arts. >>

November 9, 2008
NEWSWIRE
Calzaghe improves to 46-0 in what he says will be his last fight. >>

November 3, 2008
TOTALLY RANDOM
The 39-year-old British super-featherweight scores a win in his 300th and final career bout, but finishes with 32 victories, 256 defeats and 12 draws -- the worst on record. >>

November 2, 2008
BOXING
Armenian boxer stops Mexico's Mijares in the ninth round to add WBC, WBA 115-pound titles to his IBF belt. >>

October 31, 2008
BOXING
The IBF super-flyweight champion is remorseful for what happened to Victor Burgos after pummeling him, but his mentality hasn't changed for his upcoming bout against Cristian Mijares at the Home Depot Center. >>

October 22, 2008
The organization, whose last show featured a 14-second fight, calls it quits after losing $55 million. >>

October 19, 2008
BOXING
The 43-year-old Philadelphian gives the 26-year-old middleweight champion a boxing lesson in a nontitle bout in Atlantic City, N.J. >>

October 18, 2008
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Bisping's career began with a working-class drive that took him from the factories in Lancashire, England, to a lucrative position in mixed martial arts. >>

October 17, 2008
BOXING
The cousins took divergent paths in boxing but still support each other at all times. >>

October 9, 2008
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Petruzelli's comments after win make some think fight's promoters tried to protect the popular Slice. >>

October 4, 2008
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
The woman considered to be the No. 1 women's MMA fighter in the world is scheduled to face Kelly Kobold in Florida. >>

September 30, 2008
BILL DWYRE
The American boxer who gracefully endured one of the Olympic Games' worst decisions could be ending a remarkable career with his matchup against unbeaten Joe Calzaghe of Wales. >>

September 28, 2008
BOXING
Mosley provides big finish at Home Depot Center. >>

September 26, 2008
BOXING
Both boxers are thinking ahead to who might be their next opponents after the Saturday fight at Home Depot Center. >>

BOXING
Arreola beats Israel Garcia with a TKO in the third round and Williams knocks out Andy Kolle in the first round in matches at Soboba Casino in San Jacinto. >>

September 25, 2008
BOXING
Heavyweight from Riverside and middleweight from South Carolina highlight a card tonight at the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto. >>

September 23, 2008
BOXING
His third trainer in three fights will be Mexico's Ignacio 'Nacho' Beristain. The boxer is preparing to face Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6. >>

September 14, 2008
BILL DWYRE
Marquez comes back from loss to Manny Pacquiao and comes up with big punches. >>

September 13, 2008
BILL DWYRE
Two weeks before he was scheduled to box for Cuba in the 1996 Olympics, Casamayor escaped an unhappy training camp in Guadalajara. >>

August 20, 2008
BILL DWYRE
The sport has had some inexplicable decisions in the last 20 years, but scoring seems to be on the mark at these Games. >>

August 11, 2008
The gym where heavyweight champions Henry Tillman and Lamon Brewster once trained is back in fighting shape. >>

August 10, 2008
OLYMPIC BOXING
Although his parents are at home in Bell because of his father Juan's illness, two aunts and two uncles are in Beijing to see the U.S. middleweight easily win his first-round Olympic match. >>

March 26, 2008
CHUCK LIDDELL CHAT
Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Chuck Liddell answered readers' questions in a live chat March 26. >>

July 26, 2008
BILL DWYRE
Oscar De La Hoya wants another bout, and tonight's welterweight title match in Las Vegas will help him narrow his options. >>

March 30, 2006
125 YEARS | THE RING
Before football came and went, before the Dodgers and Lakers, boxing was the center of the Los Angeles sporting world. >>

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