By John Hannen: Six of the north east’s boxer were in action at Newcastle’s O2 Academy on Saturday, May 18.

Edgar Sosa scored a hard fought 12 round unanimous points win over Giovani Segura at the Plaza de Toros Eloy Cavazos in Zitacuaro, Michoacan, Mexico on Saturday.

Undefeated heavyweight Krzysztof Zimnoch, 15-0-1-(11), outpointed former WBC heavyweight champ Oliver McCall, 56-13-(37) over eight rounds at the Arena Hall in Legionowo, Poland on Saturday.

Felix “Diamante” Verdejo scored a fourth round tko win over Corben Page in a super featherweight bout at the Ruben Zayas Montañez Coliseum in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico on Saturday.

By Jason Pribila: Ringside in Atlantic City: Lee Purdy did not make the most of an opportunity that many questioned he deserved. A replacement for the injured Kell Brook, Purdy failed to make weight for the right to challenge for Devon Alexander’s IBF welterweight title.

By Jason Pribila: Ringside in Atlantic City: On the 11th Anniversary of Gatti-Ward 1 it was only fitting that an important pick ‘em prize fight was taking place at the house that Gatti built, Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. On this night Lamont Peterson met Lucas Matthysse with a date against Danny Garcia on the line.

Canning Town’s Wadi Camacho claimed the 30th Prizefighter championship with a second round knockout of former foe Harri Miles and collected £34,000 for his efforts.

Curtis Woodhouse made easy work of Hungarian import Sandor Horvath on Friday when he stopped his overmatched opponent in the opening round at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield, England on Friday night.

Providence’s Shelito Vincent became the WIBA super bantamweight champion at the Twin Rivers Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island on Friday by out-pointing Angel Gladney over eight rounds.

Ghislain Maduma remained unbeaten at the Lac Leamy Casino in Gatineau Quebec, Canada on Friday night when he won a hard fought 10 round decision over Mexican Saul Carreon.

On Friday night featherweight prospect Guy Robb scored a six round unanimous decision victory against John Herrera at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona.

In a possible fight of the year showdown, WBA cruiserweight champion in recess Guillermo Jones scored an upset 11th round tko win over a very game Denis Lebedev on Friday night at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia.

Wladimir Klitschko can come. That’s what must have gone through the mind of Alexander Povetkin on Friday night after he finished off Andrzej Wawrzyk inside three rounds.

Irish middleweight contender, Andy Lee, 30-2-(21), returned to the United States on Wednesday evening to make a statement at BB King Blues Club, NYC in the latest edition of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Series.

By Andre Cristiano at ringside: IBO super featherweight champion Will Tomlinson retained his title with a controversial 12 round unanimous decision over South African boxer Malcolm Klassen at The Melbourne Pavilion in Victoria, Australia on Thursday.

Jerry Glick reporting from ringside: As Matchmaker Joe Quiambao become a dad again the company he works for, DiBella Entertainment, was busy putting on an exciting eight bout show at BB Kings in Midtown Manhattan in front of a packed house.

Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan returns the to the ring with KO win

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

Alexander Miskirtchian easily retains his European Featherweight strap in Belgium

Dierry Jean scores a TKO victory over Cleotis Pendarvis in a IBF eliminator at 140lbs reports Jason Pribila

Kazuto Ioka retains his WBA World Light Flyweight title and WBA Minimumweight champ Ryo Miyazaki makes a successful first defence of his belt

Unbeaten Japanese super featherweight world champion, Takahashi Uchiyama successfully defended his WBA title on Monday in Tokyo

By Mikko Salo: The outcome was never in doubt in The Ring Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko`s tune-up defence of his crown against Italian Francesco Pianeta.

By Marc Livitz at ringside in Las Vegas: "May Day", as the weekend’s promotion was called proved to be a state of emergency for only one man in the ring tonight and it was not Floyd "Money" Mayweather, Jr. In front of a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Floyd didn’t look like a year of inactivity, a short stint in jail or thirty six years of age was any sort of factor.

Jerry Glick reporting from ringside: The promotional team of New Legend, Old World, and W.O.N. had yet another sold out show at the Resorts World Casino in Queens, NY on Saturday.

By Marc Livitz in Las Vegas: Leo Santa Cruz clashed with Alexander Munoz for the vacant USBA junior featherweight championship on the Mayweather Jr Vs Guererro undercard in Las Vegas on Saturday.

By Marc Livitz from ringside: Abner Mares made his featherweight debut this evening in Las Vegas and he was out to impress the masses. His first fight in the division was for the WBC featherweight title which was held by Daniel Ponce de Leon.

Three WBF titles got new owners on Saturday when Christina Hammer dethroned Zita Zatyko in Germany and Gogi Knezevic and Timy Shala won Intercontinental titles in Austria.

Wladimir Klitschko retained his IBF/WBA/WBO and IBO heavyweight titles In Mannheim, Germany on Saturday night with a dominating display of boxing against Italian challenger Francesco Pianeta.

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai impressively claimed the WBC super flyweight title when he scored an eighth round stoppage win over champion Yota Sato at Khonmuangsri Boxing Stadium in Sisaket Province, Thailand on Friday.

Unbeaten light welterweight prospect “Relentless” Antonio Orozco scored an impressive seventh round knockout over Jose Reynoso at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas on Friday night.

J. R. Jowett reporting from ringside: A small and pretty generic downtown, lots of student apartment rental signs, an historic marker commemorating one of the most horrific crimes in the annals of U.S. labor violence, and a sparkling, modern campus highlight this small town south of Pittsburgh.

Three division world champion Jhonny Gonzalez scored a fourth round stoppage win over Akihiko Katagiri at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City on Saturday.

By Jason Pribila: We are three years removed from Chris Arreola being labeled as the best American heavyweight. A one-sided beating at the hands of Vitali Klitschko followed by an uninspired loss to Tomasz Adamek forced Arreola to take his conditioning between fights more seriously.

By Marc Livitz at ringside in Austin, TX: Raymundo Beltran defeated Alejandro Rodriguez by way of unanimous decision tonight at the Frank Erwin Center on the campus of the University of Texas. The two Mexican fighters battled in a ten round lightweight contest in front of a good sized crowd.

Danny Garcia not only retained his WBC and WBA light welterweight title against Zab Judah in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night, he also claimed bragging rights over his bitter rival.

By Derek Bonnett: Sergio Martinez returned to the ring with a homecoming bout against highly rated middleweight challenger Martin Murray. His return was more than ten years in the making and is topped, perhaps, only by Homer’s Odysseus.

Lee Haskins scored a fifth round stoppage win over Martin Ward to claim the vacant British bantamweight title in front of his local fans at the City Academy Sports Centre in Bristol on Saturday night.

European light heavyweight champ Juergen Braehmer scored an impressive second round knockout over Tony Averlant at the Alsterdorf Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday.

Amir Khan survived a fourth round knockdown to outpoint Julio Diaz over 12 tough rounds in a light welterweight battle at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, England on Saturday night.

Gary Sykes retained his English super featherweight title on the Khan Vs Diaz undercard in Sheffield on Saturday night with a unanimous 10 round points win over Jon Kays.

The professional boxing career of Audley Harrison came to a crashing end at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield on Saturday night when he was knocked out in the opening round by American puncher Deontay Wilder.

J. R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Promoter Greg Robinson has done a fine job for many years in Philadelphia, but occasionally the best-laid plans… A nearly full house showed up to see what promised to be a prime-time showdown between Angel Ocasio and Ryan Belasco.

By Derek Gionta: Made Men Promotions returned to the Serbian American Cultural Center in Weirton, West Virginia on Saturday night, hosting their second professional boxing show in front of a nice local crowd.

After one year of inactivity Miguel "Mikito" Soto returned by defeating John Wampash by TKO in fourth round at the Manuel "Petaca" Iguina Coliseum in Arecibo, Puerto Rico on Saturday.

Former world champion turned promoter Ricky Hatton made his Australian promotion debut on Saturday with Right Cross Entertainment at the RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane, Queensland.

Heavyweight Andrey Fedosov took out Darnell Wilson with some well timed body shots before in the fifth with at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana on Saturday.

Robinson Castellanos scored a 12 round split decision over two-division world champion Celestino “Pelenchin” Caballero at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City, Panama on Saturday.

Victor “Vikingo” Terrazas won the vacant WBC super bantamweight title with a split decision win over former WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares at the new Arena Mexico in Mexico City on Saturday.

By Marc Livitz at ringside in San Antonio: Texas native Omar Figueroa scored an impressive first round knockout over Abner Cotto in the evening’s co-main event in San Antonio.