By Craig Phillips: The Ricky Hatton “Homecoming” card on May 24 at the City of Manchester Stadium promises to be one of the biggest nights in British boxing.

Check out brief fight reports from all the non televised bouts from the Junior Witter vs Timothy Bradley undercard on May 10.

By Andrew Wake: Manchester’s Irish born warrior Michael Gomez has turned up the heat ahead of his lightweight clash with Amir Khan next month by saying he’s going to knock out the 2004 Olympic silver medalist.

By Derek Bonnett: If you reside in the United States, Steve Molitor just might be the pound for pound best fighter you haven’t seen.

By Derek Bonnett: Veteran former lightweight champion, Stevie “Lil, But Bad” Johnston hoped to be going into his May 21 bout against Edner Cherry with a victory over prospect Vernon Paris as a gauge of where he stands among the current crop of lightweights.

Paul Burns is aiming to produce a punch perfect performance – and then give himself a write-up to match.

By Derek Bonnett: A comprehensive defeat can do a lot as far as putting things into perspective for a professional prizefighter – even when that fighter was as big of an underdog as Alfonso Gomez was against Miguel Cotto in their WBA world championship bout on April 12 in Atlantic City.

Willie Limond will make the first defence of his IBO Intercontinental lightweight title against Luton’s Graham Earl at Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on Saturday June 14.

By Derek Bonnett: On May 17, junior middleweight prospect James Kirkland will put his record on the line against his most formidable opponent to date

A world champion in six weight classes and the highest selling boxer in USA television pay per view history, there is no disputing Oscar De La Hoya’s status as one of the most popular and successful boxers ever in the sport. A multi, multi millionaire with more money than he could spend in a lifetime and with a loving family back in Puerto Rico, at 35 years of age why exactly is the ‘Golden Boy’ still fighting?

By Steve Forbes: I’m just looking forward to fighting. I’ve been a world champion before, but you know this is the opportunity of all opportunities. I’m looking forward to going out there and fight even above any level I’ve ever fought at and I’m just looking forward to going out there and being 100%.

By Andrew Wake: If exciting super-bantamweight Josh “The Outlaw” Wale doesn’t make it to the very top of boxing’s championship summit, then it will not be due to a lack of dedication.

By Oscar De La Hoya: I don’t know what I would have done without Floyd Mayweather Senior back on my team. I really thought it was over. I really thought I was getting close to hanging up the gloves, but Mayweather Sr just brings out the best in me and this training camp has been no exception.

Anson Wainwright talks to undefeated Namibian lightweight Paulus Moses about his upcoming fight with Yauhen Kruhlik.

By Derek Bonnett: Travis “Freight Train” Walker travels around much more lightly these days.

By Andrew Wake: Sheffield stylist Ryan Rhodes is extremely confident about the prospect of recapturing the British light-middleweight title.

Joe Calzaghe believes ’Saint’ Bernard Hopkins’ bark is much bigger than his bite.

By Derek Bonnett: Since the start of 2008, I have covered stories concerning a number of boxers fighting out of the Espinoza Boxing Club.

By Andrew Wake: What do you do when someone like John Conteh tells you a fighter is a dead cert to win a world title? I’ll tell you what you do – you take notice.

By Andrew Wake: One of boxing’s most prominent figures will retire from the ring at the end of this year. No, I’m not referring to Joe Calzaghe or even his 43 year old foe Bernard Hopkins for that matter, the man I refer to is none other than star class referee Mickey Vann.

By Derek Bonnett: Rob Calloway, the All-American Prizefighter, loves to fight.

By Derek Bonnett: It’s pretty en vogue to find father-son duos in the sport of boxing these days. Over the years, we’ve had the Pattersons and Camachos. Then came the next generation from the Chavez and Paez families. Tommy Hearns has a fighting son now, and so do James “Buddy” McGirt and Carlos De Leon.

By Andrew Wake: Welsh wizard Gary “The Rocket Man” Lockett has hit out the critics who believe that he will be nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter when he squares up to undisputed world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 7.

By Derek Bonnett: Peter Quillin, also known as Kid Chocolate, will have the opportunity to separate himself from the pack of current middleweight hopefuls on April 16 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.

By Andrew Wake: In recent years we have seen a healthy crop of serving soldiers take the discipline they have learned in the Army and apply to the hard life of being a prize fighter.

By Andrew Wake: Norwich toughnut Jon Thaxton is relishing the prospect of adding the European title to his British lightweight crown at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, on Friday night and feels that he can handle anything Belarusian puncher Yuri Romanov can throw at him.

By Craig Phillips: Commonwealth junior middleweight champion Bradley Pryce believes his contest against Norberto Bravo in Las Vegas on April 19 will be a stepping stone to a world title shot.

By Derek Bonnett: There are a couple of ways to view Alfonso Gomez’ upcoming challenge of Miguel Cotto for the WBA welterweight championship in Atlantic City, NJ on April 12. You could view it as the latest installment in the great Puerto Rican/Mexican rivalry that has provided a charge of excitement into the sport throughout its rich history. You could also catalogue it under the Rocky-theme as a match-up between well-established champion and rugged underdog challenger to build up some drama.

By Andrew Wake: Usually, when a young fighter has only eight pro fights under his belt, it would be either extremely optimistic or incredibly foolish for a boxing writer to say “This kid is going to a world champion”.

By Derek Bonnett: I’m sure there are many boxing fans that would like to see John “The Quiet Man” Ruiz fade away and join Mike Tyson in “Bolivia”. However, the current heavyweight division just doesn’t seem able enough to hand the two-time former champion an emphatic enough defeat to convince him it’s time to hang up the gloves.

By Derek Bonnett: With only just over 30 bouts of professional and amateur experience Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin has quickly captured the imaginations of a lot of boxing aficionados.

Jerry Glick reporting: The Aviator, located in Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field on the southern tip of Flatbush Avenue, looks like a great venue for boxing. Final Forum’s Sal Musumeci wants to bring boxing back to the borough that was once a hot spot for boxing, and the Aviator is made to order. This is a new opportunity for Brooklyn fans to see their favorite fighters box in a new, spacious, modern venue right in their own backyard.

By Andrew Wake: There has only ever been one world champion from Great Britain to retire undefeated, his name was Terry Marsh and his nickname was “The Fighting Fireman”. Well, over twenty years since the former IBF light-welter kingpin was forced to hang up his gloves, we have another fireman looking to make a mark on the pugilistic map and he is called “Smoking” Jez Wilson.

IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi hopes to ink a pact early next week to confirm his dream deal: a two-fight arrangement culminating with a showdown against Ricky Hatton.

By Paul Upham: It is a long way from the town of Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia to big time boxing and facing Cuban great Joel Casamayor with The Ring magazine’s undisputed lightweight champion belt on the line, but to Michael ‘The Great’ Katsidis, this coming Saturday night is all part of the plan.

By Derek Bonnett: Like most prizefighters, Miguel Angel Huerta only asks for the opportunity to live out the dream of owning a world title.

By Derek Bonnett: Former WBC lightweight champion Stevie Johnston hasn’t been a serious contender since his TKO loss to Juan Lazcano in 2003.

By Bernard O’Neill: James Moore is aiming to kick start the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in New York City this weekend by recording his 15th win on the trot at Madison Square Garden.

By Derek Bonnett: After Israel Vazquez raised his hands in victory over fellow Mexican icon, Rafael Marquez, the easiest things for fans and boxing writers to say became “Why not fight for a fourth time?” Well, it would likely provide both men with a career high payday, but it could also cost Vazquez a lot more than it would Marquez who desires redemption. Even though money talks in most vocations, there are some things that outweigh the almighty dollar.

By Andrew Wake: Many boxing promoters and managers are guilty of protecting their young fighters résumés by matching them against the proverbial “road sweeper” level of opposition.

By Andrew Wake: If there was ever living proof that a good man should not be discouraged then that proof is Bradley “Sugar Sweet” Pryce.

Nikolai Valuev is a man on a mission. The Russian Giant is eager to win back his WBA belt from Ruslan Chagaev, the man who handed him the sole loss of his career.

By Kostya Tszyu: The Floyd Mayweather-Ricky Hatton fight in Las Vegas on the weekend was a very high quality match and I really enjoyed watching it. My congratulations to both men.

By Kostya Tszyu: For many of you, this coming weekend will be a special one with two big boxing events! The majority of the boxing world is looking forward to the Floyd Mayweather verus Ricky Hatton welterweight super fight in Las Vegas and this type of match is great for the entire sport.

By Clive Bernath: Billy Graham, the trainer of Ricky Hatton has blamed a good old fashioned English fried breakfast for the Hitman’s poor performance in out-pointing Luis Collazo on his welterweight debut in May 2006.

Jerry Glick reporting: Some people are born to be butchers; some to be actors and still others to be accountants; Bob Jackson was put on this Earth to be a boxing trainer; to walk those few steps up to the ring behind his fighter. Bob Jackson is where he belongs and here’s why.

By Clive Bernath: Former WBC bantamweight champion Wayne McCullough is not convinced Spaniard Kiko Martinez is a big puncher-despite the 21 year-old having stopped 14 of his 17 opponents so far.

By Jerry Glick: Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter became the WBC “Interim” Heavyweight Champion when yet another opponent disappointed him. WBC Champ Oleg Maskaev backed out of their scheduled clash with a back injury.

Jerry Glick reporting: When England’s Gavin Rees won the WBA 140 pound belt, Dmitriy Salita, formerly of the Ukraine, saw an opportunity that he just could not pass up.

By Jerry Glick: Andre Berto became a professional boxer in 2004 after an illustrious and extensive amateur career. Of his eighteen professional victories to date, sixteen have been by knockout.