London, Sep. 22 : Brit Muslim boxer Amir Khan believes his bout with American pugilist Floyd Mayweather Junior will take place within the next "six to nine months".

Predicting that the clash could become the richest fight in history, Khan, who is the WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion, said he is "99%" certain to fight Lamont Peterson next on 10 December, probably in New York or Washington.

London, Sep. 5 : British Muslim boxer Amir Khan has said that he is ready to take on unbeaten ring great Floyd Mayweather next summer.

According to the Daily Mail, Bolton fighter Khan, the WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion, is planning only one more fight in his current division before stepping up to join the superstar likes of Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao at welterweight.

Khan, however, doubts whether Mayweather would relish taking him on in a super fight next year.

Indian pugilist, Vijender Singh has managed to retain his top position in the AIBA world rankings. He has secured 2137.5 points. After the 3 Star China Cup, the AIBA world ranking was updated by the International Boxing Association.

The prime form of Vijender continues and he remained at the top spot. He has won bronze medal in last year Olympics. In World Championship of Boxing in 75 kg he has also won a bronze. Now he is way ahead of his contemporary rivals in terms of points.

The boxers from the country emerged as strong gold contenders in various categories in the Commonwealth boxing championship.

Indian boxers have already won six gold medals on the final day in Talkatora stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday. They have crossed the record of 4 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals won in the year 2005 in Scotland.

The 2700-capacity was full of spectators and the atmosphere was very cheerful with cheerleaders dancing to the Bollywood tunes.

Undoubtedly, cricket is the hot favourite of the corporate world in India, when it comes to betting their marketing moolah. But over the past some time, India Inc. has been optimistic about other sports and have shown significant interest in Hockey, boxing, football etc. And the most recent incident that endorses this fact is the Percept Ltd. signing five boxers in a three year sponsorship deal.

The talented and the lucky five are Vijender Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Suranjoy Singh, Jai Bhagwan and Balwinder Beniwal. The media and entertainment company has tagged these boxers as its exclusive talents.

Four Indian boxers including Vijender Singh, Suranjoy Singh, Dinesh Kumar and Parmjeet Samota have made into the final of the Commonwealth Boxing Championship (CBC) at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Monday.

The popular Indian boxer Vijender punched out Tanzanian Selemani Kidunda 10-1 in the 75 kg category in the semifinal bout. Suranjoy defeated Welshman Andrew Selby 4-0 in the other semifinal of the 52 kg category.

Indian pugilists Amandeep and Jai Bhagwan have reached into the semifinal of the XXX Energy Drink Commonwealth Boxing Championship (CBC) at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.

Amandeep, South Asian Games gold medalist, punched out Rajabu Mbwana of Tanzania 9-1 in the quarterfinal of the 49 kg category. Amandeep will now face Redzuan of Malaysia in the semifinal.

Indian boxer Jai Bhagwan has started his campaign with a bang on the first day of the XXX Energy Drink Commonwealth Boxing championship at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Friday.

Bhagwan punched out Oratile Segokgo of Botswana 16-0 in the first round to advance into the quarterfinal of the 60 kg category. Bhagwan dominated his opponent from the first round and took 7-0 lead at the end of first round.

The fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships got started in the national capital today.

Kicked off by Sports Minister MS Gill, the opening ceremonial occasion was presided over by Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman of Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games-2010 and Abhay Singh Chautala, President, Indian Boxing Federation.

Indian boxing champs including such as Nanoa Singh, Suranjay Singh, Vijender Singh, Akhil Kumar, Dinesh Kumar and Nanao Singh will be seen in action in the presence of the home crowd.

The Indian Boxing federation is expected to get access to the new renovated Talkatora stadium just 2 days before the tournament. Meanwhile India's Olympic hero Vijendra Singh and other boxers are gearing up for the Commonwealth Championship which is going to start next month and have demanded that they need to practice at the stadium at least a week before.

These boxers wanted to get a feel of the venue and mentioned that it was really vital for them to do so. The event is going to be sponsored by 'XXX' energy drink which was fianlised only this Friday.

Indian boxer Vijender Singh has retained his top spot in the latest International Boxing Association (AIBA) rankings in the middle-weight category (75 kg) released on Thursday.

The Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Vijender is leading the ranking table with 2513 points while Beijing Olympic silver medalist Emilio Correa Bayeux is placed at the second spot with 2300 points.

Uzbekistan's Abbos Atoev, who had defeated Vijender in the semifinal of the World Cup 2009, has occupied the third place with 1875 points.

Australian boxers have decided to pull out from the Commonwealth Boxing Championships (CBC) due to postponement of the mega event to be held in New Delhi.

Delay in the construction of the Talkatora Sports Complex had forced Indian Boxing Federation (IBF) to postpone boxing championship to March 10-18 in 2010 from original schedule of December
2009.

Bhopal, Dec 10 : Ahead of the international boxing championship which starts on Sunday in Kazakistan, the women boxing team of India has trained itself at a camp held here.

The women boxers having trained themselves under the guidance of their coach are all to make a mark at the international competition and determined to do their countrymen proud.

"We are working very hard and we will return victorious from Kazakhstan. Sir (Roshan Lal) has made us work very hard, we are now well trained," said Meena Kumari, a boxer.

London, Nov. 16 : World Heavyweight Boxing champion David Haye has revealed the mindset that inspired him to victory over Russian giant Nikolai Valuev eight days ago.

"At the end of the 11th round I had a look at the crowd and when I sat down I knew I was just three minutes away from fulfilling a childhood dream. I kept thinking about all the years in the gym, all the people that I had shared a ring with and all the fights during my career. I knew that I had to stay calm in the last round and not lose my head and certainly not go looking for glory," Haye''s told The Sunday Mirror.

London, Nov 12 - Retired American boxer Mike Tyson is in trouble again after he allegedly punched a photographer at the Los Angeles airport.

The 43-year-old was en route to Las Vegas when a celebrity photographer began taking his picture at the United Airlines terminal, reports people. com

"The two men got into a scuffle and it's alleged that Tyson punched the photographer in the face, causing him to fall to the ground," said Jim Holcomb, a policeman.

London, Nov 11 : World boxing heavyweight champion David Haye’s dream 20 million pound showdown with one of the Klitschko brothers could be ruined by his own promotional teams as they are afraid to take on the fight.

Vitali and Vladimir’s manager Bernd Bonte wants Britain’s new world heavyweight champ Haye to fight one of the Ukrainians next year.

But Bonte says Haye’s agreement with three promoters - Golden Boy, Sauerland Events and Don King - could prove to be a big stumbling block.

Hanoi, Nov 4 : World Champion boxer M. C Mary Kom and Kavita Goyat won gold for India in the Asian Indoor Games here Wednesday.

Other Indians, Sarita Devi and N. Usha lost their final bouts and had to contend with silver medals.

Four-time world champion Mary Kom used all her experience to beat Hoa Nguyen Thi of Vietnam 8-6.

Mary Kom, with her crisp straight punches and sharp jabs led 1-0 at the end of round one and finished 3-2 after the second round. Round three ended with the score reading

Five Indian boxers including MC Mary Kom, Chhoto Loura, Kavita Goyat and L Sarita Devi and N Usha have made into the semifinals of their respective weight categories of the third Asian Indoor Games at Vietnam on Sunday.

World Champion MC Mary Kom punched out Chinese Taipei's Ting Lo Yueh 14:9 in the quarterfinal of the 46 kg weight category. Round 1 ended with both Mary and Ting tied at 2:2 but Mary played well in the second round to take 6:2 lead.

Boxers, earlier placed in the graded contract system by the Indian Boxing Federation (IBF), will get special cash incentives from Sahara India for each bout they win in the nationals.

Introduced in the Sahara 56th Senior National Men’s Boxing Championship, which got underway in Hyderabad on Monday, boxers would be entitled to cash rewards from the preliminary rounds itself.

A win in the preliminary round will fetch Rs 500, Rs 1,000 in the pre-quarterfinals, Rs 2,000 in the semifinals and a berth in the finals will be worth Rs 3,000.

The champion will be richer by Rs 5,000.

London, Oct 23 : Brit Asian boxer Amir Khan can remember the exact time when he changed from a boy to a man as a boxer.

It was the 54th second of the fight when Colombian Breidis Prescott knocked him out cold last year.

That was Khan''s only defeat and, as he looks ahead to his world light welterweight title date with Dmitriy Salita.