Boxing

The New Jersey Supreme Court yesterday rejected an appeal by the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, to be allowed to fight the World Boxing Association holder, Bruce Seldon, in July. This means that Tyson is still forbidden from fighting anyone other than the British contender, Lennox Lewis.

Colin McMillan, the 30-year-old former World Boxing Organisation champion from Barking, regained the British featherweight title in Dagenham last night with a close points decision over Doncaster's defending champion, Jon Jo Irwin. McMillan was taken to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel an hour after the fight, suffering from dehydration and exhaustion.

The former heavyweight champion, Joe Frazier, 51, was taken to hospital in Philadelphia yesterday after cutting his toe with a lawn mower.