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

Joe Frazier died of cancer in 2011 (AP)It's almost impossible to believe that a statue of a fictional boxer has stood outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 2006, yet there is no tribute to be found anywhere in the city to the greatest Philly fighter of them all, Smokin' Joe Frazier.

Plans are underway to finally honor Frazier with a statue, Philly.com reported Wednesday.

Actor Sylvester Stallone commissioned the Rocky statue in 1982 (AP)Actor Sylvester Stallone commissioned the statue of himself in the role of the fictional fighter, Rocky Balboa, in 1982 while he was filming Rocky III. It has stood outside the Museum of Art for six years and is a popular tourist attraction.

But at Frazier's funeral in November, the Rev. Jesse Jackson expressed the outrage that many in the sport felt that there was no statue commemorating Frazier's legendary career.

Rocky is fictitious. Joe was reality. Rocky's fists are frozen in stone. Joe's fists were smokin'

Frazier was born in Beaufort, S.C., but was as Philly as the Eagles, soft pretzels and cheesesteaks.

He defeated Muhammad Ali in "The Fight

Mike Tyson (L), promoter Don King and Evander Holyfield (R) pose before a fight (AP)Former heavyweight champions Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield are continuing to take advantage of their notorious history together, turning it into a marketing opportunity.

In  1997, in perhaps the most heavily hyped rematch of all time, Tyson lost his composure and bit off part of Holyfield's ear. At the time, that earned Tyson a $3 million fine and a ban from boxing.

Nowadays, the one-time superstars have turned it into a marketing opportunity.

Holyfield with a Tyson shirtOn Monday, Holyfield tweeted a photo of himself wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of Tyson's facial tattoo. He wrote:

@MikeTyson bit my ear and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

Tyson is selling the T-shirt as part of the Mike Tyson Collection.

That followed on the heels of a Twitter exchange between them in June, in which Tyson helped Holyfield sell his Real Deal Barbecue sauce.

It's good that they can joke about it now -- Tyson apologized to Holyfield on "The Oprah Show" in 2009 -- but it was hardly a joking matter the night of the