Robert Guerrero had firearms charges dismissed on Tuesday. (David Livingston/Getty Images)

Robert Guerrero, a six-time and four-division world champion boxer, had all of the firearm charges brought against him after his March arrest dropped on Tuesday, according to a press release sent to Sports Illustrated.

Guerrero, 30, was arrested March 28 at JFK Airport after an unloaded firearm was found in his luggage that he claimed was locked in a safe box. The boxer notified airport security of the firearm while checking the luggage and he was within his legal right to own a firearm in his home state of California. The decision to dismiss the charges was made by the New York State Supreme Court for Queens County. Had he been convicted, he would’ve faced up to four years in prison.

But Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KOs) did plead guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $250. He is also ordered to complete 50 hours of community service, which he can perform in California.

Guerrero said he never intended to violate any laws but knows that “ignorance of the law is not an excuse.”

“I’m pleased that the District Attorney’s Office considered my case carefully and resolved it fairly,” said Guerrero. “I never intended to violate New York law, but I know that ignorance of the law is not an excuse. Lesson learned. I’m happy this incident is behind me and looking forward to returning to the ring as well as serving my community as ordered by the court.”

The incident at the airport happened while he was on a press tour for his May 4 bout against Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Guerrero lost the fight by a unanimous decision.

David Haye has withdrawn from his June fight against Manuel Charr. (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye announced on Tuesday that he is withdrawing from his fight in June versus Manuel Charr.

The British boxer said he injured his hand on Sunday while training and will need at least a month to rest it. Haye (26-2) was scheduled to fight Germany’s Charr (23-1) June 29 in Manchester, England. It would have been only his second time fighting since losing the WBA title to Wladimir Klitschko in July 2011.

Haye, 32, said he is “absolutely gutted” to have to withdraw from the fight and apologized to Charr, according to The Sun:

“I’m absolutely gutted to have to pull out of this fight. I pick up injuries now and again in training, and sometimes carry them into fights, but this was one I simply couldn’t recover from in time. I need to rest it up for at least four weeks. I apologise to Charr and to everybody involved with the promotion. But most of all I want to say sorry to the thousands of fans who bought tickets to the fight. I felt it was important to let them know about the cancellation as soon as possible, so they can now make other plans. As soon as I am told I can resume full training, my loyal fans will be the first to know.”

Josie Harris, Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s former long-term partner, spoke out against allegations in a recent documentary that her claims of domestic abuse by the champion boxer — claims that landed Mayweather in prison for two months — were false.

Speaking publicly about the incident for the first time in an interview with Yahoo! Sports writer Martin Rogers, Harris said that the events of Sept. 9, 2010 could have ended tragically. She felt compelled to speak up now because Mayweather, who has three children with Harris, called the charges “over-exaggerated” and “trumped up” in a Showtime documentary called 30 Days in May.

The Yahoo! article cites the police and doctor’s reports, which noted Harris’ bruising and quoted the statement from their son, who said he ”saw my Dad hitting” and “kicking my Mom.”

Harris said the incident started because Mayweather was unhappy that she had started seeing then-Bulls guard C.J. Watson after she and Mayweather had stopped seeing each other. Representatives for Mayweather didn’t respond to Rogers’ requests for comment.

From the Yahoo! article:

“Did he beat me to a pulp?” Harris said. “No, but I had bruises on my body and contusions and [a] concussion because the hits were to the back of my head. I believe it was planned to do that … because the bruises don’t show …”

…”All I heard is, ‘Who is C.J. Watson, C.J. Watson the basketball player?’ ” Harris says. “From there it was just … bad. I was powerless. He was holding me down. I couldn’t fight back. The kids were screaming and crying, ‘You’re hurting my Mom.’”

At one point, Mayweather yelled, “I’m going to kill you and the man you are messing around with,” Harris told police. “I’m going to have you both disappear.”

Since Mayweather’s release, Rogers reports, Mayweather and Harris have re-established a relationship.

“[I'm sure] he feels what he did was wrong, but he still hasn’t apologized,” Harris told Rogers. “I don’t know if he thinks I deserved it, [and] if he doesn’t need to apologize to the kids because he is the father.”

Timothy Bradley said he received death threats after beating Manny Pacquiao last year. (John Gurzinski /Getty Images)

WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley said Tuesday he received multiple death threats after beating Manny Pacquiao in a 12-round split decision last June.

Bradley snatched the belt from Pacquiao when two judges scored the bout 115–113 for Bradley and the other had the fight 115–113 in favor of Pacquiao.

“I didn’t get any credit after the Pacquiao fight whatsoever,” Bradley said, via USA Today. “People talked about me and my style, how boring (it is). Some people talked about my wife, talked about my kids. I’ve had some people send me death threats because I won. I had a lot of people say I should give the belt back.”

Bradley said he did not report the threats to authorities.

Bradley (29-0, 12 KOs) will defend his 147-pound title March 16 against Ruslan Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KOs) of Siberia. The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds and will be televised by HBO from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Mike Tyson is suing a firm over embezzlement. (Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Mike Tyson and his wife are suing a firm owned by Live Nation Entertainment, claiming one of its advisers, who Tyson said he trusted enough to have present at his wedding, embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the former heavyweight champion and cost him several million in lost earnings.

Tyson and his wife, Lakiha, are seeking more than $5 million for a number of allegations against the firm, including fiduciary duty, negligent hiring, unjust enrichment and other claims. SFX Financial Advisory Management Enterprises has failed to provide Tyson with a full account of the losses he suffered, according to a report from the Associated Press, and has returned only a fraction of the embezzled money. Live Nation said it has not received a copy of the lawsuit and therefore refuses to comment on the matter.

SFX wanted Tyson to sign a non-disclosure agreement, but he has obviously refused. The adviser, Brian Ourand, has since left SFX but the Tyson’s allege his actions prevented them from emerging from bankruptcy and forced them to hire new advisers when they could have instead entered into lucrative contracts:

”Defendants did not secure, protect, safeguard and appropriately apply the Tysons’ finances for their intended purposes,” the case states, ”but instead misappropriated said funds for the benefit and enrichment of SFX/Live Nation.”

Kelly Pavlik, 30, retires with a 40-2 record and 34 knockouts. (Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

Citing concerns about his health and motivation, 30-year-old Kelly Pavlik told ESPN.com that he will retire from boxing.

The former middleweight champion boasts a lifetime record of 40-2, including 34 knockouts. He held the title belt from 2007, when he defeated Jermain Taylor, to 2010, when he lost to Sergio Martinez, making three successful defenses in between.

Pavlik told ESPN’s Dan Rafael that concern over future medical problems, as well as a lack of drive to continue fighting, led to his decision to retire.

“When you stay in the sport too long you have health problems. That’s a big, big thing for me,” Pavlik said. “I’m not talking about now. I’m talking about in the future. I’m talking about when I’m 55 or 60. What’s gonna happen to me then? Why take any more chances, especially in that sport. It’s a brutal sport and you never know what can happen.

Pavlik took two separate layoffs of nearly a full year between 2010 and 2012, facing personal problems that included alcoholism, a contract dispute and a breakup with trainer Jack Loew. He has plans to open a gym in his native Youngstown, Ohio.

He was scheduled to challenge super middleweight champion Andre Ward on Jan. 26, but the fight was pushed back and eventually cancelled because of Ward’s shoulder injury. Pavlik said that the cancellation may have been a blessing in disguise.

“I’ve been a pro for 13 years and doing this since I was 9,” he said. “I go away for two or three months at a time (to train) and I’m tired of leaving my family. It comes to a point where you just don’t want to do that anymore. I put my money away and then with the Ward fight being canceled, well, health and time with my family is more important at this stage, especially with no guaranteed big fight or date.”

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight at least twice in 2013. (Andrew D. Bernstein, Getty Images)

Floyd Mayweather Jr. could make his long-anticipated return to the ring with two fights in 2013, according to a report from ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael. Rafael quotes Leonard Ellerbe, one of Mayweather’s closest advisers, saying that the fights will take place on two major Mexican holidays.

“Floyd has told us that he is fighting twice in 2013 with the first date being May 4 — Cinco De Mayweather — and the second date being Sept. 14,” Ellerbe told ESPN.com.

Ellerbe says both fights will be in Las Vegas, but what isn’t known yet is who Mayweather will fight. A bout against Manny Pacquiao has been the most requested matchup in boxing in recent years, but there are no indications that either of Mayweather’s 2013 fights will be against the Filipino.

Mike Tyson revealed a previously unknown interaction with Brad Pitt in a radio interview (AFP)

Former heavyweight champion of the world and current celebrity-for-celebrity’s-sake Mike Tyson claims he walked in on Brad Pitt having sex with his then-wife in the middle of the couple’s divorce in the late 1980s. Speaking to Yahoo! Sports’ In Depth with Graham Bensinger (transcribed here in the Herald Sun), Tyson said he found the pair when he returned home from a meeting with his divorce lawyer.

“I would go to my lawyer’s office to say she’s a pig and stealing, I would go to … her house to have sex with her. This particular day, someone beat me to the punch. And I guess Brad got there earlier than I did,” he said.

“I was mad as hell. I was going to … you should have saw his face when he saw me.”

Tyson also admitted that he was high on cocaine while filming his cameo in 2009′s The Hangover – a role that did much to revive his celebrity after his retirement from boxing and multiple legal and criminal battles.

Fights broke out between the sisters and alleged girlfriends of Hector “Macho” Camacho during the slain boxer’s wake. (Mark Leffingwell/AFP/Getty Images)

Fights broke out during the second day of the viewing of deceased Puerto Rican boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho, reports ESPN.

Cynthia Castillo, who claimed to be Camacho’s girlfriend at the time of his death, kissed the fighter at the viewing and then got into a confrontation with Gloria Fernandez, who said she had been Camacho’s girlfriend for the past 25 years. Camacho’s sisters Esther and Estrella also entered the fray.

“I went to get something to eat because Machito [Hector Camacho Jr.] told me to, and his ex-girlfriend [Fernandez] came up to me and told me that I had to leave,” Castillo told ESPN Deportes, showing a fresh scratch across her clavicle. “I said no, so they threw my plate of food and attacked me, and I defended myself.”

Jorge Lozada, who said he was a member of the Camacho family, allegedly tried to separate Camacho’s mother, Maria Matias, and the wife of former bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez. Pushing and shoving also occurred between Lozada and Vazquez.

Camacho won super lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight world titles in the 1980s. He was shot on Nov. 20 in his hometown of Bayamon and died three days later after doctors took him off life support. He was 50 at the time.

The viewing took place at the Puerto Rico Department of Sports and Recreation, and hundreds of people visited Camacho’s open casket for two days. His body was flown to New York on Thursday and will be buried at Saint Raymond’s Cemetery in the Bronx on Saturday.

Super middleweight champ Andre Ward, who fought just one match in 2012, will make his sixth title defense in January. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Super middleweight champion Andre Ward will defend his unified titles against former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik on Jan. 26 in Los Angeles, reports ESPN.com.

The 28-year-old, 168-pound Ward, ranked No. 2 in SI.com’s pound-for-pound top 15, fought just one match in 2012 because of a hand injury.

This will be his sixth title defense, and will be part of HBO’s “World Championship Boxing” doubleheader at the Galen Center, home of USC basketball. A heavyweight, title elimination bout between Cristobal Arreola and Bermane Stiverne will be the co-feature, with the winner challenging titleholder Vitali Klitschko.

Pavlik, who boasts a 40-2 record and 34 knockouts, held the middleweight title from 2007 to 2010.

ESPN.com has more on the two super middleweights, whose promoters began negotiating the fight in mid-October:

[Ward], the 2004 U.S. Olympic gold medalist, who won the Super Six World Boxing Classic in December by easily outpointing England’s Carl Froch to unify two of the 168-pound belts in the tournament final, is coming off a devastating performance on Sept. 8. He destroyed light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson, another pound-for-pound caliber fighter. Dawson dropped down in weight for the fight and Ward (26-0, 14 KOs) routed him, scoring three knockdowns en route to a 10th-round knockout.

Many view Pavlik as an easier assignment for Ward than Dawson or some of his Super Six opponents, such as Froch and Mikkel Kessler, because he has not had a significant win in a few years and has had outside the ring issues.

Famed boxer Hector Camacho has been declared brain dead from a shooting. (Mark Leffingwell/Getty Images)

Hector Camacho, a famed Puerto Rican boxer, has been declared brain-dead by doctors in the wake of an incident Tuesday night in his hometown city of Bayamon where nine small bags of cocaine were found in the pocket of his now-deceased friend seated next to him in a parked car outside a bar where the two were shot, according to an ESPN report. 

The director of the trauma center in San Juan where Camacho is being treated said the medical staff tried everything possible to help him:

“We have done everything we could. We have to tell the people of Puerto Rico and the entire world that Macho Camacho has died, he is brain-dead.”

There are reportedly still some deliberations going on within the Camacho family as to whether he should remain on life support and a decision is expected by Friday. Doctors were initially reluctant to call him brain-dead and reported “irregular and intermittent brain activity” as of Wednesday night, but because the shot tore through four arteries in his neck, Camacho, 34, experienced a critical loss of oxygen to the brain, according to the doctor:

“That lack of oxygen greatly damaged Macho Camacho’s brain.”

Camacho had a career boxing record of 79-6-3, highlighted by fights against Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard, who was knocked out by Camacho in 1997, thus marking the end of a comeback attempt for Leonard.

Camacho had been living in Puerto Rico and Florida as of late, and had served time in jail after robbing a computer store in Mississippi while in possession of the drug ecstasy. He also had domestic abuse complaints filed against him on two occasions by his wife before she filed for divorce.

Floyd Mayweather (left) and 50 Cent (right) have been offere $5 million each to fight. (Garrett Ellwood, Getty Images)

Not long ago, rapper 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather wanted to make money together. Now they’re being offered money to fight.

Allhiphop.com reports that a team of money-rich investors has approached Mayweather and 50 Cent, offering each a cool $5 million to fight in a boxing match against each other. The investors – billionaire Alki David and business partner Damon Feldman – want 50 Cent and Mayweather to fight three two-minute rounds in headgear and protective gloves in Las Vegas. The bout would be shown live on FilmOn.com and BattleCam.com – both sites that David has invested in.

The real-life feud between Mayweather and 50 Cent is relatively new. The two initially planned to go into the boxing promotion business together, but tensions arose between the two after Mayweather was released from prison on August 3. 50 Cent then elected to go into business with Manny Pacquiao – Mayweather’s chief rival in the world of boxing.

There is no word on yet on whether either party would agree to the fight.

Ricky Hatton may be heading back into the ring soon (Scott Heavey, Getty Images)

The Hitman is back in business. Ricky Hatton, the British boxer that fought for twelve years in the welterweight and light welterweight circuits before retiring last year, is expected to announce his return to the sport in a Friday press conference, according to a report from Sky Sports.

Hatton’s career included WBA and IBF championships at Light Welterweight in addition to a WBA Welterweight championship. He amassed a 45-2 record over the course of his career, but is perhaps better known in the United States for the two fights he lost – to Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.

The 10th round knockout loss to Mayweather in 2007 served as the beginning of the end of “Hitman” Hatton’s career in the ring. Hatton won two more fights in 2008, then was knocked out twice in the first round against Manny Pacquiao in 2009. Hatton has not fought since, and announced his retirement in July of 2011. Since then, he was worked primarily as a boxing promoter, though he has continued to train.

Sky reports a comeback fight could take place at the MEN Arena in Hatton’s hometown of Manchester this November. Paulie Malignaggi is cited as a possible opponent.

Manny Pacquiao next fight will be Dec. 1 instead of Nov. 10. Pacquiao is running for re-election for a congressional seat in the Philippines. (John Gurzinski/Getty Images)

Manny Pacquiao will fight an unnamed opponent on Dec. 1 according to his advisors, reports ESPN.com.

Pacquiao was originally supposed to fight on Nov. 10. but has run into issues with his re-election campaign for the congressional seat he has in the Philippines.

“Manny has to be in the Philippines for the filing of his candidacy in October, and I don’t want to interrupt his training, nor does Manny,” Pacquiao’s advisor Michael Koncz said. “If he fights on Nov. 10, it would interrupt his training because he would have to go back to the Philippines. You lose two days going there, and it’s a long trip in the middle of camp. We don’t want to have any excuses when he fights.

Pacquiao’s (54-4-2, 38 KOs) last bout was against Timothy Bradley on June 9. He lost his welterweight title via split decision.

Manny Pacquiao reportedly wanted to visit Floyd Mayweather Jr., in jail. (Chris Cozzone/AFP/Getty Images)

Boxer Manny Pacquiao wanted to visit rival Floyd Mayweather Jr., in jail, Mayweather’s father told “On The Ropes” radio.

Mayweather Jr., served two months in a Las Vegas jail earlier this year after pleading guilty to misdemeanor domestic battery.

“Pacquiao told me he wanted to see little Floyd, when little Floyd was in jail,” Floyd Mayweather Sr., said. “I guess he was training over there and he told me that he wanted to do see little Floyd in jail. He said he did not know if he could get in or not, and I told him I did not know if I could get in either.”

It’s unclear whether Pacquiao ever did visit Mayweather. There are no reports that he did.

The rivals have been linked by their dominance but have never faced off in the ring. Rumors and proposals have floated, but the two have never agreed to a fight.

Promoter Bob Arum said recently that he believes the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will happen in 2013.

Floyd Mayweather was let out of jail early today and could fight in NYC next. See more photos from his release here. (Isaac Brekken, AP Images)

After just over two months at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather is a free man. Mayweather was granted an early release from the jail today thanks to his work time and good behavior while incarcerated. According to Michael Woods at boxing site The Sweet Science, Mayweather sped away from the jail with rapper and friend 50 Cent. The pairing could foreshadow the location of Mayweather’s next fight.

Woods reports that 50 Cent recently received a promoter license in the state of New York, and is set on having his friend Mayweather involved in a marquee comeback fight under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, perhaps with a rematch against Miguel Cotto.

The move would make sense on a number of fronts. Mayweather is thought to be unlikely to fight in Vegas again, given that the state of Nevada is responsible for his stay in jail. Woods also cites an inside source that says New York State would welcome a Mayweather bout, and that chances of getting his boxing license rejected on moral grounds are slim.

It’s also possible that Mayweather could rumble across the river. Golden Boy Promotions, which has been responsible for promoting Mayweather’s last six bouts, has exclusive fight rights for the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

However, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas remains the most likely site for Mayweather’s next bout outside his hometown of Las Vegas. The gargantuan arena resides in a non-tax state and has a greater seating capacity than either NYC venue.

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko could fight his final bout on Sept. 8 against Manuel Charr, depending on how the Ukraine elections go. (Sebastian Widmann, AP Images)

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title in Moscow on September 8 against Germany’s Manuel Charr, reports The Associated Press.

Klitschko, who has never lost a decision or been knocked down in a bout, will fight for the first time since defeating Dereck Chisora in February.

Charr is a 27 year old who is 21-0 in the ring while boasting 11 knockouts. He said he will see fear in Klitschko’s eyes when they step into the ring. The 40-year-old champion seemed to be uninterested in the trash talk.

“Charr is young, hungry and undefeated. He is afraid of nobody, always marching forward,” Klitschko said. “I know that he will be extremely motivated against me and that is why I will definitely not make the mistake to underestimate him. I will give my answer to all his trash talking inside the ring.”

The fight comes a month before he leads the UDAR party in the Ukraine elections, which will be held on October 28. His decision to continue boxing will be made after the elections, he said.

Chris Brown and Drake have reportedly been offered $1 million each to fight in a Las Vegas boxing ring in August. (Brendan Thorne/Getty Images)

Chris Brown and Drake have reportedly been offered $1 million each to fight three rounds in a boxing ring, and the promoter is hoping to pay Rhianna, who dated both pop stars, to star as the ring girl, all in the name of charity, according to a report on Wednesday from The New York Times:

“It’s more of a show than anything, and we can raise a million for charity,” the promoter, Damon Feldman, said by phone on Wednesday.  “Instead of fighting in a bar they could get paid to fight. [W]e would like to have Rihanna as a ring girl, but if she doesn’t take our offer, we know she will be watching.”

The fight, if it happens, would take place at a ring in Las Vegas in August. In the Times report from James C. McKinley Jr., an additional $1 million would go towards a charity for battered women.

This wouldn’t be the first time Feldman proposed that two public figures duke it out in a ring. He promoted fights featuring Jose Canseco, Lindsey Lohan’s father, Rodney King and Danny Bonaduce.

Drake and Brown had fought in a New York City night club on June 14 that resulted in the club being shuttered and its liquor license revoked by the state. The San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker was at the club at the time of the fight between Drake and Brown and left with a corneal laceration to his left eye that could prevent him from competing in the Olympics for France.

Feldman was investigated in 2010 by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission for staging what the Times report called “faux fights” with predetermined outcomes, but Feldman said, “it’s entertainment, it’s the WWE of boxing.”

Manny Pacquiao said he respects the judges decision after losing a controversial bout with Timothy Bradley. (Joe Klamar/Getty Images)

Boxer Manny Pacquiao feels like he won his WBO welterweight title match with Timothy Bradley on Saturday and let a TMZ camera know when they stopped him on the streets.

Pacquiao lost a controversial split decision to Bradley when stats showed he threw and landed more punches. Bradley won 115-113 on two scorecards, while losing on the third by the same margin.

“I did my best,” Pacquiao said after the fight.  ”I guess my best wasn’t good enough.”

When asked by TMZ if the judges were unfair when they crowned Bradley the new champion, Pacquiao said. ”That’s their decision, dude … hard to change.”

He then added, “I respect that decision, but we know in our hearts.”

An Irish betting site is refunding bettors their Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley bets. (Joe Klamar/Getty Images)

The day after the stunning split decision that gave Timothy Bradley a controversial victory over Manny Pacquiao, an Irish betting site is refunding Pacquiao betters in what it calls a “justice payout.”

Paddy Power, Ireland’s largest telephone betting service, issued this statement on its blog on Sunday:

It was a result that stunned the world, even by modern professional boxing standards.

Last night in Las Vegas the brilliant Filipino Manny Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight belt to Timothy Bradley in a controversial split-decision defeat.

With that Paddy Power has rolled out one of our famous Justice Payouts. If you had placed a bet on Manny to win in a pre-fight outright or on points, that money is now back in your account. We Hear You!

On Sunday, Floyd Mayweather Sr. also blasted the decision, saying that the judges of the Pacquiao-Bradley fight need to “find a new job.”

“I feel like Pacquiao won the fight but I am not going to sugarcoat nothing. The last fight belonged to Marquez,” Mayweather said while referring to Pacquiao’s majority decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez this past November. “This one belonged to Pacquiao. I’m calling it like it is,” Mayweather continued.

The boxing world reacted with collective shock when the judges handed the split decision to Bradley. That decision came despite Pacquiao landing almost 100 more punches throughout the fight. He also landed more punches in 10 of 12 rounds.

“Can you believe that? Unbelievable,” said Bob Arum, the fight’s promoter. “I went over to Bradley before the decision and he said, `I tried hard but I couldn’t beat the guy.”‘

Timothy Bradley won a controversial judges’ decision victory over Manny Pacquiao last night (Joe Klamar, Getty Images)

Timothy Bradley’s upset decision over Manny Pacquiao last night surprised many observers. Count Floyd Mayweather Sr. among them. The father of Pacquiao’s will-they-won’t-they rival was in the stands for the big bout, telling Boxing Scene’s Ryan Burton that Pacquiao deserved to win the fight.

“I feel like Pacquiao won the fight but I am not going to sugarcoat nothing. The last fight belonged to Marquez,” Mayweather said while referring to Pacquiao’s majority decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez this past November. “This one belonged to Pacquiao. I’m calling it like it is,” Mayweather continued.

Mayweather continued, criticizing the ringside judges, saying “whoever these judges was, they need to find a new job.”

The junior Floyd Mayweather has repeatedly challenged Pacquiao to a fight, which would pit the two fighters widely considered to be the best in the middle weights against each other.

Diehard Boston Celtics fan Manny Pacquiao had a dilemma once his team dropped Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals to the Miami Heat on Thursday. But promoter Bob Arum has resolved his fighter’s conundrum.

Arum issued a statement on Friday that the Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley welterweight championship fight Saturday night in Las Vegas won’t start until the conclusion of Game 7 of Heat-Celtics.

“I’m not waiting for Manny’s request on this one. We will not begin the Pacquiao–Bradley main event fight until the Celtics and the Heat finish their playoff game. Now Manny, the Heat, the Celtics, and sports fans watching the basketball game won’t have to make a choice between events — they will be able to watch both.”

Celtics coach Doc Rivers was flattered. “He’s a Celtics fan. What do you expect?” Rivers said, according to A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE.com. “Pretty cool, though. That’s cool.”

Boxer Shane “Sugar” Mosley has officially retired, Ring TV reported Sunday night on Twitter.

Lem: Shane Mosley has officially retired, his camp coordinator, Hassan Abdulrahim has informed RingTV.com #boxing

— Michael, Doug or Lem (@ringmagazine) June 4, 2012

Mosley lost five of his seven fights, most recently a May 6 bout to rising 22-year-old boxer Saul “Canelo Alvarez.

“I think he can go a long ways,” Mosley said after that fight. “I made sure he was worthy of being one of the next kings of the ring. I got beat by a better man tonight.”

The future Hall of Famer Mosley finishes his career 46-8-1, twice upsetting Oscar De La Hoya in memorable fights. Mosley held titles at lightweight, welterweight and junior middleweight in his career.

Welterweight boxer Amir Khan revealed on Twitter this evening that his title fight with Lamont Peterson, scheduled for May 19, has been canceled.

The fight is off! sorry everyone the only person to blame is @kingpete26 I'll be looking for a opponent to fight June 30th

—
Amir Khan (@AmirKingKhan) May 09, 2012

The news was also confirmed by Dan Rafael of ESPN.

Peterson-Khan 2 has officially been canceled, according to Richard Schaefer. #boxing @HBOboxing @GoldenBoyBoxing @AmirKingKhan @kingpete26

—
Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) May 09, 2012

Khan’s bout with Peterson, a 12-rounder for the IBF/WBA junior welterweight title, was to be a rematch of the championship fight between the two boxers on December 10, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Peterson won that fight by a split decision, but the result was a controversial one — Khan later made accusations that a man ringside had interfered with the judges’ scorecards to alter the result.

No details are yet available on what lies ahead for Khan (26-2-0) or Peterson (30-1-1).

In a recent interview with Yahoo!, controversial boxing legend Mike Tyson said that he believes George Zimmerman, the man who killed Trayvon Martin in an act that he claims was self-defense, should be shot.

“My personal feeling is that, as a young kid that was beat on by a bully, the guy [Zimmerman] stalked him and didn’t follow instructions from a superior officer. But my all-around perspective, I wasn’t there. I don’t know what happened. Even though this is the best country in the world, certain laws in this country are a disgrace to a nation of savages. It’s a majority versus a minority. That’s the way God planned it. He didn’t want to do something about it, He wanted us to do something about it. We have to continue tweeting, we have to continue marching, we have to continue fighting for Trayvon Martin. If that’s not the case, he was killed in vain, and we’re just waiting for it to happen to our children. It’s a disgrace that man hasn’t been dragged out of his house and tied to a car and taken away. Forget about him being arrested—the fact that he hasn’t been shot yet is a disgrace. That’s how I feel personally about it. [Laughs]”

Zimmerman, a local neighborhood-watch captain, killed the 17-year-old Martin over a month, in what he claims was an act of self-defense.  Many were outraged that Zimmerman had not been charged despite the slaying occurring over a month ago, however he was taken into custody today after officially being charged with second-degree murder yesterday.

Zimmerman had attempted to keep a low profile after he had learned that there was a bounty on his head as a result of the high profile death of Martin

Twenty-five years ago, Mike Tyson was on top of the boxing world; now he’s spouting opinions about the guys who have taken over that throne. Iron Mike says he believes ultimately we will see a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, according to ESPN.

“I just believe they’re going to have a fight at some time,” Tyson said. “If they don’t fight, that’s the question mark of their era. What happened?”

While Mayweather and Pacquiao are the two kings of the sport and everyone wants to see them mano a mano, there have been a number of obstacles. The two have quibbled over everything from drug testing to splits of the purse; some think Mayweather is ducking Pacquiao.

Tyson hopes the two can revolve their issues and get into the ring soon.

“They’re two fighters, they should be able to do what they want to do,” he said. “We as fans want to see them fight, but if they’re not happy, not comfortable fighting, they should be entitled to do what they want. I want to see the guys fight, and they know we want to see them fight and are going to pay as much as they ask us to see them. Until it happens, we don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Manny Pacquiao turned down a $40 million guarantee to fight Floyd Mayweather earlier this month, but Pacquiao says that Mayweather’s offer was just a public relations stunt and not financially acceptable, according to Yahoo! Sports.

“He offered me $40 million, and no pay-per-view [money],” Pacquiao told Yahoo! Sports. “No pay-per-view. Can you believe that? Would you do that? Come on. What would he say if I offered him $50 million – not $40 million, $50 million – and said ‘No pay-per-view. Take this money and be happy, but no pay-per-view.’ He wouldn’t do it, either.”

According to Yahoo! Sports, the fight would likely generate over $160 million in pay-per-view money. Pacquiao insists he wants to fight, but at a more reasonable offer; he asked Mayweather for $50 million guaranteed with the pay-per-view money being split, according to Yahoo! Sports.

“I told him, ‘OK, 50-50 [with the money] and I’ll agree to everything else,’ ” Pacquiao said. “I told him I would agree to all of the other things he was demanding. Everything. Even the blood testing he wanted, I would do it. But it had to be 50-50.”

That offer had no response from Mayweather’s side, according to Yahoo! Sports.

“He talks, he says all this, but you know what: He doesn’t want the fight,” Pacquiao told Yahoo! Sports. “I want the fight. I’m the one who has wanted this fight all along.”

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is considering retirement to focus on his newfound “Bible-centered” life, according to the Philippine newspaper Minda News, by way of USA Today.

“It’s not right that I share God’s word and at the same time hurt other people,” he told reporters after gracing the oath-taking of newly-promoted personnel of the Army’s 73rd Infantry Battalion in Maasim town in Sarangani. “I’ve gained more than enough blessings these past years so I think it’s time for me to return the favor,” he said in Filipino.

Pacquiao told reporters he is seriously considering leaving his boxing career after his scheduled June 9 World Boxing Organization welterweight title fight against American Timothy Bradley.

Pacquiao, the WBO welterweight champion, was the first boxer to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes with a career record of 54-3-2.  Aside from boxing, he was also elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines.  With news of his possible retirement from boxing, fans may never get see the superfight they have been waiting for between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.

WBO welterweight beltholder Manny Pacquiao has settled on WBO junior Welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley as his next opponent, but terms with Bradley still need to be worked out before the contract is signed, according SI.com’s Chris Mannix.

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum met with Michael Koncz, Pacquiao’s advisor, and Cameron Dunkin, Bradley’s manager last weekend in San Antonio, Texas where Arum was promoting the fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Marco Antonio Rubio.

Arum’s plan is to match up the winner of the Pacquiao-Bradley fight against the winner of the Marquez-Peterson fighter later in November.

Pacquiao’s fighting record stands at 54-3-2 while Bradley is undefeated at 28-0.

Angelo Dundee, the longtime boxing trainer known for his work with Muhammad Ali, died on Wednesday, according to NBC Sports. He was 90.

Dundee died with his family surrounding him in Tampa, Fla., according to NBC Sports.

“It was the way he wanted to go,” his son, Jimmy Dundee, said. “He did everything he wanted to do.”

Dundee was Ali’s trainer for almost his entire career and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994, according to NBC Sports. He trained 15 world champions, but is best known for his work with Ali.

“Through all those days of controversy, and the many that followed, Angelo never got involved,” Ali wrote in the foreword to Dundee’s book, according to NBC Sports. “He let me be exactly who I wanted to be, and he was loyal. That is the reason I love Angelo.”

Manny Pacquiao is in talks to fight junior welterweight titleholder Timothy Bradley, Jr. on June 9, according to ESPN.com.

“We’re discussing the fight with both parties,” Top Rank president Todd duBoef told ESPN.com on Wednesday. “We’re in the process of having the conversations with [Bradley's manager] Cameron [Dunkin] and we’re also having them with the Pacquiao team. It’s a very active dialogue.”

Bradley would move up in weight to challenge Pacquiao. Top Rank, Bradley’s promoters, are also planning a fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Lamont Peterson, which would set up Bradley to face Pacquiao, according to ESPN.com.

“We’ve had discussions about Bradley,” Michael Koncz, Pacquiao’s adviser, told ESPN.com. “But we have not agreed to take that fight yet. I had told Bob a few weeks ago not to finalize anything [with Marquez and Peterson] until you’ve satisfied Manny and we finalize something.”

Pacquiao was in discussions with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. about a “prize fight,” but the two sides could not come to an agreement on the split of the prize money.

After Floyd Mayweather Jr. told a boxing news site that Manny Pacquiao rejected a $40-million offer to accept a fight, Pacquiao’s manager refuted the claim, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“I must break my silence to the media about our discussions, because both Floyd and I agreed not to discuss these dealings,” Pacquiao’s manager, Michael Koncz, said. “Since Floyd is unfairly chastising Manny, I can confirm he did offer Manny a $40-million guarantee, with $20 million up front. But when the back end [pay-per-view profits] was brought up, he said we didn’t need to discuss the back end, that ‘we can discuss it at a later time,’ which I took as ‘There is no back end.’ “

Koncz added that he offered a 55-45 split of fight revenues, with the winner taking the larger percentage, according to the Times.

“Because it’s a prize fight, if you were the better fighter, you get the 10% bonus, $15 million to $25 million more than the other guy,” Koncz said. “That was my final offer, with a $50-million guarantee to each fighter. That was … rejected.”

Mayweather’s promoter, Richard Schaefer, dismissed Koncz’s role in the process:

“Michael Koncz? Who … cares?,” Schaefer said. “All those people trying to circumvent and short-cut me, this [Cotto deal] makes it clear we are a team with Floyd. It’s time to realize we are with Floyd, and if [Pacquiao promoter] Bob Arum wants a fight, he knows now who he needs to deal with. Do you think Michael Koncz is going to [do anything] without the approval of Bob Arum?”

Mayweather confirmed that he had a series of meetings with Koncz to discuss the fight, according to the Times.

“We are always willing and able to discuss this fight,” Koncz said. “We made headway. Manny and I are still opening the door to the fall. We have to see if Floyd will come to the table again. We’re willing to talk. He has our numbers.”

The Neveda State Athletic Commission has granted Floyd Mayweather Jr. a one-time license to fight Miguel Cotto on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, according to ESPN.

Mayweather, who faces an 87-day jail sentence for domestic violence charges, had his sentence date postponed from Jan.6 to June1 after his attorney, Richard Wright, successfully convinced Judge Melissa Saragosa that he needed to honor an existing deal with the MGM Grand to fight on May 5.

At this time, with the superfight between Mayweather and Pacquiao off the table, the Mayweather-Cotto match is considered the second best option for the sport and the financially struggling city of Las Vegas.

Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs) may not be promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank for the first time in his career with his contract expired if he is to fight Mayweather this May.  Mayweather and boxing fans will have to wait until at least the fall for the highly anticipated superfight against Pacquiao.

Former two-time heavyweight champion “Iron” Mike Tyson will be inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame on March 31, according to Mike Tyson’s official twitter account.

I'm looking forward to my induction into the @WWE Hall of Fame. Shout out to my friend Triple H.

—
Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) January 30, 2012

In 1998, Tyson’s first role in the WWE came on Monday Night Raw when a melee broke out between him and Stone Cold Steve Austin.  Tyson then played the role as referee in Wrestlemania XIV in the matchup between Austin and Shawn Michaels.   Tyson also made an appearance last year as host of Monday Night Raw.

Last year, Tyson was inducted into Boxing’s Hall of Fame for his illustrious fighting career.  At 20 years of age, Tyson became the youngest to win the heavyweight title defeating Trevor Berbick.  He finished his career with a 50-6 record, 44 of those victories by way of knockout.

Angelica Cecora, a 25-year-old Playboy model, has filed a lawsuit against former boxer Oscar De La Hoya, according to Reuters. Cecora is claiming that the former boxing champion forced her to engage in “disgusting” sexual acts in the March of 2011.

Cecora is suing De La Hoya for $5 million in emotional distress, false imprisonment, and battery.

“Once 12 o’clock hit that night, he just started doing more and more drugs and wanted me to do more and more things,” she said outside a court hearing, according to Reuters.

Cecora claims that  after the two had intercourse, which was consensual, De La Hoya began acting strangely and attempted to order cocaine and marijuana to the hotel room the two were staying in.

“These allegations are offensive and frivolous,” De La Hoya’s attorney Judd Burstein told reporters.

De La Hoya, 38, retired in 2008 after a 39-6 professional career.