Manchester boxer Anthony Crolla is “lucky to be alive” after suffering a fractured skull when he was hit by a concrete slab during a confrontation with two burglars.

The suspects were held after film taken on a mobile phone of what appeared to be an organised brawl outside Pure Gym, near Alexandra Park, was viewed by thousands of people on YouTube.

Victory over the former WBC and IBF light welterweight and former IBF welterweight champion could be the key for Khan to unlock the door to even bigger bouts.

Bolton’s boxing superstar Amir Khan claims there’s ‘no truth’ that he was knocked out on numerous occasions by Manny Pacquiao in sparring ahead of his Vegas bout with Devon Alexander.

Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has given his support to a Manchester based mosaicist after retweeting her work on his Twitter account.

Khan was speaking at the launch of his new charity, the Amir Khan Foundation, who will aim to provide support for disadvantaged young people around the world

Khan, 27, has long since chased a big-money fight with pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, though ruled himself out of that fight taking place year as he could not meet the American’s September fight date, due to being so close to Ramadan

Salford boxer Jamie Moore remains under armed guard in a Marbella hospital after being shot in the kneecaps in a gangland-style attack.

On Monday it was announced that the eagerly anticipated rematch between heavyweight’s Fury and Dereck Chisora was off after the Londoner fractured is hand in sparring

The Liverpool Ladies FC player suffered a case of mistaken identity after Fury asked her for a fight

Up for grabs was Fury’s European heavyweight title plus the vacant British title, not to mention a date with Wladimir Klitschko for the WBO World title.