Boxing/MMA

Leapai pools talent for title shot

Grantlee Kieza ALEX Leapai plans to make a splash and sink world heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko.

Fletcher to get spar treatment

11:44AM GRANTLEE KIEZA The fight game in Australia is humming and Grantlee Kieza goes inside the ropes with all the news from the sweet science in his blog - In My Corner

Leapai plans heavyweight belting

Grantlee Kieza WORLD heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko says he wants to unify the division but he hasn't figured on being run over by Alex Leapai.

World beckons for Fletcher

11:00PM GRANTLEE KIEZA JARROD Fletcher will make sporting history when he fights England's Martin Murray for a world title in Monte Carlo in February.

Klitschko vacates heavyweight title

6:29AM AAP VITALI Klitschko has vacated his world heavyweight title as he concentrates on Ukrainian politics.

Klitschko vacates boxing title for politics

6:26AM BOXER Vitali Klitschko has vacated his world heavyweight title to concentrate on Ukranian politics.

Green all but ready to retire

Brad Davidson CHAMPION boxer Danny Green knows he will probably never fight again as it will take a very special offer to lure him back into the ring.

Maidana solves 'The Problem'

11:33PM Raul Dominguez MARCOS Maidana knocked Adrien Broner down twice to take the WBA welterweight title in a unanimous decision.

'Rude' SBW stripped of boxing title

2:17PM Daniel Gilhooly SONNY Bill Williams has been stripped of his heavyweight title and his management slammed for a "rude" attitude.

Soliman gives boxing a good name

11:00PM GAME ON AUSTRALIAN world title contender Sam Soliman is in grave danger of giving the fighting game a good name, writes Ron Reed.

Big time promoter in talks with Leapai

10:58AM GRANTLEE KIEZA Grantlee Kieza with all the boxing news of the week including the latest from the Alex Leapai camp, Sam Soliman's win and Pacman's tax woes.

Baby fat to UFC contract for Hyatt

11:00PM Chris Garry BRISBANE mother of two Bec Hyatt took up MMA to lose post-baby pounds, now she has an international UFC straw-weight contract.

Soliman books rematch with Sturm

12:18AM Ron Reed SAM Soliman is now the mandatory challenger to Felix Sturm's world title after defeating Les Sherrington in Melbourne.

Mandela a pugilist for reconciliation

11:00PM Grantlee Kieza LONG before he became a freedom fighter using sabotage to combat injustice, Nelson Mandela was a boxer who used subterfuge to disarm opponents.

Leapai chasing Klitschko cash

12:52PM A POTENTIAL seven-figure payday and a chance to win three heavyweight boxing word titles - life is pretty sweet right now for Alex Leapai.

Tyson hit by UK travel ban

2:52AM FORMER champion boxer Mike Tyson has been forced to cancel appearances in London after discovering he is banned from entering Britain.

Sherrington set for Soliman storm

10:00PM GRANTLEE KIEZA WORLD-rated Les Sherrington faces a firestorm against Sam Soliman as he plans to send a savage message around the globe.

Pulver not a fan of Quade boxing

5:46PM AAP ARU boss Bill Pulver admits he doesn't like star Wallabies vice-captain Quade Cooper combining rugby and boxing commitments.

Mundine and Quade to fight ... someone

1:11PM ANTHONY Mundine and Quade Cooper will headline a boxing card in Brisbane on January 29 - now they just need opponents.

UFC's most brutal, bloody bouts

12:00PM Staff writers WITH a brutal UFC Fight Night in Brisbane having reignited debate about the merits of MMA, we look at some of the Octagon's ugliest fights.

'UFC not problem, maybe we are'

Paul Kent THERE's nothing wrong with the brutality of the UFC, perhaps the problem lies with us, News Limited's Paul Kent writes.

'King' Soliman wants Sturm's gold

11:00PM Ron Reed SAM Soliman returns to the ring in familiar circumstances - win and his dream of a world title shot will be revived, lose and its probably all over.

Brutal UFC beats mismatch boxing

5:00PM Nick Walshaw ANOTHER day, another attack on the UFC. Ho hum. Nick Walshaw explains why brutality in the Octagon is better than mismatches in boxing.

A disgrace? UFC is bloody amazing

1:28PM Ben Harvy and Nathan Ryan JOIN THE DEBATE: BOXING, mixed with grappling, kick boxing and submission wrestling - UFC is a bloody amazing sport.