Juan Manuel Marquez's sole motivation for Saturday's nontitle welterweight clash with archrival Manny Pacquiao is the prospect of finally being able to celebrate victory over the Filipino in the ring, the Mexican said on Wednesday.

Family, fans and fellow boxers said goodbye Tuesday to Hector “Macho” Camacho at a memorial and wake for the slain former world champion fighter known for his flamboyance in and out of the ring.

Controversial Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper will put his rugby career on hold to make his professional boxing debut in February, the player said on Monday.

Boxing great and Puerto Rican hero Hector “Macho” Camacho, shot in the head last week, was declared dead Saturday after being removed from a respirator, a doctor said.

The mother of Hector “Macho” Camacho, the Puerto Rican ring great declared brain dead after being shot, said Friday he will be taken off life support, a move the ex-champion's eldest son opposes.

Three-time world boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho is brain dead following a drive-by shooting in Puerto Rico, a doctor said on Thursday.

Former champion boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho was seriously wounded Tuesday in a shooting outside the Puerto Rican capital, and doctors and his spokesman said he was expected to survive.

Adrien Broner stopped Antonio DeMarco in the eighth round to take the WBC lightweight championship Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall.

Brian Viloria stopped Hernan Marquez in the 10th round Saturday to add Marquez's World Boxing Association flyweight world title to his own World Boxing Organization (WBO) belt.

Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward was celebrated by boxing royalty and the Queen of Soul at a star-studded memorial service Tuesday in the Motor City.