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Promoter Oscar De La Hoya admits to being slightly nervous about Saul Alvarez putting his WBA light middleweight title on the line against the dangerous WBA champ Austin Trout at the Alamodrome in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday night.
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Radio Rahim talks exclusively to Robert Guerrero about his forthcoming world welterweight title challenge against pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 4.
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InterBox, Lucian Bute, Jean Pascal and Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) hereby confirm that antidoping tests are in place leading up to their fight scheduled on May 25th at the Montreal Bell Centre.
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Three weight world boxing champion Holly "The Preacher’s Daughter" Holm shocked the combat sports world by announcing her retirement from boxing, effective after her May 11 fight with "Merciless" Mary McGee in order to pursue her mixed-martial-arts career.
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WBO Light-Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly headlines promoter Frank Warren’s promotion at Wembley Arena against German based Kosovan Robin Krasniqi on Saturday(April 27).
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Aitor “El Diamante” Nieto and Sergei “La Perla” Mba square off for the vacant WBC Latin Welterweight title in front of a partisan crowd at the Florida Arena In Spain on April 19.
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The complete card has been finalized for this Friday’s Friday Night Fights-tripleheader from the Tropicana Showroom in the Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City.
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Hennessy Sports has announced that WBC Silver super middleweight champion James DeGale MBE is scheduled to make his North American debut on May 17th.
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John Simpson will face Choi Tseveenpurev for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title in at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow on May 11.
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Unbeaten heavyweights Daniel “The Mountain” Martz will face Joshua “Too Tuff” Tufte, over 10 rounds for the vacant NABA-US and USBO heavyweight titles at the Serbian American Cultural Center in Weirton, West Virginia on Saturday.
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Former WBC super flyweight champ Tomas “Gusano” Rojas returned to boxing on Saturday night when he knocked out Philippine Jaderes Padua in the sixth round.
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If 38 year-old WBC middleweight champ Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez loses his crown on April 27th against Britain’s Martin Murray, “ He has to quit boxing,” stressed his promoter Sampson Lewkowicz: But Sampson said such a thing won’t occur as, Martinez is still a very great champion.
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On May 4th, Boxing returns to the Resorts World Casino New York City in Queens, New York for a great night of action promoted by New Legend Boxing, Old World Boxing and W.O.N Promotions.
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A purse bid was held earlier today in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the right to stage the WBO light Middleweight Title bout between champion Zaurbek Baysangurov and top rated and undefeated contender Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade.
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By Dan Wheeler: Eighteen months ago, it looked like Frankie Gavin was destined to become the biggest unfulfilled talent Britain had ever produced. Now he is the reigning British Champion. He has been on quite a journey.
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Jerry Glick reporting from ringside: The fight was a purist’s delight; Guillermo Rigondeaux, the Cuban exile with an astounding 400 fight amateur career with two Olympic Gold Medals and enough medals won in countless other tourneys to stock a bank vault, put on a display of boxing skills that should be used as a how to box lesson for all young people looking to try the ring.
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Matchroom Sport today confirmed that Kell Brook will be unable to fight Devon Alexander on May 18 due to an injury to his right foot.
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The WBA featherweight title bout between long time champion Chris John and Satoshi Hosono ended in a technical draw at the Indoor Tennis Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday.
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Former world title challenger Matthew Macklin believes WBA and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has not fought anyone like him before.
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Undefeated WBO lightweight #1 ranked Jose “Chelo” Gonzalez showed last weekend how hard he is training for his first world title challenge on May 11 when he faces champion Ricky Burns at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.
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J. R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Intrepid promoter Andre Kut (KEA Boxing) got a new pair of pants and courageously ran a card just across the river from NYC on the night of the prime-time Radio City show promoted by Top Rank.
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J. R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Wow! What a town! Houses range in style from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Appalachia, there’s a 5th & Broadway, mountain cliffs drop into backyards, there was a drive-by at the trailer park, and a river (canal) runs through it
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By Derek Bonnett: The month of April has remained full of surprises as three world titles changed hands this week, including that of a pound for pound elite. Five boxers also fell from grace exiting the SecondsOut world rankings due to inactivity and change of weight class
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Jerry Glick reporting: Curtis “Showtime” Stevens started his career like a rocket. Formerly coupled with friend and fellow super-middleweight, Jaidon Codrington, they were known as the “Chin Checkers” for their power punching. Stevens began his career with six knockouts in a row
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Former WBO flyweight champ Julio Cesar Miranda and Juan Jose Montes battled to a 12 round draw at the Plaza de Toros Monumental in Cuidad Hidalgo, Michoacan, Mexico on Saturday.
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Following his 12 round points defeat to Guillermo Rigondeaux in New York on Saturday night, Nonito Donaire Jr. has vowed to "come back and do better."
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Guillermo Rigondeaux produced the upset of the year so far at the Radio City Music Hall on Saturday night when he survived a 10th round knockdown to out-point Nonito Donaire over 12 rounds to unify the WBO and WBA super bantamweight titles.
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By Marc Livitz at ringside in Corpus Christi, Texas: Juan Diaz scored a sixth round TKO victory over Hernando "Pipino" Cuevas, Jr. tonight at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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WBA/WBO and WBC welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus remained unbeaten at the Arena Nord in Frederikshavn, Denmark on Saturday night when she scored a third round tko win over 45 year old Mia St John.
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Marcos Nader emerged victorious via 12 unanimous decision in a rematch with Roberto Santos at the Multiversum in Schwechat, Austria on Saturday.
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This week SecondsOut’s big fight prediction is the WBA and WBO super bantamweight title clash between Nonito Donaire and classy Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux that takes place at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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By Sean Wippert ringside in Las Vegas: Amir Imam showed everyone in attendance at the Treasure Island hotel and casino why he had the nickname “Young Master.” on Friday.
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Undefeated heavyweight Amir “Hardcore” Mansour stopped Jason Gavern in the first round at the Dover Downs Casino and Hotel in Dover, Delaware on Friday.
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Oscar Gonzalez scored an upset 10 round decision win over former WBA champ Rico Ramos at the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Washington on Friday.
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Cedric Agnew out-pointed former world title challenger Yusaf Mack over 12 rounds in a bout for the USBA light heavyweight title fight at the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Michigan on Friday.
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Las Vegas Post Fight Quotes: Mamadjonov,Santana,Amam,Bryan,Oliveira and Coyne
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By Sean Wippert ringside in Las Vegas: The main event of the evening at the Treasure Island and Casino pitted a pair of very talented lightweight fighters in their quest for championship dreams. Two time Cuban champion Angelo “The Cuban Cobra” Santana stood at the ready as faced off against dangerous Uzbekistani phenom Bahodir “Baha” Mamadjonov.
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The World Boxing Association has ordered purse bids for the mandatory heavyweight clash between heavyweight ‘super champion’ Wladimir Klitschko and ‘interim’ titleholder Alexander Povetkin.
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The last remaining ticket for Saturday’s world title unification battle between NONITO "Filipino Flash" DONAIRE and GUILLERMO "El Chacal" RIGONDEAUX, have been sold
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The tension was sky high during the weigh-in at the Viennas Montessino between Austrian challenger Marcos Nader and defending Spanish EU-Champion Roberto Santos on Saturday.
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Yet another bout has been added to “The Return of the King: Khan vs. Diaz” card on April 27 at Motorpoint Arena Sheffield when undefeated Bolton prospect Rick Godding takes on Welshman Bradley Pryce.
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Martin Murray will a huge underdog when he faces pound for pound top 10 boxer Sergio Martinez in front of 40,000 hostile fans in Argentina on April 27 but he still believes he will shock the world and return home as WBC middleweight champ.
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Super middleweight in the world, Adonis “Superman” Stevenson is moving up in weight to challenge WBC light heavyweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson on Saturday night, June 8, from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada .
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The four boxers who will compete in a doubleheader on Friday, April 12, at Treasure Island Resort & Casino, made weight on their first attempts Thursday.
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Former world champion Cristian Mijares is training like a demon for his upcoming bout against Victor Terrazas-- so much so that he’s sparred hundreds of rounds!
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Current WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia has a crystal clear message to deliver loud and clear to Zab Judah.
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After almost a year without a fight, the best pound for pound boxer in the world, Floyd Mayweather Jr is in impressive shape after making a pre agreed weigh-in weight with no problem, 30 days prior to his fight, registering 148lbs.2oz.
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On Thursday night May 2nd, Banner Promotions and Thompson Boxing Promotions present a night of boxing in Corona, California.
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Brash British heavyweight Dereck Chisora says he’s ready destroy when he makes his big comeback against Argentinian Hector Alfredo Avila on Saturday 20th April at Wembley Arena.
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