Fox Wins Round in Boxing Show Legal Bout
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A California judge on Friday gave  the Fox television network and its boxing series "The Next  Great Champ" a victory against a rival reality show, allowing  "Champ" to air next week as planned, TV executives said.
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The series has been the source of ferocious contention between Fox and NBC along with the producers of NBC&#39;s version of reality boxing, &quot;The Contender,&quot; which is to have its premiere in November.
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NEW YORK - After preliminaries stuffed with enough lawsuits and trash-talk to make Don King proud, the first of TV's battling boxing series threw some real punches on Tuesday.    Fox's "The Next Great Champ" takes 12 amateur boxers and has them compete for a contract with Oscar De La Hoya's promotional company and a title fight within the World Boxing Organization...
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A federal appeals court tossed out an indecency ruling against Rupert Murdoch's Fox television network yesterday and broadly questioned whether the Federal Communications Commission has the right to police the airwaves for offensive language.
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What amuses me is the fact that Williams beat the best America has to offer in the heavyweight division, namely Mike Tyson, I think Klitscho is gonna rule for a long time.
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A California judge on Wednesday refused a bid by producers of NBC's upcoming TV boxing show "The Contender" to block the Sept. 10 debut of Fox's rival reality series, "The Next Great Champ," giving the first round of judicial fisticuffs to the Rupert Murdoch-owned network.
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Marco Antonio Barrera has claimed the WBC super-featherweight title with a majority points win over old adversary Erik Morales at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Former heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner won the first round of his legal dispute against Sylvester Stallone, although the actor managed to score some points with the judge.
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Gary Russell Jr. won his bout in the 119-pound division and Raynell Williams won at 125 pounds yesterday to earn the final berths on the United States Olympic boxing team in Houston.The winners in the other nine Olympic weight classes were decided Saturday night: Luis Yanez (106 pounds), Rauâshee Warren (112), Sadam Ali (132), Javier Molina (141), Demetrius Andrade (152), Shawn Estrada (165), Christopher Downs (178), Deontay Wilder (201) and Michael Hunter (201-plus).The world championships will be Oct. 23-Nov. 3 in Chicago. The top eight finishers in each division will qualify for Beijing.
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Foxâs latest cash-prize competition is neither a game of chance nor a test of knowledge. Itâs a pseudo-psychological trial by ordeal in which the contestants trade candor for dollars.
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NEW YORK -- The folks at Madison Square Garden like to call their building the mecca of boxing. For one night, the show lived up to that hyperbole.
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Baseball's lively League Championship Series kept Fox atop the primetime standings on Monday.
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LOS ANGELES  - As Fox's "The Next Great  Champ" prepared to debut Tuesday, the boxing reality show and  rival NBC series "The Contender" faced the prospect of having  their entire premise compromised through a public records  request to disclose the winners before the bouts are televised.
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Joe Calzaghe's next fight is against the runner-up on a reality show.
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A female Golden Gloves boxing champion and the Portland Boxing Club have settled a federal civil rights lawsuit with USA Boxing.
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El Paso&#39;s Jennifer Han won her fourth national championship at the National Golden Gloves boxing tournament Saturday in Chicago, earning a decision against Jennifer Barber of California in their 125-pound title bout.
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A federal appeals court tossed out an indecency ruling against Rupert Murdoch's Fox television network today, sending a stern rebuke to the Federal Communications Commission and groups that seek tighter federal regulation of the airwaves.