NBC Sports Group announced today the formation of NBC Sports Network Fight Night.

By Ron Valderrama: The Antonio Margarito saga continues as an alternate venue is sought for Cotto-Margarito II.

WBA super middleweight champ Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KOs), trainer Virgil Hunter, and promoter Dan Goossen hosted members of the media at King’s Gym in Oakland, CA on Friday

Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell will take the biggest step of his thus far unconventional professional boxing career on Saturday, Dec. 10 against Timur Ibragimov

WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has scooped the 2011 British Boxer of the Year award at the British Boxing Board of Control annual dinner on Sunday.

Jerry Glick reporting: He played Sonny Liston opposite Will Smith in “Ali” on the big screen; he was in "Public Enemies" starring with Johnny Depp; he was in "State Property 2" with Damon Dash; he has appeared on television on Saturday Night Live; he did "Sons of Anarchy." He has played Othello, The Moor of Venice, and he has written for HBO and Bert Sugar’s “Fight Game.” Michael Bentt, former WBO Heavyweight Champion, has added to his boxing prowess by becoming a man of the arts.

Roy Jones Jr. in association with TNT Promotions presents "Thanksgiving Feast of Fists" on Wednesday Night November 23rd at Stage AE on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.

By Jason Pribila: Hall of Fame promoter J. Russell Peltz brought his brand of boxing back to Bally’s Atlantic City on Saturday Night.

Junior welterweight Roberto Ortiz scored a sixth round knockout win over veteran Carlos Urias at the Hotel Fairmont Princess in Acapulco, Mexico on Saturday.

Mexican José “Torito” Rodriguez won a very tough 12 round split decision win over Nethra Sasiprapa to win the vacant WBA interim light flyweight title in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico on Saturday.

By Peter Lim: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. pinned Peter Manfredo Jr. against the ropes and rained down a non-stop flurry of punches, prompting referee Lawrence Cole to jump in and end the contest at 1:52 of the fifth round

super bantamweight Victor “Vikingo” Terrazas scored a massive upset on Saturday when he defeated former three division world champion Fernando “Kochulito” Montiel in a clash for the vacant WBC Silver super bantamweight title.

Antonio Margarito will be examined by an ophthalmologist appointed by the New York State Athletic Commission today(Saturday) to decide if he can face Miguel Cotto in New York on December 3.

“Dangerous” Dannie Williams scored his 16th stoppage win from 21 fights at the Amerister Casino in Saint Charles, Missouri, USA on Friday night.

Unbeaten light-middleweight prospect Eddie Gomez from the Bronx,New York scored a fifth round stoppage win over Cuban Antonio Infante at the Complejo Deportivo Nilmarie Santini in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Friday night.

Saturday night at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas Julio Cesar Chavez Jr makes the first defence of his WBC middleweight title against ‘The Pride Of Providence’ Peter Manfredo Jr. As usual our brave army of writers once again put their reputations on the line to pick a winner.

Saturday night from Ballys Casino in Atlantic City, Garrett Wilson will make the first defense of the USBA Cruiserweight championship against Chuck Mussachio in a bout scheduled for 12 rounds.

So close to winning a world title in his last bout, Argenis Mendez will look to get back in the front of the contender line when he takes on Jose Palma in a 10 round bout on Saturday.

By Peter Lim: Given their respective aggressive modes of combat, Peter Manfredo, Jr. anticipates a grueling, action-packed battle when he squares off against Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. for Chavez’ WBC middleweight title at the Reliant Arena in Houston, TX, this Saturday.

According to The New York Daily News the eagerly awaited rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, scheduled for Madison Square Garden on December 3 is in Jeopardy.

HBO and filmmaker Peter Berg will team up for the innovative new primetime series On Freddie Roach

Cancer survivor and unbeaten, top-ranked super middleweight Anthony Dirrell of Flint, Mich., will face fellow world-ranked southpaw Renan St-Juste of Canada, in the 12-round main event from the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif on December 2.

IBF and WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares, WBA Bantamweight Super Champ Anselmo Moreno, Two-weight titleholder Vic Darchinyan and Hall of Fame Promoter Don King held a media conference call on Wednesday to discuss the upcoming multi title card at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif on December 3.

Victor Lupo finally gets his well deserved title shot on December 17 against former world title challenger Antonin Decarie at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City.

The maturation process for undefeated 21-year-old middleweight Michael Oliveira spiked last Friday night after his impressive eighth-round win against veteran Xavier "The X-Man" Tolliver.

This Saturday night at The Paramount Theater in Huntington, New York, three undefeated fighters top the undercard on Boxeo Azteca that will be promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing.

Heavyweight Francois Botha is beaming with confidence ahead of his attempt to reclaim his WBF title against American Michael Grant in the headliner of Showpony Promotions “Urban War” extravaganza at the Monte Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday (Nov 19).

Bristol super-flyweight Lee Haskins is targeting a world title shot against WBC champion Suriyan Por Chokchai.

Respected cutman Joe Souza died at his home in San Antonio on Monday after losing his battle with prostate cancer at the age of 77.

Last weekend’s third showdown between pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao and bitter rival, Juan Manuel Marquez was a huge success in Las Vegas, according to Keith Kizer of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

In This Corner’s James ‘Smitty’ Smith talks exclusively to Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach following their third controversial clash at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night.

You don’t see or hear of many top fighters calling out the name of Middleweight Champion Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez.

Joe Frazier was laid to rest on Monday after having passed away on November 7 at age 67. Undefeated welterweight Mike Jones, who was trained by Frazier, reflects on his time with Smokin’ Joe.

The ultimate confrontation - "World Dominance" - on December 2 between the top two women boxers in the world, Holly Holm and Anne Sophie Mathis promises to give women’s boxing a much needed boost.

By John Lumpkin: Watching Max Kellerman’s Face Off promo featuring Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito made it clear that Cotto sincerely believes that Margarito cheated in their first bout.

After months of negotiating, Ustream.TV will again throw its hat in the boxing ring on Dec. 10 in Atlanta, GA.

By Derek Bonnett: Boxing fans are never going to agree on the controversial matters which plague the sport of boxing. Hopkins was faking. Dawson pushed him down. Dawson should win.

By Mike Sloan: For a fight as close as they come, one that easily could have gone to either man, the official result of Manny Pacquiao’s majority decision win over rival Juan Manuel Marquez has raised quite an uproar. Some 24 hours after the Filipino superstar’s hand was raised in victory, there remains some incendiary embers underneath the ashes of the immediate fallout from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

By: Mike Sloan ringside in Las Vegas: It took quite a few rounds to take out the old grizzled veteran, but Timothy Bradley got the job done and scored a dominating stoppage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

By: Mike Sloan at ringside in Las Vegas: It looked like Breidis Prescott was going to score a dominating one-sided stoppage against an unbeaten American fighter on a major pay-per-view card.

By: Mike Sloan at ringside in Vegas: Veteran Filipino welterweight Dennis Laurente ended his bout with Ayi Bruce with one punch in the seventh round at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Super middleweight Matt Vanda knocked out Harley Kilfian in round three at the Armory in Saint Paul, MN on Friday night.

By Sean Wippert at ringside in Las Vegas: The Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino was the site for yet another chronicle in Top Rank’s Friday Night Fights.

By Sean Wippert at ringside in Las Vegas: The younger half of the Magdaleno brothers, Jesse, was prominently on display on the undercard in Ls Vegas as he took on Houston native and fellow Super Bantamweight Gil Garcia.

After three years without national television exposure, undefeated WBA light-middleweight champion Austin Trout dominated Frank LoPorto for more than five rounds

Manny Pacquiao and challenger Juan Manuel Marquez both made the 144-lb catch weight limit on the eve of their bout at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight crown against Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez. This is the third meeting between the pair and probably the last. As usual our brave army of writers once again put their reputations on the line to pick a winner.

The family of former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier announced on Wednesday details of his funeral.

By Clive Bernath; Over the last three years Manny Pacquiao has firmly established himself as the world’s No.1 pound for pound boxer. Ironically, it was not until after he squeezed a 12 round split decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez in their March, 2008 rematch that ‘Pac Man’ first seriously appeared on the radar of the casual boxing fan.

After dismantling Scottish southpaw Craig McEwan in Cancun last weekend unbeaten middleweight contender Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin has arguably established himself as the No. 1 American middleweight.

Austin Trout weighed in at 154 pounds and Frank LoPorto measured 152.5 pounds one day before their 12-round WBA Super Welterweight Championship main event at the Cohen Stadium in El Paso, Texas.

With just under a month before the biggest fight in his career, Joe DeGuardia is happy to report that Delvin Rodriguez is right on schedule for his much anticipated rematch with Pawel Wolak.

Boxing promoter Don King received a gift of $500,000 from his fighter Felix “Tito” Trindad in celebration of his 80th birthday.

This Saturday night is a huge night for fight fans, maybe the best night of fighting in 2012.

Max Alexander understands his current place in the boxing world. Inactive for two years, few if any give him any chance of coming out on top in his December 10 showdown with Roy Jones Jr. at the Atlanta (GA) Civic Center.

In This Corner’s James ‘Smitty’ Smith talks exclusively to Manny Pacquiao, his trainer Freddie Roach and opponent Juan Manuel Marquez ahead of their third bout at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night.

WBO light-welterweight champion Timothy Bradley insists he ready to take on the very fighters at 140lbs and 147lbs.

Unbeaten, 21-year-old middleweight Michael "The Brazilian Rocky" Oliveira, according to his head trainer Orlando Cuellar, has the potential to be a Brazilian version of Oscar de la Hoya.

Juan Manuel Marquez has enjoyed 11 weeks of excellent preparation ahead of his third battle with pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Chris Algieri takes a step up in class when he faces hard hitting Bayan Jargal in the 10 round main Jr. Welterweight main event November 19th, at The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island, NY.

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has expressed his sadness on hearing that former champ Joe Frazier has lost his fight for life following a short illness.

Legendary promoter Don King, who promoted Joe Frazier in the finale of Frazier’s phenomenal trilogy with Muhammad Ali, 1975’s “Thrilla in Manila,” made an official statement today after learning of the death of his longtime friend.

Welterweight contender Mike Jones feels that this weekend’s Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight will end in a knockout.

Maxboxing’s Steve Kim took a trip down to the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles a few days ago to check out Manny Pacquiao’s latest training session and speak exclusively to Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach.

MSG Network will honor legendary boxer “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier, who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 67, with a special block of programming tonight from 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

By Clive Bernath: Boxing legend Joe Frazier, famous for taking part in some of the greatest heavyweight title fights in the history of the sport, has lost his final battle with liver Cancer at the age of 67.

Undefeated middleweight prospect Michael "The Brazilian Rocky" Oliveira has put next year’s potential blockbuster fight in Brazil on hold against legendary Acelino "Popo" Freitas.

Heavyweight Mike Perez has been added to the undercard of Lee Purdy’s British Welterweight title defence against Colin Lynes at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Wednesday night November 9.

Muhammad Ali And Joe Frazier waged possibly the fiercest bitter rivalry ever witnessed between two fighters in the history of boxing.

Pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao’s generosity knows no bounds. In fact he is well known for being a very generous man and that reputation was enforced recently.

By Derek Bonnett: The late October snowfall of winter storm Alfred left many New Englanders in the dark for up to a week in some places. In Connecticut, yours truly was left without heat, warm showers, television, and internet access. I missed some pretty good action in the boxing world and was unable to keep SecondsOut readers up to snuff with our ever changing world rankings and, for that, I apologize.

International boxing and MMA are set to take over the internet on Sunday November 6.

Guillermo Jones, Mike Marrone plus the full undercard boxers from Saturday night’s world title card took part in the post press conference just hours after the event.

WBA cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones handed out a sustained beating to Mike Marrone before Marrone’s corner mercifully stepped in to rescue their boxer in the sixth round at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida on Saturday.

By: Marc Livitz: Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo and James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland treated fight fans to a memorable throwdown in Cancun, QR, Mexico on Saturday night.

Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola (34-2, 29 KOs) took on Ralph "The Silencer" Butler (35-12, 28 KOs) Saturday night in an epic slugfest.

By Jason Pribila: On Saturday night boxing returned to the electric Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada as fans filled the arena to welcome adopted son Lucien Bute back to the ring as the undefeated Romanian faced his stiffest test on paper against Super Six semi-finalist Glen Johnson.

Unbeaten lightweight prospect José González won a 10 round unanimous decision over Fernando Trejo at the Coliseo Antonio R. Barcelo in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico on Friday night.

Former WBC light middleweight champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (23-2-2, 7 KOs) scored a seventh round stoppage win over Shibata Flores (45-12, 26 KOs) at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif on Friday night.

In front of hundreds of onlookers at Laurier Quebec Place, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and Glen Johnson weighed in ahead of their title battle on Saturday

Guillermo Jones and Mike Marrone both scaled inside the cruiserweight limit ahead of their WBA title clash in Hollywood, Florida on Saturday night.

Chris Arreola and Ralph Butler took to the scales Friday afternoon to weigh in for their fight tomorrow night at El Domo De La Feria in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.

Manny Pacquiao took time from training for his upcoming defense of his WBO welterweight title against Juan Manuel Márquez on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night.

Lee ‘Lights Out’ Purdy says he is not looking past Colin Lynes to a rematch with Denton Vassell – as he wants to secure the Lonsdale belt for keeps on Wednesday night (November 9).

By Danny Winterbotom: Throughout the annals of boxing history there have been many an exponent of the left hook. From the brutally beautiful explosiveness of ‘Smokin Joe Frazier’s numbing left to the exquisite timing of Sugar Ray Robinson. Combined with speed and accuracy a left hook can produce a key knockdown or fight ending knockout, a boxers best friend.

"I was crying my eyes out with joy," exclaimed Tony "The Tiger" Thompson upon hearing the official news from the IBF declaring him the mandatory challenger for Wladamir Klitschko.

Floyd Mayweather Jr returns to the ring on May 5, 2012, and his advisor Leonard Ellerbe says Mayweather wants to finally fight Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao in a clash to decide the world’s best pound for pound boxer.

Day two of press conferences at La Cage Aux Sports in Quebec attracted another strong media turnout as rising junior welterweight star Pier-Olivier Côté and Jorge Luis Teron discussed their 12-round bout this Saturday, Nov. 5, from the Pepsi Coliseum.

By: Marc Livitz: Juan Manuel Marquez participated in a media conference call today from his training facilities in Mexico City. The Mexican legend is currently a lightweight titleholder and is widely recognized as one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the world today.

Canadian boxing hero Lucian Bute insists the Pepsi Coliseum will be ‘rocking’ when he makes the latest defence of his IBF super-middleweight title against American ’Road Warrior’ Glen Johnson on Saturday night.

Don King hosted the final press conference today for his world championship fight card on Saturday at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.

By: Marc Livitz; International boxing icon Manny Pacquiao participated in a brief media conference call today to discuss his eagerly anticipated third bout with Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez, which takes place on Saturday, November 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Argentine tough guy Marcos Maidana has welcomed a challenge from American Paulie Malignaggi.

welterweight contender Mike Jones, who faces Sebastian Lujan on the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito card, will be in line for a title shot if he wins on Dec. 3.

Promoter Greg Cohen, of Greg Cohen Promotions, is safe after being aboard the Boeing 767 from New Jersey that had to make an emergency landing at Warsaw, Poland’s Frederic Chopin International airport today.