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Floyd Mayweather says he'll leave boxing for two years rather than fight Manny Pacquiao. If he does, will he be rememered as a fighter who dodged the best?

Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. refused to stop the Cotto-Foreman fight when Yuri Foreman's cornermen threw a towel into the ring out of concern for their fighter's safety. Did Mercante make the correct decision?

Former lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KOs) was found hanged in his jail cell Sunday in Venezuela after he was arrested on suspicion of stabbing his 20-year-old wife to death in a hotel room.

Did Floyd sabotage this fight to avoid fighting Pacquiao? Is Manny juicing and trying to hide it? Who do you blame for the disintegraton of the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight

I think it is time for Taylor to hang up the gloves. He had a pretty good career, and as is the case with all boxers I would not want to see him get seriously hurt or worse.

She's 110 pounds. He went 30 rounds with Micky Ward. Did Amanda Rodrigues really strangle Arturo Gatti to death with her purse strap?
What's your theory?

The cracked, parched and dried-up landscape of boxing received some long overdue rain this weekend.

And now unfortunatley—even though the sky is still filled with hungry cage-fighting-buzzards—those who have awaited the death of the sport, may just have to wait a bit longer.

Yes, boxing is still undoubtedly surrounded by desert and unquestionably stunted by bad weeds; however, it …

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Is he on track to being the greatest? Unbeaten and has handily beat every guy he has faced. Did he pick the right opponents or is it hard to give such an outspoken and cocky guy his due credit. WHo wins against Marquez?

How good was Floyd against Marquez? Did he regain his spot as the world's No. 1 fighter from that performance. Is Pacquiao still on top? Why won't anybody of the top guys step up and face Mosley or Williams?