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    • Amir Khan, younger brother fight off six would-be car thieves

      Amir Khan (R) and his younger brother fought off six men trying to steal his car (AP)Boxer Amir Khan's chin has been called into question lately, but not his fighting spirit. The former world champion proved that, along with his younger brother Haroon, when they fended off six would-be car thieves in Birmingham, England, Monday.

      According to The Sun, a group of six men attempted to strong arm the Khans and steal Amir's Range Rover. The newspaper put the value of the vehicle at more than £100,000.

      Khan has lost back-to-back fights and was knocked out by Danny Garcia in Las Vegas in the fourth round of their July 14 match at Mandalay Bay for the WBA/WBC super lightweight title.

      Khan believed part of his problem in that bout was that his fighting spirit was too great and he wound up fighting Garcia's match.

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    • Floyd Mayweather (L) owes Manny Pacquiao $113,580.50 in attorney's fees (AP)Everyone, it seems, is desperate to see Manny Pacquiao fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. A bout between them would likely set gate and pay-per-view records.

      They are fighting in a different venue, however, and Pacquiao got a minor win on Monday.

      Pacquiao is suing Mayweather for defamation over claims Mayweather allegedly made accusing him of using performance enhancing drugs.

      Mayweather skipped a deposition last year. He was later seen burning $100 bills in an Atlanta night club at the time he was supposed to be giving his deposition in Las Vegas.

      [Also: Canelo Alvarez hammers Josesito Lopez for fifth-round TKO]

      As a result, federal Judge Larry R. Hicks ordered Mayweather to pay Pacquiao's attorney's fees of $113,518.50, as well as court costs in the amount of $774.10.

      Interestingly, as part of Hicks' decision, he noted that Pacquiao attorneys David Marroso and Harrison Whitman aren't doing pro bono work for the champ.

      According to Hicks' order, Marroso is charging Pacquiao $695 an hour,

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    • Gate numbers, TV ratings for Canelo Alvarez confirm big boxing weekend

      Canelo Alvarez (L) drew 1.036 million viewers to Showtime for his win over Josesito Lopez (AP)Perhaps now, the boxing is dead hacks will go away for a while.

      All indicators are that the expected big weekend for the sport materialized. On Monday, figures released by the Nevada Athletic Commission showed the dueling shows in Las Vegas were each officially sold out.

      On Tuesday, television ratings from Nielsen Media Research indicated that Showtime got a big boost in its ratings by broadcasting Canelo Alvarez's fifth-round stoppage victory over Josesito Lopez at the MGM Grand Garden.

      Though the full breakdown is not yet available, Nielsen numbers show that the Alvarez-Lopez fight drew a peak audience of 1.036 million viewers Saturday. The main event of the quadrupleheader drew a 2.6 rating.

      The ratings for broadcast and cable shows always come in earlier than the sales figures for pay-per-view event. Sergio Martinez's decision win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center was on HBO Pay-Per-View. Though that figure is expected to be released later this week

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    • Andre Ward draws 1.3 million viewers to HBO for his TKO of Chad Dawson

      Andre Ward attracted 1.3 million viewers to HBO for his win over Chad Dawson (AP)Super middleweight Andre Ward had a big night on Saturday in more ways than one.

      Not only did he retain his WBA and WBC titles with a 10th round stoppage of Chad Dawson in a career-best performance at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., Ward also drew a whopping 1.3 million fans to his fight on HBO Sports, according to Nielsen Media Research figures.

      That came despite going head-to-head with a Showtime offering that featured Lucas Mattysse against Ajose Olusegun. That fight, which was at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, attracted 344,000 viewers.

      It was also a major gain for Ward from his previous fight, in which he decisioned Carl Froch on Dec. 17 in Atlantic City to win the Super Six World Boxing Classic title. According to Nielsen figures, the Ward-Froch fight on Showtime peaked at 580,000 viewers.

      So, by jumping networks, Ward more than doubled viewership of his fights.

      His performance also continued a strong run for HBO, which has attracted a million or more viewers for each of its World

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    • Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp was booed at the Andre Ward fight, even though he wasn't there (AP)One of the traditions at nearly every major boxing event is for the ring announcer to read off a list of celebrities who are in attendance. The bigger the fight, the more A-list celebrities are usually at ringside.

      Promoters were trying to position Saturday's super middleweight title fight between Andre Ward and Chad Dawson at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., as a mega-fight. Though it was significant from a boxing standpoint, matching the unquestioned best fighter from super middleweight against the unquestioned best from light heavyweight, it wasn't the kind of event that brought out the big names.

      When the ring announcer listed L.A. Dodgers' outfielder Matt Kemp as among those in attendance, it generated a loud and vitriolic chorus of boos from the 8,500 in attendance. They were simply showing support for their local teams, whether it was the Oakland A's or the San Francisco Giants.

      There was only one problem: According to what Kemp told the San Jose Mercury News, he was not at

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