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Philippe Fondu, the manager of European light-middleweight champion Sergey Rabchenko, believes he could soon earn the right to box for a world title.
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Bob Arum, the promoter of Manny Pacquiao, has said that he is prepared to pay a career highest purse to Juan Manuel Marquez to face ‘Pac Man’ a fifth time.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Bob Arum rolled into the Theater at Madison Square Garden for the final press conference for his ocean deep Top Rank show featuring three championship fights. The best thing about the show is that the three main events are all competitive.
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IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez has been forced to pull out of his title defence against Eric Fields on February 2 after fracturing his left hand during a sparring session.
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Martin Lindsay is desperate to get at Lee Selby as they finally meet for the British featherweight title at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on February 9.
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By Steve Kim: It’s taken 30 professional fights but Mikey Garcia is finally on the doorstep of a major world title as he faces WBO beltholder Orlando Salido on Saturday night from the Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Well it’s back to the Barclays Centre come this March 9th with the grand old man, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, who will one day occupy a large room in the International Hall of Fame, challenging Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud for his IBF Light-Heavyweight title on a show promoted by Golden Boy in conjunction with Don King Promotions.
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Heavyweight hope Seth Mitchell has revealed that although he is looking forward to facing Johnathon Banks in a rematch at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 16, he has also admitted that his first professional defeat was a ‘tough pill to swallow’.
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Matchroom Sport and Sauerland Promotion, the promoters of Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler respectively, have announced that the two world super middleweight world champions will face each other in Britain on a date and at a venue to be decided.
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Welterweight contender Steve Upsher Chambers is looking for an opportunity to take on anyone in the Welterweight division.
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The big fight night at the Max-Schmeling-Halle is only a few weeks away and European Light Heavyweight Champion Eduard Gutknecht and IBF Titleholder Yoan Pablo Hernandez are planning on holding on to their respective belts.
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Light Middleweight contender Harry Joe Yorgey is looking forward to his Showtime televised encounter with undefeated Jermell Charlo that will take place on January 26th at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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Promoter Frank Warren has put together a massive boxing event on Saturday 16th March at Wembley Arena featuring Ricky Burns, Nathan Cleverly, George Groves, Dereck Chisora and Liam Walsh.
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Sam Eggington has set his sights on becoming a record breaker after entering the line-up for the Prizefighter Welterweights III tournament at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton on January 19.
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WBO Middleweight Champion and New York based Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin will make his first title defense against Fernando Guerrero in the co-featured bout to the world title clash between Danny "Swift" Garcia and Brooklyn native Zab "Super" Judah at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, February 9
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Undefeated No. 1 featherweight contender Mikey Garcia, his co-trainers Eduardo and Robert Garcia and manager Cameron Dunkin, hosted a Media Workout in Riverside, California on Thursday.
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By: Marc Livitz: The Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey has seen more than its fair share of memorable evenings within the ring. On February 16, Golden Boy Promotions will most certainly have high hopes that the action packed card featuring the likes of WBC Lightweight champion Adrien "The Problem" Broner and the newly crowned NABO and WBC International Heavyweight titleholder, Johnathon Banks will produce the same type of fireworks.
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Yoan Pablo Hernandez wants nothing more than to successfully defend his IBF Title on February 2 at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin.
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WBO No.2 light welterweight contender Ruslan Provodnikov expects to be in a major fight sometime in the near future, according to his team.
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Frankie Gavin says he’s ready to destroy ahead of his British welterweight title defence against Jason Welborn at the Walsall Town Hall on Friday,. 18th January.
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Team GB’s Olympic boxing captain Tom Stalker has signed professional with promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport.
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Undefeated light middleweight prospect Alantez "Sly as A" Fox will try to carry the successful momentum from his last outing into his next bout as he squares off against fellow Maryland native Julius Kennedy in his first main event attraction.
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Frankie Gavin’s trainer Tom Chaney says that winning the British Welterweight title has put a sparkle in his fighter and that he’ll shine on Friday 18th January at Walsall Town Hall when he defends against Jason Welborn.
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European-Champion Eduard Gutknecht is ready to defend his title against former WBO light heavyweight Champion Juergen Braehmer at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, Germany on February 2.
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On Saturday night January 19th former world title challenger Elvin Ayala will take on Curtis Stevens in a Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in a bout to be televised by the NBC Sports Network.
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Juergen Braehmer is doing everything he can to ensure that he gets the new year off to a winning start.
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Chatteris teenager Jordan Gill is convinced he will be the star of the next big boxing show in Peterborough.
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Former two time world champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez took part in a media training day today(Jan 4) prior to his return to the ring against Aldimar Silva Santos on February 2.
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Golden Boy Promotions has negotiated an agreement with Zeferino Entertainment for Hector “Machito” Camacho Jr. (55-5-29ko) to face Brooklyn’s Dmitriy Salita (35-1-18ko’s).
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By Danny Winterbottom EXCLUSIVE: Former two time WBO heavyweight champion Chris Byrd has spoken to Secondsout.com to give his expert opinion on the current heavyweight scene, his dislike of over protected fighters and his desire to see more former pro’s with a microphone in hand
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Brazilian Aldimar Silva Santos will face former two time world champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez in his return to the ring on February 2, 2013, at the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
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Sergio Martinez says Kiko Martinez will beat Carl Frampton inside the distance when the pair clash in Betfair’s ‘Unfinished Business’ on February 9 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast.
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Walsall fan favourite Martin Gethin has the opportunity to become British Lightweight Champion when he faces Hove’s Ben Murphy for the vacant title at Walsall Town Hall in the middle England on Friday 18th January.
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Gabriel Rosado was incredulous when he discovered that his world championship bout against WBA/IBO Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin set for January 19 at Madison Square Garden in New York City would be fought at a catch weight of 158.
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Tyson Fury’s trainer hopes the unbeaten heavyweight prospect will get a shot at
WBC champion Vitali Klitschko in March.
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The strength-and-conditioning coach of WBA Super Bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, D.J. Montanocordoba, has vehemently denied Internet reports alleged by Nonito Donaire that, after the December 15 HBO show in Houston, Montanocordoba verbally accosted a female member of Donaire’s entourage
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Undefeated cruiserweight contender, Lateef Kayode (18-0, 14 KOs), who fights under the Gary Shaw Productions promotional banner, will now be campaigning at the Heavyweight division.
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Tomasz Adamek and Steve Cunningham met for the final press conference Thursday in Bethlehem, PA prior to their heavyweight clash on Saturday.
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Amir Khan insists that he will know when it is time to ‘call it a day’. Khan originally planned to retire at age 28 in two years time but because he has suffered two defeats in his last three fights, to Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia, his plans for retirement will have to be put on hold for the time being.
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By John Hannen: Glenn Foot will win the forthcoming Prizefighter competition – that’s the view of the Sunderland puncher’s manager, Phil Jeffries.
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WBF Middleweight Champion Marco Antonio Rubio will defend his title on December 22 at the Auditorio del Bicentenario in Morelia, Mexico against fellow countryman Michel Rosales.
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Christmas came early for lightweight "Dangerous" Dannie Williams in the form of an ESPN Friday Nights Fight main event showdown on January 11 against John "The Hammer" Molina Jr.
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By Clive Bernath: With the introduction of two new dedicated boxing channels in the UK in 2012 to rival Sky Sports, Primetime and Channel 5, the profile of boxing in the UK could not be stronger right now.
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IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch believes a rematch with Danish WBA interim titleholder Mikkel Kessler could happen in May or June, 2013. Although Froch is tied into a rematch with Canadian Lucian Bute, the man he beat to win the IBF title, he doubts Bute is eager for a rematch, whilst talks with Kessler’s camp are said to be at an advanced stage.
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On September 8th Manuel Charr challenged Vitali Klitschko for the WBC heavyweight crown in Moscow, Russia.
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British amateur star Deion Jumah has signed a promotional deal with Team Sauerland.
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Tomasz Adamek held a media work out on Friday ahead of his rematch with American Steve Cunningham at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on December 22.
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One of the reason’s Amir Khan believes he is coming into this weekend’s fight against the unbeaten Carlos Molina with two successive defeats to his name is because he was drawn into a street fight and had not stuck to the pre fight game plan.
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Carlos Molina believes he is ‘gonna shock the world’ by beating Amir Khan when the pair meet in a 12 round bout at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California on Saturday night.
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Five time world champion Jorge Arce has promised to continue Mexico’s winning run against Filipino boxers when he faces pound for pound top 10 boxer Nonito Donaire at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Saturday night.
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