* Fury vacates WBO and WBA titles

Britain's world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has been drinking and using cocaine to help him deal with depression, he told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview released on Tuesday.

Britain's world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he was now "here to stay" just hours after announcing his retirement from boxing on Monday.

A Scottish boxer who died following a televised bout cut short a training session after suffering a headache in the weeks before the fatal fight, it has emerged.

Scottish boxer Mike Towell has died in hospital after the 25-year-old suffered serious injuries in a welterweight bout in Glasgow on Thursday.

The lineal heavyweight champion, who shocked Wladimir Klitschko in November to win the crown, tested positive for cocaine on September 22, according to reports.

Next month's world heavyweight title rematch between champion Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko was called off on Friday for a second time with the Briton ruled "medically unfit".

Dean Lonergan says he has no issue with the veteran rivals making a dollar but says 'The Hornet' should be the focus for real boxing fans as the Brisbane welterweight heads towards a world title shot.

Middleweight marauder Gennady Golovkin retained his WBC and IBF titles when challenger Kell Brook was pulled out by his corner five rounds into a compelling fight on Saturday local time.

Tyson Fury's world heavyweight title rematch with Wladimir Klitschko will take place in Manchester on October 29, the British fighter's camp confirmed on Wednesday.

There is a fine, fine line between sport and entertainment. In fact, it could be argued the two concepts are so intrinsically linked that one could not exist without the other.

Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has confirmed he will come out of retirement to fight WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on November 5 in Las Vegas.

Danny Green earned every cent he got in a workmanlike victory over Kane Watts in Melbourne on Wednesday night but still had just enough energy for a dig at the man who could deliver him one final big pay day - Anthony Mundine.

You had to be pretty good to fight the greatest boxer Australia has ever seen, Les Darcy, and Reg Paton did that.

Painful history has taught Danny Green not to get ahead of himself. The 43-year-old is wary that he has to concede age and weight to Kane Watts in their fight for the vacant Australian cruiserweight title in Melbourne on Wednesday night.

Michael Katsidis will plead guilty to a drug possession.

This column has stayed out of the hype surrounding a potential Anthony Mundine-Danny Green rematch, but we can tell you that the fight is on.

A boxing glove designed to lessen impact on the receiving end has been developed in Canberra.