By Derek Gionta: A man with a common name, yet uncommon goal of becoming a top-tier prize fighter will trade leather for the first time in just over a year on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights under card at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Top bantamweights, Jamie McDonnell and Julio Ceja, went head-to-head for the first time at a packed press conference on Tuesday (May 7).

By Wayne Bartlett: Dereck Chisora will enjoy a two stone weight advantage over David Haye this Saturday, when the pair finally get to trade blows (with gloves on) this Saturday night at Upton Park.

Mads Larsen and Luke Blackledge on Wednesday faced the press in Copenhagen, Denmark before travelling on to Herning where they will collide at the Nordic Fight Night on Saturday.

After the terrible news about Paul Williams being involved in a motor cycle accident, Golden Boy Promotions is looking for a new challenger to face WBC light middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

Amir Khan says he is over the disappointment of the Lamont Peterson ifight falling through and is fully focused on facing insists Danny Garcia for the WBC light welterweight champion Garcia on July 14.

By: Mike Sloan: Carl Froch had mentioned a few times leading up to last Saturday night that he felt Lucian Bute was a bit overrated. After watching the Englishman dismantleButeand eventually remove him from consciousness, maybe Froch was onto something.

By Ron Valderrama at ringside: May 26th Tucson-Az. Bantamweight, Hanzel "El Tornadito" Martinez survived a scare and managed to walk away with the WBC United States (USNBC) Bantamweight Title in a win over Felipe Rivas.

By Petrer Lerner: There was a bit of everything happening in Italian boxing over the weekend: the long-awaited return of the protagonists of last year’s fight of the year, two EU and a European title fight, two impressive visitors, the comeback of the former pound-for-pound king of Italy, plenty of knockdowns and an absolutely gruesome miscarriage of justice.

Lucian Bute has vowed to return a better fighter after losing his IBF super-middleweight title to Britain’s Carl Froch last weekend.

Mikkel Kessler, one of only two men to have beaten Carl Froch has praised the Englishman for his impressive display in Lucian Bute last weekend.

British heavyweight Audley Harrison returned to the ring for the first time since being destroyed by David Haye last Saturday evening when he faced fellow Londoner Ali Adams at the Brentwood Centre in Essex

By Derek Bonnett: October 12, 1994 was a very special day for me in terms of my twenty-three years of following professional boxing. I was a seventeen year old kid at the time and the only things that got my heart pumping were cheerleaders, Camaros, and, mostly effectively, boxing matches

Audley Harrison has announced he is seeking endorsement from the British Boxing Board of Control, to be the next challenger for the British Heavyweight Title.

New IBF super-middleweight champion Carl Froch has target a high profile rematch with Mikkel Kessler after impressively destroying the previously undefeated Lucian Bute on Saturday night.

By Derek Bonnett: After losing to Andre Ward, Carl Froch vowed to go back to the drawing board to adjust his style. He felt his present form was not enough to elevate him to the next level of fighter he so passionately desired to be. Froch may have gone back to the drawing board before his showdown with Lucian Bute, but he didn’t change a thing.

David Lopez won a 10 round decision over former prospect Julio Cesar “Baby Face” Garcia at the Gimnasio Auditorio Jorge Campos in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico on Saturday.

Date May 18 Location Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA welterweight Devon Alexander w tko 7 Lee Purdy Interim WBC light welterweight title Lucas Martin Matthysse w tko 3 Lamont Peterson Location Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico vacant WBC International welterweight title Shane Mosley w pts 12 Pablo Cesar Cano

Jason Pribila reflects back on the weekend that was, and who were the real winners and losers from the May 4th promotion

By John F. McKenna: Jack Dempsey roared onto the boxing scene just prior to the beginning of the 1920’s. The “Roaring Twenties” if you will. And no individual did more to put that roar into the age which brought theUnited States into its role as a world power

By: Marc Livitz: The fight of his life is just two weeks away and he wishes it could take place tomorrow. Palm Springs, California native Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley strongly feels that the contest which is set to take place on June 9 at the MGM in Las Vegas is the opportunity of a lifetime

By Tom Gray: He speaks in a quiet and unassuming tone, frequently avoiding eye contact, as he reminisces on a spectacular twenty two year professional career which may still not have come to an end. His face belies the sacrifice of that journey and a stranger would never guess that this diminutive and innocent looking man was once a glorious gladiator, who waged war against some of the finest fighters in the world.

By Clive Bernath: It seems that I’m not the only one that believes Tim Bradley can shock the world and defeat Manny Pacquiao when the pair clash for ‘Pacman’s WBO welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 9. As soon as it was announced that the undefeated Bradley was next up for arguably the world’s No.1 boxer I envisaged a possible upset.