Boxing

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Despite returning like a hero from beating Brandon Rios over the weekend, Manny Pacquiao says he has no money to keep his promise to help typhoon victims because Philippine revenue authorities have frozen his bank accounts.

Although their fight is just three days away, the trainers for Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios staged their own main event in Macau. Earlier today, Freddie Roach (Pacquiao) and Robert Garcia (Rios) squared off in what was first a verbal and then a physical confrontation at a gym beneath the Venetian Macau, the site for Saturday night's clash...

BANGKOK (AP) — Manny Pacquiao's trainer says the Filipino boxer may contemplate retirement if he fails to perform well in his upcoming bout against Brandon Rios.

Monday night on SportsTalk, we had the pleasure of having World Champion Kick Boxer Baxter Humby on the show. Baxter Humby also has one arm. Humby is in El Paso for a LIMBS International event on November 12th, A Night In West Texas, where Humby will be a guest speaker...

After waiting nearly two years to return to the ring, heavyweight boxer David "El Nino" Rodriguez finally has the answer he's been waiting for. The El Paso native signed this week with Main Events Promotions and is scheduled to fight on December 14th...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Vitali Klitschko, a heavyweight boxing champion and top Ukrainian opposition leader, says he will run for the ex-Soviet nation's presidency in 2015. The 42-year-old was elected to parliament last fall as the head of his pro-Western party Udar ("Punch" in English)...

NEW YORK (AP) — "Nashville" star Hayden Panettiere is confirming her engagement to Olympic boxer Wladimir Klitschko. Appearing on Wednesday's "Live with Kelly and Michael," the 24-year-old actress was flashing a large diamond ring that prompted host Kelly Ripa to inquire what it might signify...

We are just one day away from one of the most anticipated fights in years, Floyd Mayweather Vs Canelo Alvarez. The fight is so big in fact that the fight is being hash-tagged on Twitter with #TheOne. To get you ready for, #TheOne, Kevin Iole from Yahoo Sports joined Steve on SportsTalk today fresh off the Weigh In and tells Steve what he thinks will happen on Saturday night and much more... Read M

Tony Escalante is taking a break from his in-ring boxing career to focus on his new promotions company. His first show, “Border Wars,” will be this Saturday at the Socorro Entertainment Center. El Pasoan Abie Han will return to the ring for the first time in the two months when he challenges 40-year old veteran Bernardo Guereca in an 8-round light middleweight contest...

Here's this weeks installment of "Your Team Suck!" In this podcast we discuss the first week of the NFL, the UTEP/New Mexico game plus we even talk a little U.S. soccer and pro wresting.