"I think the rise of MMA is good, it's a sport I enjoy watching sometimes. It's very scrappy"

Lennox Lewis, seen here demolishing Mike Tyson in 2002, retired as heavyweight champion in 2004. via Times-Transcript

Alex Arthur has been crowned WBO super-featherweight champion after Joan Guzman opted to relinquish the world title and move up to the lightweight division. via Daily Express

PUNCH LINES Witter's loss closes door on Hatton JULIAN TURNER Junior Witter is probably going to find life a lot tougher after losing his WBC light-welterweight title to American Timothy Bradley in Nottingham, ... via Bangkok Post

"Brian is in world championship form"

In his next move to regain a world boxing championship, Waipahu's Brian Viloria will be fighting outside of the United States for the first time in his professional career on Saturday. via The Honolulu Advertiser

"We can't change the life in Kiev without breaking crime and corruption's rule"

Testimonials "I always read The Moscow Times with interest because it is important for me to know how significant political and business events in Russia are communicated to an English-speaking audience. via The Moscow Times

"I look at it now and I'm embarrassed I did it"

Mike Tyson's phenomenal rise to glory and his epic fall from the pinnacle will be examined in a new documentary on the former undisputed world heavyweight champion to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. via The New Zealand Herald

"If Vitaly is elected mayor of Kiev, my first piece of advice for him would be to say ... no more corruption, corruption is over"

KIEV, Ukraine : Former heavyweight boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko has found politics in Ukraine's capital to be a bruising business. via International Herald Tribune

"If luck is on our side and other factors go our way, then we may win two golds."

OLYMPIC countdown Thailand's boxers look best bet for medal glory in Beijing WANCHAI RUJAWONGSANTI Thailand enjoyed their most glittering Olympics at the Athens Games four years ago when they won three gold, ... via Bangkok Post

"I want to take drugs every day, drink every day. But I don't because I made that commitment"

Mike Tyson's phenomenal rise to glory and his epic fall from the pinnacle will be examined in a new documentary on the former undisputed world heavyweight champion to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. via XtraMSN Real Estate

"That match is perhaps the first and the last time there has been justice in the world."

Bosnian Serb to celebrate footballer as 'teacher, family man and critic of US' Mark Brown, arts correspondent Saturday May 10, 2008 The Guardian Diego Maradona rises above Peter Shilton to score his infamous ... via Guardian Unlimited