Rookie professional heavyweight Joseph Parker is being lined up for his first high-visibility fight in Burbank, California, next month as a warm-up for his June bout against South African heavyweight Francois Botha.

On Monday I had lunch with a South African boxer who is known as the White Buffalo and what he had for lunch was buffalo.

Joseph Parker Ten years after he split with David Tua in acrimonious circumstances that resulted in a multimillion-dollar legal scrap, Kevin Barry is back working with New Zealand's top heavyweight boxing prospect.

Francois Botha has been in the sport too long to be unduly concerned about the Sonny Bill Williams' fight debacle in February.

Sir Robert Jones has quit as Joseph Parker's manager after clashing with promoters Duco Events over the suitability of the heavyweight boxing prodigy's opponents.

The representatives of Sonny Bill Williams and Frans Botha have reportedly agreed to a rematch in South Africa in December.

If the World Boxing Association's main man in Australia had his way, the Sonny Bill Williams-Francois Botha fight would be declared a no-contest.

Khoder Nasser has hit back at claims from Francois Botha that the South African was offered a $150,000 bribe to throw the fight against Sonny Bill Williams.

Francois Botha has confirmed he underwent a drug test before fighting Sonny Bill Williams but disputed its validity and offered to take another test to prove his innocence.

Sonny Bill Williams' next fight may not feature the 'pick the round' betting option, the TAB decided today.

Sonny Bill Williams' opponent Francois Botha failed a drugs test before their controversial Friday night fight, it has been reported.

Gee whiz. The Sonny Bill Williams fight turned out to be a bit dodgy, like nobody knew that his boxing career was a crock of you know what in the first place.

It was the eighth round. An unidentified man loomed up next to Francois Botha's corner man, Hardy Mileham. The fight against Sonny Bill Williams was 10 rounds, not 12, he said.

David Tua's camp have challenged Sonny Bill Williams to a heavyweight title fight to "restore credibility" to the sport after the farcical finish to the Williams-Francois Botha bout in Brisbane on Friday night.

It ended in farce but Sonny Bill Williams' win over grizzled heavyweight Francois Botha has some deadly serious repercussions for Williams and his camp.

Sky television received dozens of complaints from viewers demanding refunds, angry that the fight finished two rounds earlier than expected.