By Derek Bonnett: Bonnie Tyler isn’t alone in needing a hero; American boxing needs one desperately and he must weigh over two hundred pounds. Hasim Rahman and Tony Thompson failed to inspire anything outside of the wildest imaginations prior to their 2012 title fights. These forty-something year old challengers certainly weren’t the best of the American lot, but Chris Arreola and Eddie Chambers had already failed in their attempts to bring a heavyweight title back to the USA as

All six fighters squaring off in Saturday’s tripleheader at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles participated in a final press conference on Wednesday to discuss Their respective battles.

IBF/WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has officially appointed Johnathon Banks as his new full-time trainer following the recent death of Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward.

Six of the boxers who will feature this Saturday in a multi world title boxing card from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, participated in a public media workout Monday in MacArthur Parkin Los Angeles.

Daniel Geale has voiced his frustration at being stripped of one of his two world middleweight titles. At the annual WBA Convention in Jakarta the organization stripped Geale of the title for opting to fight fellow Australian Anthony Mundine instead of its ‘regular’ middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.

Former world light welterweight champion Amir Khan has set the record straight regarding comments he made about his split with respected trainer Freddie Roach. At a Los Angeles press conference on Tuesday to publicise his fight with Carlos Molina, Khan commented on Roach’s Parkinson’s decease, indicating his illness was the reason for seeking out a new trainer.

In one of the most in depth interviews Amir Khan has ever given the former light-welterweight champion talks exclusively to Radio Rahim about his split with Freddie Roach, new trainer Virgil Hunter, the loss to Danny Garcia and his comeback fight against the undefeated Carlos Molina at the Sports Arena Los Angeles on December 12.

Last Saturday night’s world title- winning performance in New York was only the beginning for new WBO middleweight champion Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin. Quillin decked defending champion and previously undefeated Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam six times en route to an impressive12-round points win by scores of 115-107 from all three judges.

By Thomas Hauser: On July 7, 2001, Paulie Malignaggi made his pro debut at Keyspan Park in Brooklyn. Even then, he had a mouth. Two days before the fight, he told Tom Gerbasi, “I’m boxing’s next superstar. Paulie Malignaggi is going to make it up the ladder quickly. I’m going to win multiple titles. I’m going to explode on the scene. I’m looking to make a big splash. And once you see me, I’m going to be here for a while.”

By Clive Bernath: Former two weight world champion Ricky Hatton has finally realized that having to shift a third of his body weight during the build up to a fight is not exactly the ideal preparation. It may have taken the ‘Hitman’ more than 15 years to work out but at least now he has officially gone on record to admit his lifestyle between fights was far from ideal.