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Due to an injury picked up in sparring to headliner Alex Montgomery, the May 24th card at Cleland Miners Club has now been rescheduled to Friday June 28th at the same venue.
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Explosive cuban superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa is set to face undefeated contender Darley Perez as chief support to the Chad Dawson v Adonis Stevenson card on June 8
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Long-time boxing matchmaker, promoter, booking agent Johnny Bos passed away last weekend in Florida at the age of 61. J Russell Peltz, member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, recalls his association with the man known as The Wizard of Bos
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Big punching, all action Middleweight sensation Gennady Golovkin begins training in Big Bear for his June 29 clash with Matthew Macklin
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Interbox have confirmed that the once postponed and much hyped battle of Montreal stars, Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal will go ahead on December 7th
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Rendall Munroe makes quick work of opponent in ring return
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Don Smith investigates Rigondeux v Donaire post fight drug tests and gives readers an in depth look at the Arizona boxing scene
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Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan returns the to the ring with KO win
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Doncaster’s Jamie McDonnell wins the the IBF bantamweight world title with an exciting victory in his home town over previously unbeaten Mexican, Julio Ceja
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Alexander Miskirtchian easily retains his European Featherweight strap in Belgium
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Darlington’s Stuart Hall battled his way into the very top of the IBF world rankings, and potential mega-fights, after overcoming the tough challenge of Sergio Perales at Doncaster’s Keepmoat Stadium on May 11
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Adrian “Confesor” Hernandez (27-2-1, 16 KOs) overcame tough Yader Cardoza (15-5, 5 KOs) to successfully defend his WBC world light flyweight title on Saturday night
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J. R. Jowett reporting from ringside: It doesn’t get any more local than this, a one-pro-bout shpw between two debutees in a state that’s been close to dead since the retirement of Joey Gamache. But on May 11, 2013, the Skowhegan Area High School was the scene of a pro-am card promoted by Ken Wyman and Wyman’s Boxing Club. Has there ever been pro boxing in Skowhegan? Nobody knows. Maybe Paul Junior fought here? That’s part of the charm; you can have boxing in towns that
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Holly Holm impressively, if not spectacularly, defended her World Boxing Federation World Light Welterweight title on Saturday night May 11 in front of a sold-out crowd at the Route 66 Casino Hotel´s Legends Theater in Albuquerque
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Jerry Glick reporting from ringside: Joe DeGuardia and his able matchmaker Ron Katz put on a great show that brought in a full house to Huntington, LI, on a stormy night at his favorite venue, The Paramount Theater.
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By Danny Winterbottom
Ricky Burns retained his WBO world lightweight title in bizarre circumstances when challenger Jose A Gonzalez complained of a broken wrist and quit on his stool at the start of round 10 inside the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.
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Dierry Jean scores a TKO victory over Cleotis Pendarvis in a IBF eliminator at 140lbs reports Jason Pribila
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Adrian Hernandez and Yader Cardoza both make weight for their WBC light flyweight world title bout
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Hall of Fame boxing promoter Don King invites the leaders of Russia and Panama to his world title bill in Moscow featuring Dennis Lebedev v Guillermo Jones
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WOODBURY, NY (May 10, 2013) This afternoon the Official Weigh-In was held for Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing "ROCKIN FIGHTS 8 event set for Saturday, MAY 11 at The Paramount in Huntington, New York.
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Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan weighs in under the Super Bantam limit ahead of his fight with Francisco Javier Gallo - photo courtesy of Top Rank/Chris Farina
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Jamie McDonnell and Julio Ceja both scale 1lb under the championship limit ahead of their fight for the vacant IBF Bantamweight crown
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World title challenger Jose A. Gonzalez talks exclusively to Anson Wainwright about his opponent, WBO lightweight boss, Ricky Burns
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WBO world lightweight champion Ricky Burns and mandatory challenger Jose Gonzalez of Puerto Rico both weighed in below the 135lb limit ahead of tomorrow’s title showdown
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When World Boxing Federation Women’s World Light Welterweight Champion Holly Holm, 32-2-3 (9), makes her first defense of this particular championship on May 11 at the Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it will also be her last.
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Lucian Bute has a successful operation on his hand to remove bone fragments
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Ireland’s Patrick Hyland has injured his shoulder forcing him to pull out of his fight scheduled for May 18
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Undefeated Dierry "Dougy Style" Jean (24-0, 16 KOs), of Quebec, Canada, will meet southpaw Cleotis "Mookie" Pendarvis (17-3-1, 6 KOs), of Los Angeles, Calif., in a 10-round elimination bout for the No. 1 spot in the IBF’s 140-pound division.
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IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Lamont Peterson held an open workout in Washington, D.C. in preparation for his May 18 fight against WBC Interim Super Lightweight World Champion Lucas Matthysse
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Marc Livitz talks exclusively with L.A based light welterweight Cleotis "Mookie" Pendarvis
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Fan favourite Cello Renda returns this weekend knowing that a victory will lead to an English title crack in the summer
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The IBF has granted formal sanction approval for the IBF Light Heavyweight Voluntary Eliminator fight for the #1 position between #4, Sergey Kovalev and #5, Cornelius White
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May 9, 2013, Dallas ,Texas --- (L-R) WBO World Featherweight champion Mikey Garcia and Juan Manuel Lopez during the press conference in Dallas ,Texas
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By Andy Rivera: Despite the expected retirement of Holly Holm, promoter Lenny Fresquez has confirmed he will continue to deliver top quality boxing cards in New Mexico
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Mongolian Warrior out to show age is no barrier in Glasgow
Choi Tseveenpurev says he’ll prove that age is nothing but a number and show the divide in class between him and John Simpson as they clash for the WBO International featherweight title
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A much anticipated domestic clash between unbeaten middleweights John Ryder and Beijing Olympian, Billy Joe Saunders is scheduled to take place for the British Title
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Barry Lindenman explores why criticism aimed at boxing judge Herb Santos for his scoring of the J’Leon Love v Gabriel Rosado fight is unjust
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American Heavyweight sensation Deontay Wilder will return to England to face Derek Chisora in an intriguing match up on June 15
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is keen to face recent Sergio Martinez victim, Martin Murray in his next fight scheduled for August 3rd in Mexico
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Thomas LaManna, of Millville, NJ, coming off the biggest win of his career, returns to action Saturday evening, June 1, when he takes on in-state rival Alando Swain, of Trenton
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Daniel Yeo takes a look at the criticism that boxing faces in light of a recent ring tragedy
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North East promoter Phil Jeffries will move a little further south for his next Pro Box North East show, when he brings boxing to Scarborough’s ‘The Spa’ on Saturday May 11 writes John Hannen
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Mary McGee confident of beating Holly Holm in her final fight
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Top bantamweights, Jamie McDonnell and Julio Ceja, went head-to-head for the first time at a packed press conference on Tuesday (May 7).
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Dierry "Dougy Style" Jean (24-0, 16 KOs), of Quebec, Canada, will face southpaw Cleotis "Mookie" Pendarvis (17-3-1, 6 KOs), of Los Angeles, Calif., for the No. 1 spot in the IBF’s 140-pound division
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By Danny Winterbottom
When Karo Murat travels to New York City in July he does so in readiness to battle a legend of the game and the scourge of father time.
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Kazuto Ioka retains his WBA World Light Flyweight title and WBA Minimumweight champ Ryo Miyazaki makes a successful first defence of his belt
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Reports from South Africa confirm the passing of highly respected trainer Jabulani "Jabu" Malinga
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With just days to go the excitement is beginning to climax ahead of Jamie McDonnell’s IBF bantamweight world title clash with Mexican banger Julio Ceja.
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