Washington, May 6 (ANI): Hayden Panettiere was seen rooting for Wladimir Klitschko as he defended his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles on Saturday in Mannheim, Germany.

Melbourne, April 4 (ANI): Retired boxing champion Mike Tyson is petitioning US President Barack Obama to pardon the first black heavyweight world champion Jack Johnson, who was imprisoned for having a relationship with a white woman.

Washington, Mar. 8 (ANI): Republican Peter King has revealed his plans to step into the boxing ring for a two-round exhibition bout against a New York state kickboxing champion, "Irish" Josh Foley, at a pub in New York.

London, Feb 14 (ANI): Controversial US boxing champion Mike Tyson has claimed that he has become a fan of the football club Wolverhampton Wanderers after Wolves boss Dean Saunders likened the club's plight to that of Tyson.

Washington, Jan. 30 (ANI): Retired heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has called disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong an 'awesome human being', and encouraged others to trust the cyclist.

Washington, Nov. 29 (ANI): The funeral of boxing legend Hector 'Macho' Camacho turned chaotic after a fight broke out between a woman claiming to be his girlfriend, a former lover and his sisters.

Guwahati, Nov.28 (ANI): The 13th Senior Women National Boxing Championship, hosted by Guwahati, was hailed by Olympic Bronze medallist M.C. Mary Kom on Wednesday.

London, Nov. 6 (ANI): British boxing champion David Price's promoter, Frank Maloney has accused Andrew Flintoff of putting up a TV-stunt, after the former England captain posed for photos with the world title contender during a media conference.

Wellington, Oct 12(ANI): New Zealand Associate Immigration Minister Kate Wilkinson has once again denied former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson a visa to visit the country despite the backing of urban Maori authority chairman Willie Jackson.

London, Oct 8(ANI): Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was greeted by a large crowd of fans as he arrived in Britain to launch a new clothing range at Lillywhites sports department store in Piccadilly Circus.

Wellington, Sep 29(ANI): Contentious heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been given a visa to enter New Zealand, according to an immigration official.

London, Sep 16 (ANI): The father of former boxing champion Ricky Hatton was reportedly arrested for allegedly attacking his son the day before he announced his comeback, British police officials have confirmed.

London, Sep 15(ANI): Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has confirmed he would be making a ring comeback in November, and added that the only reason behind his return would be to make his kids proud of him.

London, June 9(ANI): Boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez Junior, son of the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez, has struck a plea deal with the prosecutors, which would see him escape jail.

London, June 8 (ANI): A beauty queen, who took up kick-boxing last year only to lose weight and get fit, will go from the catwalk to the boxing ring as she competes in the Miss England final this month before representing Great Britain at the World Kickboxing Championships.

New York, June 5 (ANI): American director Spike Lee is reportedly in talks to direct Mike Tyson's Broadway show 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth'.

New York, June 2 (ANI): Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who has been convicted to three-months for domestic violence, spent his final free hours getting a pedicure at home.

Washington, May 16 (ANI): Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has ripped President Barack Obama's view on same-sex marriage, calling it offensive to his religion.

London, May 15 (ANI): Mike Tyson, who has gone from boxing world's wild child to a devoted family man, has admitted that he still has to work on his temper.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), May 14 (Xinhua-ANI): Brazil's UFC world middleweight champion Anderson Silva has responded to provocation by his opponent Chael Sonnen by labelling the American a "frustrated man who has never won anything".

London, May 2 (ANI): Mike Tyson has said that he is terrible with his expenditures and always needs more money.

London, May 1 (ANI): Mike Tyson has said that no matter how hard he tries to control his temper, he loses it once in a while.

London, Apr 29 (ANI): Mike Tyson has said that he is still in pursuit of his lifelong dream of becoming a missionary but things are harder now since he has a family.

London, Apr 28 (ANI): Mike Tyson who is on tour the states as part of his monologue show 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth - Live On Stage', shared his life philosophy with the audience.

London, Apr 13 (ANI): Mike Tyson has said that he was born to entertain people and boxing was one way to do that.