The search is now on for a new opponent with Horn still to defend his WBO welterweight title in Brisbane later this year.

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Since the AFL season has come to a hiatus, and A League season hasn't started yet, and the Test cricket season has but we'd rather not talk about it, and the basketball season may or may not have started - it's hard to say - let's seize the chance to do what all good sports adminstrators do: duck over to America for a weekend to "study" the latest in sports promotion.

The clock is ticking for Pacquiao to commit to a sequel with WBO welterweight champion Horn, with a former title-holder one of the options should the fight be postponed until 2018.

This wildly lucrative contrivance posing as a boxing match for the ages ended as expected.

A ruthless Floyd Mayweather scored a 10th round technical knockout over mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor, cementing his legacy as one of boxing's all-time greats.

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What many thought would be the 'Farce of the Century' turned out to be an enthralling contest.

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Follow all the live action as Conor McGregor attempts to hand Floyd Mayweather Jr the first loss of his career.

Australian boxing identities have loved the lead-up to Conor McGregor's historic fight with Floyd Mayweather. They just don't give him a snowflake's chance in hell of winning.

Floyd Mayweather weighed in at a trim 67.8kg for his boxing showdown with Conor McGregor, who also made weight at 69.4kg.

For the last bout of his career, Floyd Mayweather is avenging the perceived slights he suffered at the beginning of his illustrious career.

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One of the most-anticipated fights in history is finally upon us. Here are all the possible outcomes.

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​In the age of fake news, this fight serves up fake sport Far from being 'the biggest sporting event of our lifetimes', Mayweather v McGregor is a lucrative pantomime that reflects the worst excesses of a materialistic age

For all the novelty of their fight, Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, jnr, have relied on boxing's most durable means of promotion. Through words and behaviour, they have concocted a racial rivalry in a climate ripe for exploiting it.

After months of trading verbal blows and showboating it's time for Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to let their fists do the talking.

As Conor McGregor prepares for the fight of his life against Floyd Mayweather, Gareth A Davies travels to Dublin to discover the inside story of a warrior's rise.

Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao will return to Brisbane in 2017 to face Australian WBO welterweight world champion Jeff Horn during a Battle of Brisbane rematch.

​A rematch between world champion boxer Jeff Horn and Manny Pacquiao is set to go ahead after promoters confirmed the Filipino great would return for a Battle of Brisbane II.

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk will meet with Jeff Horn's promoter on Monday to try to coax Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao into a fast-tracked commitment to a rematch of the blockbuster Battle of Brisbane.

Brisbane City Council has for now withdrawn its financial support for a rematch between Australian WBO welterweight world champion Jeff Horn and Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao.