Boxing/MMA

Title tilt deal delivers for Alex

10:15AM Grantlee Kieza BRISBANE delivery driver Alex Leapai couldn't afford to run his own car until recently, now he's clinched a $6 million world title deal.

Floyd denies backing Broncos

9:32PM FLOYD Mayweather denies placing a multi-million bet on the Broncos to beat the Seahawks in the Super Bowl.

$15m Super Bowl bet looking shaky

12:38PM Adrian Ballantyne FLOYD Mayweather's $15m bet on the Denver Broncos to win Super Bowl XLVIII is looking decidedly shaky at halftime.

Fletcher upsets European champ

Grantlee Kieza BRISBANE'S Jarrod Fletcher showed he is one of the world's top middleweights by upsetting European champion Max Bursak.

Leapai chasing $6 million carrot

11:00PM GRANTLEE KIEZA BOXING ALEX Leapai will this week sign a deal that will pay him $6 million if he can beat world heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko.

Zimmerman set for celeb boxing match

1:40AM GEORGE Zimmerman has agreed to step in the ring for a celebrity boxing match - and he's seeking challengers.

Leapai targets loud-mouthed Pom

10:55AM Grantlee Kieza ALEX Leapai hasn't won the world heavyweight title yet but he's already eyeing a grudge match with talkative Pom Tyson Fury.

The Man holding on to dream

10:00PM Jim Tucker ANTHONY Mundine will be back in the ring in April against a world top-15 boxer to keep his super-fight dream flickering.

Mundine wins, but no KO

12:22AM Jim Tucker ANTHONY Mundine's inability to put an 8-1 outsider on the canvas again called into question his chances of a dream super-bout.

11:55AM Reece Homfray THERE is anger and a desperation in Danny Green's voice that seems to take over his whole body when he talks about the scourge of what has been dubbed the 'coward punch' and how it is destroying innocent young lives.

Mundine's story in black and white

Grantlee Kieza ANTHONY Mundine draws strength from the tales of Aboriginal hardship and all the other great black fighters who came before him.

Cooper treating boxing as career

CHRIS GARRY QUADE Cooper went rogue last year, boxing "off-reservation" in a move that even angered his manager Khoder Nasser.

Quade intends to keep boxing

4:37PM BOXING keeps Quade Cooper "sane" and he wants to keep fighting after he negotiates his next Australian rugby contract.

Opponent mystifies Mundine camp

4:21PM CYNICS weren't the only ones asking "who is Gunnar Jackson" ahead of Anthony Mundine's WBA junior middleweight title fight.

Mayweather bets $15m on Broncos

2:11PM Adrian Ballantyne FLOYD Mayweather's nickname is "Money", and with bets like the one he's put on the Super Bowl, it's no wonder.

Who on earth is Gunnar Jackson?

12:18PM HAVEN'T heard of Anthony Mundine's next opponent? You won't be alone. Here's everything you need to know.

Pacquiao, Bradley rematch set

10:36AM WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao have agreed to fight again on April 12 in Las Vegas.

QC to box on despite Pulver doubts

11:00PM AAP EVEN Quade Cooper can understand why ARU boss Bill Pulver is opposed to the Wallabies vice-captain pursuing boxing.

Choc to face Kiwi journeyman

9:30PM AAP JUST six days ahead of his WBA International middleweight title fight, Anthony Mundine has finally confirmed his opponent.

Leapai's title tilt unearths lost gem

12:39PM Grantlee Kieza HISTORIC FOOTAGE: Alex Leapai won’t be the first Aussie to fight for the world heavyweight title, as our century-old footage shows.

Punching above his weight: PM Mundine

9:12AM Cameron Tomarchio CONTROVERSIAL boxer Anthony Mundine has revealed his aspirations to run for Australian prime minister.

Mundine's plan to run for PM

8:05AM Cameron Tomarchio ANTHONY Mundine has revealed his aspirations to run for Australian prime minister. Is he punching above his weight?

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Choc's fight night 'will happen'

1:01PM Marco Monteverde and wires UPDATE: ANTHONY Mundine's next opponent has pulled out with the flu, but his team is confident a fight will still happen.