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The No. 1 vs. No. 2 fight everybody wants to see is a rarity in history and probably won't ever happen.

In an exclusive interview with Yahoo! Sports, Pacquiao said reports he quoted a bible verse advocating death to homosexuals were inaccurately attributed to him

LOS ANGELES (AP) Manny Pacquiao says he loves and supports gays and lesbians, even though he does not approve of gay marriage.

In conjunction with HBO Sports, Yahoo! Sports will be featuring special Q&A entries from Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. as they train for their showdown on June 9. This is part 2 of 4 from Pacquiao.

The Nevada Athletic Commission is expected to rule that Peterson is responsible for what ends up in his body.

QINHUANGDAO, China (Reuters) - Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships on Wednesday. The three-times world and five-times European lightweight champion went through to the last four when her Romanian opponent Mihaela Lacatus withdrew with a neck injury. Due to regional quotas limiting Europeans to three of the eight places to be won in each of the three Olympic classes this week, it was not until Tajikistan's Mavzuna Chorieva won the next bout that Taylor's place in London was secure. ...

NEW YORK (AP) Flyweight Marlen Esparza has become the first American female boxer to qualify for the London Olympics.

LAS VEGAS (AP) Lamont Peterson will try to explain to Nevada boxing regulators why he failed a doping test, prompting the cancellation of what would have been a rematch this Saturday against Amir Khan with Peterson's WBA and IBF junior welterweight titles at stake.