Jerry Glick reporting: With a laugh the size of the Grand Canyon, a voice that is unmistakable, and a smile that hides the tough old guy’s real meaning to what he says; you knew Don King was at the Barclays Centre Wednesday for the final press conference for his fighter Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud’s defense of his IBF Light-heavyweight title against Hall of Fame bound Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, 52-6-2 (32 KOs), at the very same venue.

Jerry Glick reporting: The big question at the press conference that took place on Wednesday at the fight’s Saturday night venue, the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, NY was; is it him, or is not? For the entire press conference for the IBF Light-heavyweight title fight between defending champion Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud and challenger Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, the person sitting to left of the podium appeared to be Hopkins. I say “appeared” because this person’s face was covered. He

The last time lightweight Richar Abril (then known as Richard Abril) fought in Las Vegas, he was the victim of what the overwhelming majority of boxing fans felt was the worst decision of 2012: he dropped a controversial split decision to Brandon Rios in April. In fact, all three of Abril’s career losses have come via split decision.

Richard Abril has promised ‘to put on a show’ when he makes his long awaited first defence of his WBA lightweight title against unbeaten Ugandan Sharif “The Lion” Bogere at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday(March 2).

Radio Rahim talks exclusively with WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley about his upcoming title defence against Ruslan Provodnikov at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California March 16.

By Jason Pribila: On Sunday evening the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out their Oscars for this year’s best in film. On Sunday afternoon I was reflecting on the weekend’s best in boxing, while I was putting away my groceries and wondering how I spent over $100 when all I needed was chicken and shaving crèam.

By Derek Bonnett The final full week of February was a week of comebacks. A former world champion climbed off the canvas to win, a fading contender came back to capture his first world title, a champion in exile returned to claim the number one spot in the division, a former world champion returned to the ring after an extended layoff, and a pair of former contenders climbed back into the top ten after impressive victories. All this and more as boxing’s best remain On the Move.

By Jason Pribila: Alejandro Perez has spent much of the last two years training at the Wild Card gym waiting for the call from an opposing promoter looking for his services to be an opponent. Much of the time at the gym had been spent sparring against friend Art Hovhannisyan. Eventually Perez got a call, and to his surprise it was an offer to face his friend.

By Steve Kim: If you go to the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood enough, there’s two things you’re bound to see. One is trainer Freddie Roach, who happens to own the joint and trains his stable of fighters there. The other is Alejandro Perez, who, whether he has a fight scheduled or not, will be seen putting in an honest day at the gym.

By Clive Bernath: At the age of 48, having won world titles at three different weights and a guaranteed induction into the Boxing Hall of Fame the only aim now for Bernard Hopkins is to protect his Legacy. It is indeed an incredible achievement to even be fighting just two years short of reaching your half century but to actually be taking part in a world title fight and be in with a real shout of claiming the crown defies the realms of sensible logic.