News about Erik Morales

Former boxing champion Willie Limond has died at the age of 45 after being initially found unresponsive in his car following a seizure. Last Monday (April 8), Limond was discovered in his vehicle just hours before he set to partake in a public training session in Glasgow.

BY JEFF POWELL IN GUADALAJARA: The most controversial imposition of this generation has been the interruption of his other sporting passion affair. Not least because it has caused a rise in his handicap. And with it, a pause in the pursuit of a 'nobody tells me is a near impossible dream' of moving on one day from undisputed world championships in the most difficult sport to a second career on the more rounded PGA tour. Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez' latest obsession is golf. Occupying as it does almost every minute from tumultuous family duties and the demands of preparing for fights like the one against John Ryder, which culminated in a 60,000-plus fanfare in a football stadium on May 6th.

SPECIAL REPORT BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Just like the big right hand that came before it, there's a doubt that causes confusion in Chris van Heerden's mind. Every day, a round and round goes, salting an old wound with new suspicions. It has been this way for the thick end of a fortnight now. He finds himself drifting back to that night in April, at Manchester Arena, where this former champion fancied his chance against a buzzed name. He remembers it all. He can recall the warmth of the first session and the subsequent feeling on his stool that indicated that he'd give it another three days to relax the nerves before increasing the heat.