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Mayweather Promotions prospect faces suspension for failing drug test
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Fighters from this Saturday’s card talk to the press
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Martinez and Serrano to contest title in Tampa, Florida on July 12th
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This Friday night, some of the best prospects in the world will be highlighted on a special night of boxing on Wealth TV
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The explosive May 18 match-up between unbeaten contenders Shawn Porter and Phil Lo will air as part of the event’s SHOWTIME EXTREME® telecast
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Hard-hitting Ray Narh returns against Ronald Cruz on Friday, June 14
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Former World Champion Robert Guerrero will avoid jail for checking in an unloaded gun on board a flight from JFK airport, NYC in March
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Malignaggi and Broner trade barbs at press conference to announce their fight
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Vinnie Maddalone excited a lively crowd in Huntington, NY with a knockout victory which topped an entertaining night of boxing
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Featherweight prospect Guy Robb will fight for the first time this year on Friday 17 June
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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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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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Despite rumours to the contrary, Showtime Sports are standing firm that Mayweather v Guerrero exceeded 1 million PPV buys, Steve Kim reports
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Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan returns the to the ring with KO win
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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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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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Jason Pribila reflects back on the weekend that was, and who were the real winners and losers from the May 4th promotion
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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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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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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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Steve Kim looks at what is next for the pound for pound king of boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr
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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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Mary McGee confident of beating Holly Holm in her final fight
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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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This Friday night at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma undefeated Jr. Middleweight John "Apollo Kid" Thompson and undefeated Middleweight Antoine "Action" Douglas will be back in action in separate fights.
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By Derek Bonnett at ringside: On November 17, 2012, America’s favored heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell took on Jonathon Banks at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City , New Jersey, USA.
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By Derek Bonnett at Ringside
On Saturday, October 27, 2012, HBO’s Boxing After Dark series returned to Verona, New York, USA for the second time in as many months for a televised triple header of world class boxing. Turning Stone Resort Casino played host to the “HBO Triple Explosion” card. Gary Shaw Promotions in association with Greg Cohen Productions assembled the seven bout card featuring rising star Thomas Dulorme versus Luis Carlos Abregu, IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez
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A former three-division world champion, the talented Guerrero is ready for the difficult challenge of moving up in weight to face number one rated WBC welterweight contender Aydin in hopes of winning a world championship in a fourth weight class.
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By Andrew Wake at ringside: While Kell Brook isn’t a name that is instantly recognisable to American boxing fans, the unbeaten British welterweight is certainly on a mission to get the respect his skills deserve.
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By Andrew Wake: Paul McCloskey’s fans claimed their man was ‘cheated not defeated’ following his world title loss to Amir Khan last year and after seeing the Dungiven southpaw controversially halted by DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley, they’ll surely be saying the same thing once again.
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Former 154 lbs. contender Luis Resto, best known for his involvement in the Billy Collins Jr. glove tampering scandal, has been officially denied a license as a Boxing Second by the New York State Athletic Commission.
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By Jason Pribilla: While the knockout(Garrett Wilson vs Andres Taylor) provided fans with a dramatic conclusion to their evening (in Atlantic City), and will no doubt raise Wilson’s profile, I question if it was necessary
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By Jason Pribila: On an evening when ringside judges again proved that the action that takes place in the ring does not necessarily translate to the scorecards, cruiserweight Garrett Wilson dismissed the jury and scored a chilling knockout over Andres Taylor
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Check out all the latest champion boxing from the British Boxing Board of Control
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By Ray Kilgore: At about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday night at the Wessman Arena in Superior, Wisconsin, I ran into Frances Green who sat at a table not too far from where her husband, heavyweight boxer, Aaron Green was set to perform in little over an hour against Travis Fulton,
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By Anson Wainwright: Malawi, dubbed “The Warm Heart of Africa” (where life expectancy in the African republic is just 50 years old), is landlocked Southeast of the continent and is home to over 15,000,000 people.
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As expected Monday’s press conference at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles between Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios and WBA interim lightweight champion Richard ‘El Tigre” Abril became a little heated.
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New Legend Boxing and Old World Boxing stage a show at The Cordon Bleu, located at 96-01 Jamaica Ave. in Woodhaven, Queens, on the April 21.
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Former WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito is rumoured to be returning to the ring for two fights
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Californian based heavyweight Chris Arreola believes he will be world champion by the end of 2012
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Former multi weight world champion James Toney and Bobby Gunn weighed in Friday ahead of their IBA heavyweight title fight at Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi on Satueday.
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Former world champion boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is facing a felony count of child abuse.
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Former World Lightweight Champion Brandon Rios and Top-10 world-rated contenders Mike Albarado, Mauricio Herrera and Mercito Gesta held media workouts today at a jammed Fortune Gym in Los Angeles.
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Due to Tony Conquest and Michael Walsh both being unfit to box, the first instalment of Queensberry Promotions’ new concept of show, BoxAcademy, will be moved from its original date of April 12th.
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The “Captain” returns to the cruiserweight division. It will be the ninth time that Marco Huck will put his WBO title on the line when he steps into the ring on May 5.
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Dave Coldwell’s “Big Bang” that hits Liverpool’s Echo Arena on April 13th is the beginning of a bumper eight days showcasing a whole host of Merseyside sporting talent.
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Former heavyweight title challenger Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson scored a ninth round stoppage win over Alex Leapai on Sunday afternoon at Doomben Racecourse in Ascot, Queensland, Australia.
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South African boxer Nkosinathi Joyi impressively retained his IBF minimumweight title at the Orient Theatre in East London, South Africa on Friday night.
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WBC International Silver heavyweight champion Manuel Charr moved a step closer to the world heavyweight title at the Martim Hotel in Cologne, Germany on Friday night when he defeated Taras Bidenko via 12 round unanimous decision.
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Roberto Vasquez won a unanimous 11 round decision over Mario Briones to win the vacant WBA Fedelatin super bantamweight title at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City, Panama on Friday.
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Piotr Wilczewksi is the last obstacle between Arthur Abraham and another world title shot.
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Boxing writer and historian Bert Randolph Sugar died on Sunday afternoon in Chappaqua, N.Y., after a long battle with lung cancer.
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SecondsOut’s Ciaran Gibbons talks exclusively to IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute and challenger Carl Froch ahead of their clash in Nottingham on May 26.
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By Ryan Waugh in London: Nathan Cleverly will look to continue his unblemished record of 24 wins when he takes on German based Serbian boxer Robin Krasniqi at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 28th April.
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Irish middleweight Andy Lee is seeking a world title shot against WBC Middleweight Champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on June 16 at the Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas.
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Promoter Frank Warren will stage the first world title show at the Royal Albert Hall in over a decade when British star Nathan Cleverly headlines the legendary venue on Saturday 28th April.
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Martin Murray has been forced to withdraw from his WBC middleweight title challenge against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr because he cannot obtain a visa in time that would allow him to enter the United States.
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By Clive Bernath: On May 26 two of boxing’s true professionals will collide at the Capital FM Arena in middle England when unbeaten French Canadian Lucian Bute defends his IBF super-middleweight title against local hero Carl Froch.
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Matchroom Sport can confirm that Carl Froch’s IBF super middleweight World title fight with Lucian Bute will take place at the Capital FM Arena Nottingham on May 26.
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Despite Dereck Chisora being banned indefinitely by the British Boxing Board of Control after his failed world heavyweight title bid against Vitali Klitschko last month the 28 year-old says he still harbours a dream of becoming world champion.
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Team Kovalev blames Square Ring for a verbally agreed upon title fight between light heavyweights Sergey Kovalev and Ismayl Sillakh falling apart due to a contractual dispute.
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By Ryan Waugh: Lamont Peterson arrived in London this week to promote his rematch as the proud WBA and IBF light welterweight Champion.
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Former undisputed world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik of Youngstown, Ohio returns to the ring at the Alamodome on Saturday, March 31.
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Carlos Gomez recently had the opportunity to speak with Golden Boy Promotions Nicaraguan-American, un-defeated prospect and WBC, Youth Inter-Continental Super Bantamweight Champion Randy “El Matador” Caballero.
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By registering with bookmakers Paddy Power this weekend you can get a free £50 bet.
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Carl Froch’s IBF World super middleweight title challenge against Lucian Bute in May could be heading outdoors after a massive response from the public has led promoter Eddie Hearn to secure a bigger venue.
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Despite not having fought for over a year and being 38 years-old Mexican Boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera desperately wants a rematch with British light-welterweight Amir Khan.
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After long talks with Hall of Fame Promoter Wilfried Sauerland, coach Ulli Wegner, Team Sauerland General Manager Chris Meyer and sports director Hagen Doering, Huck has made the decision to continue at cruiserweight, where he holds the WBO title.
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Former world champions Tomás Rojas and Raúl García both won their respective bouts at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana on Saturday night.
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Three-weight world champion Fernando Montiel (47-4-2, 37 KOs) scored a ninth round knockout win over Indonesian Angky Angkota (25-7, 14 KOs) in Mazatlan, Mexico on Saturday night.
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Leading up to the title world title defense of Wladimir Klitschko against Jean-Marc Mormeck, Ola Afolabi is eager to take the next step in his career.
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Heavyweight Víctor Bisbal scored a third round tko win over former world cruiserweight champion Robert Daniels at the Coliseo Angel “Cholo” Espada in Salinas, Puerto Rico on Friday night.
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Former World Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Champion Tomasz Adamek and trainer Roger Bloodworth spoke to the media following an open workout at the World Boxing and Fitness Center in Jersey City, New Jersey on Thursday.
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Undefeated Junior Welterweight Vernon Paris is already in the best shape of his career and looking forward to his big opportunity against Zab Judah on March 24th
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Arthur Abraham (33-3, 27 KOs) will take on Piotr Wilczewski (30-2, 10 KOs) at the Sparkassen-Arena in Kiel on March 31.
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Saturday night at the Scottrade Center, St Louis, Missouri Argentine tough guy Marcos Maidana takes on American Devon Alexander in a welterweight clash while Adrien Broner defends his WBO super-featherweight crown against Eloy Perez..
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Marcos Maidana, Devon Alexander, Adrien Broner and Eloy Perez weighed in Friday ahead of their respective showdowns at the Scottrade Center, St Louis, Missouri Saturday night.
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IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham and Yoan Pablo Hernandez have weighed in ahead of their rematch at the Fraport Arena in Frankfurt Germany tomorrow night.
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Cruiserweights Joell Godfrey and Henry Namauu will battle in a ten round main event tonight (Jan. 21) at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma,WA. The event is presented by Halquist Productions.
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Freddie Roach is boxing’s hottest trainer. Helping to mold the success of world champions such as Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan serves as a testament to his mighty talents. On Freddie Roach, a six-part documentary series from director Peter Berg, provides viewers an unrestricted look into the contemporary life of one of sports’ most sought after men and amply reveals that being Freddie Roach is hardly achieved on aptitude alone. Episode #1, “Body Blow,” debuts tonight (Jan. 20) on HBO.
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Nathan Cleverly’s homecoming title defence on February 25th will see him take on American Tommy Karpency.
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Saul Alvarez and Kermit Cintron both scaled bang on the 154lbs limit ahead of Saturday’s WBC light middleweight title fight in Mexico City.
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Undefeated Canadian super featherweight Logan Cotton McGuinness has been named the North American Boxing Association ("NABA") 2011 Fighter of the Year.
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Pound for pound king and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has revealed that talks have begun to fight Floyd Mayweather Jnr, in a massive Pay Per View boxing event on May 5, 2011.
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All the hard work is done and Adrian Broner is ready to impress his home town boxing fans when he faces Vicente Martin Rodriguez for the vacant WBO super-featherweight title at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday(Nov 26) night.
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Welterweight contender Mike Jones, who faces Sebastian Lujan in an IBF world title eliminator on December 3, has added another strength and conditioning coach to his team.
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By Clive Bernath: Former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron may be the underdog when he challenges champion Saul Alvarez in Mexico City on Saturday night but the 32 year-old Puerto Rican believes he is the better and more experienced boxer of the two.
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Lamont Peterson is in a confident mood and believes speed and timing will see him to victory when he challenges Amir Khan for the WBA light welterweight crown in Washington on December 10.
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Just one month out from the biggest fight of his life and his first in the United States, Anselmo Moreno and his wife Rouss Laguna Moreno found out they are expecting twins.
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As part of the successful “Kids Drug Free”, programme former world champions Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. visit the Casa Laura Vicuña, a nonprofit institution at the Barriada Morales in Caguas on Tuesday.
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Undefeated IBF No. 5-ranked junior welterweight Vernon “Ice Man” Paris from Detroit, today signed a promotional agreement with Don King.
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"World Dominance" features the top two women’s boxers in the world, American favorite Holly Holm and French knockout specialist Anne Sophie Mathis.
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