By Lwazi Ndzobongo: Macbute Sinyabi beat Thabo Sonjica via first round TKO to retain his SA Jnr Featherweight title at the Orient Theatre in east London, South Africa on Friday(April 1) night.

Super Six World Boxing Classic Semi finalists Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham participated in a press conference on Tuesday at Sisley Italian Kitchen in Sherman Oaks, Calif., to formally announce their May 14 showdown at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

On Saturday night, Marco Huck (31-1, 23 KOs) will return to the place where he celebrated the biggest success of his career.

Four days ahead of their clash at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany, WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco Huck and challenger Ran Nakash participated in an open work-out earlier today.

By Dmytro Mossienko: Ukraine’s world heavyweight champions Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko received national award "The Pride of Ukraine" during the official ceremony for the Person of the year 2010, held in the capital of Kyiv on March 26, 2011.

By Lwazi Ndzobongo: On Saturday night at Emperors Palace at Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa, Thomas Oosthuizen won the IBO Super Middleweight title by stopping Colombian Evert Bravo at 2 .34 seconds in the ninth round.

By Peter Lerner: It’s finally official that one of the most eagerly awaited all-Italian fights of recent years will finally take place. Ex-Olympian and world bronze medallist Leonard Bundu and Daniele Petrucci – both undefeated – will meet for the vacant European welterweight title.

By Peter Lerner: Vinny Maddalone is so big he could pick up an average-sized man and snap him in two. Emanuele Della Rosa is not averse to putting the odd wrestling throw or headbutt into his combinations.

European heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko knocked out Albert Sosnowski in impressive fashion at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday night.

Former world title challenger Shannan Taylor outscored Tim Kanofski over 12 rounds at the Croation Club in Punchbowl, Sydney, NSW, Australia on Saturday night.

By Lwazi Ndzobongo at ringside:Takalani Ndlovu claimed IBF super bantamweight title from Canadian champion Steve Molitor with a clear and unanimous 12 round points win on Saturday night.

WBO middleweight champ Dmitry Pirog scored an uneventful 12 round points win over Javier Francisco Maciel at the DIVS Sports Palace in Ekaterinburg, Russia on Saturday night.

Heavyweight contender Tomaz Adamek believes boxing fans will witness a bigger, stronger and faster fighter when he faces Irishman Kevin McBride at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA on April 9.

Marco “Captain” Huck will defend his WBO Cruiserweight Title against Ran Nakash on April 2.

Four days after the dramatic ending of the WBC world heavyweight championship fight between Odlanier Solis and champion Vitali Klitschko and the controversial discussions regarding the result, promoter Ahmet Oner apologized for his behavior at the press conference after the fight.

IBF Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester (34-3-1, 16 KOs) will return to the ring on May 7 when he defends his title against mandatory challenger Daniel Geale (24-1, 15 KOs) in Neubrandenburg, Germany.

WBC World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko defended his title against Odlanier Solis with a first round KO last Saturday at the sold-out LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany.

Odlanier Solis, who was stopped in the opening round by Vitali Klitschko in a WBC heavyweight title fight on Saturday night, suffered a serious knee injury and will require Surgery.

Former WBA lightweight champion Paulus Moses bolstered his chances of another title shot on Saturday by scoring a first-round knockout over Argentine opponent Miguel Lombardo.

Román “Chocolatito” González overcame a tough challenge from Manuel Vargas to retain his WBA jr flyweight title for the first time at the Plaza San Diego in Puebla, Mexico on Saturday night.

By Jason Pribila: Boxing fans again filled the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to cheer on their adopted son, Lucian Bute, as he stopped Brian Magee on Saturday Night. Bute again impressed in what should be the final tune up before facing the division’s elite.

Vitali Klitschko took just one round to beat the previously undefeated Odlanier Solis at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on Saturday night. A well timed straight right hand put Solis down at the end of round one.

IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute and Irish challenger Brian Magee weighed in Friday ahead of their championship clash at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada on Saturday night.

Enzo Maccarinelli says his nephew Tobias Webb can stun home favourite Robin Reid in Prizefighter Super Middleweights II at Liverpool Olympia on March 23.

Vitali Klitschko and Odlanier Solis stepped on the scale today in a public event at Karstadt sports in front of 2,000 fans.

When Lucian Bute makes the seventh defence of his IBF super-middleweight title against Ireland’s Brian Magee at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada on Saturday night the undefeated 31 year-old will be hoping to put in another impressive performance in front of his loyal local following.

Patrick Nielsen (8-0, 5 KOs) will headline the fourth TV2 Fight Night inHerning when he comes face-to-face with Gary Boulden (4-1-2) on April 2.

Odlanier Solis wants to make a historical statement in the ring this coming Saturday when he faces WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko at Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany.

Last Saturday – exactly one week before his WBC world heavyweight championship fight against Vitali Klitschko – Odlanier „La Sombra“ Solis and his team arrived in Cologne, Germany.

Jonathan Barros made a successful first defence of his WBA featherweight title with a routine 12 round unanimous decision win over Miguel Roman at the Polideportivo La Colonia, Junin, in Mendoza, Argentina on Saturday night.

WBC international super middleweight champion Nikola Sjekloca successfully defended his title with a unanimous points decision win over Spain’s Roberto Santos at the ballroom in „Hotel Park“, Novi Sad (Serbia) on Frdiay.

By Teddy Stenmark: Former WBO super featherweight title challenger, Andreas Evensen hasn’t been in the ring since he challenged for the title against Ricky Burns in Glasgow in early December.

By Peter Lerner in Italy: On Friday night in Ceccano, a small town tucked away under the low mountains that lead from Rome down towards Naples, Samuele Esposito made a successful first defence of his Italian light welterweight title, stopping challenger Marino Bucciarelli in the fourth round.

WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm scored a seventh round Tko win against American Ronald Hearns at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart in Germany on Saturday night.

Jan Zaveck retained his IBF welterweight title with a fifth round tko win over Paul Delgado at the sold-out Sportspark Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Friday night.

Marco Huck has promised his fans another spectacular KO victory when he defends his WBO cruisweweight title Giacobbe Fragomeni in Germany on April 2. .

On April 2, Marco Huck will return to the place where he celebrated the biggest success of his career. The 26-year-old will defend his WBO Cruiserweight Title at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany, taking on former WBC champion Giacobbe Fragomeni.

By Derek Bonnett: On Friday, February 11, at World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Kazuto Ioka stopped Oleydong Sithsamerchai in five rounds to capture the WBC 105 pound title. The battle of undefeated ended with Sithsamerchai hitting the canvas in the second and fifth rounds. Ioka improved his record to 7-0 (5). Sithsamerchai tasted defeat for the first time.

Omar Narvaez retained his WBO super-flyweight title via a 12 round unanimous decision win over Mexican challenger Victor Zaleta at the Polideportivo Municipal, Monte Hermoso, Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday night.

Weights from the Sauerland promoted card in Mulheim, Germany on February 12.

By Derek Bonnett: The sport of boxing is replete with great stories. Just hours ago, Kazuto Ioka penned an important piece of strawweight boxing history with his mighty left hand.

The WBC Middleweight Championship showdown between Sergio Martinez and Sergiy Dzinziruk was formally announced today (Feb 9) at a kick-off press conference from the BB King Blues Club in Times Square. Also in attendance were Andy Lee and Craig McEwan who will battle on the undercard.

In reponse to the recent announcement that the WBC super welterweight title is now vacant, the WBC received a nice letter from former champion Manny Pacquiao stating that he will no longer fight at that weight, and that in the future he expects to fight only at 147 pounds and hopes and expects to someday fight for the WBC world title at that weight.

Yoan Pablo Hernandez has promised to make the fight of his life on Saturday night when he challenges WBA Interim Cruiserweight Champion Steve Herelius on Team Sauerland´s big show in Mulheim, Germany.

WBC youth super-middleweight champion Khetag Kozayev has been shot dead in the capital of the Republic of North Ossetia in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus Region.

WBA Interim Cruiserweight Champion Steve Herelius and mandatory challenger Yoan Pablo Hernandez today participated in a public work-out in Mulheim.

The WBC is in the process of declaring vacant the junior-middleweight championship, which is currently held by Manny Pacquiao,

Yoan Pablo Hernandez will challenge WBA Interim Cruiserweight Champion Steve Herelius on Team Sauerland´s massive boxing show in Mulheim, Germany on February 12.

Mexican Tomas Rojas successfully defended his WBC super-flyweight title for the first time by taking a unanimous 12 round points decision over Nobo Nashiro at the Prefectural Gym in Osaka, Japan on Saturday.

By Teddy Stenmark: ’Super’ Brian Nielsen will be in the corner of young, up-and-coming, middleweight prospect Patrick Nielsen in Herning, Denmark February 12th.

Akifumi Shimoda looked impressive at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Monday to out-point Ryol Li Lee and claim the WBA super-bantamweight title via 12 round points decision.

Venezuelan flyweight Jean Piero Perez won a unanimous 12 round decision against Mexican Jesus Silvestre to claim the vacant WBA interim flyweight title at the Arena Coliseo,Guadalajara, Mexico Saturday night.

By Teddy Stenmark: There has been a lot of activity when it comes to professional boxing in Finland this past weekend.

By Lwazi Ndzobongo at ringside: Nkosinathi Joyi retained his IBF Mini Flyweight Title via a no contest decision against Katsunari Takayama at the Big Top Arena in Carnival City, South Africa on Saturday night

By Lwazi Ndzobongo at ringside: Gideon Buthelezi counterpunched his way to the IBO Junior Flyweight Title via split decision over Hekkie Budler. Buthelezi won by scores of 118-114, 115-113 and 113-117 at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, south Africa on Thursday.

By Teddy Stenmark:Team Sauerland is according to a story in Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet, working seriously on putting together a fight between German WBO-champion, Robert Stieglitz and Danish ex-World champion, Mikkel Kessler in June, in Denmark.

WBC heavyweight champion had nothing but respect when he came face to face with undefeated Cuban challenger Odlanier Solis at today’s press conference to publicise their March 19 showdown at Germany’s biggest indoor arena (Lanxess Arena) in Cologne.

Polish boxing hero Tomasz Adamek is set to challenge either IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko or elder brother and WBC titleholder Vitali Klitschko. An announcement is expected to in the next few weeks.

By Lwazi Ndzobongo: African Ring in conjunction with Golden Gloves promotions have put together an exciting card in honour of the ailing ‘Baby’ Jake Matlala.

Eduard Gutknecht will make his debut under the promotional banner of Team Sauerland on February 12 when he takes on Oleksandr Cherviak in Mülheim, Germany.

The IBF middleweight title bout between champion Sebastian Sylvester challenger Mehdi Bouadla due to take place in Neubrandenburg, Germany on Saturday has been postponed.

Sebastian Zbik has been installed as the WBC’s middleweight champion. A letter from president Jose Sulaiman to Zbik’s promoter Universum Box Promtion on Tuesday confirmed as much.

Steve ‘The Dragon’ Claggett stopped the previously unbeaten Mexican Jose Julio Mendoza in the third round to claim the WBC youth junior welterweight title in Calgary,Alberta on Friday(Jan 14) night.

Sinan Samil Sam. The “Bull from Bosporus” has been released from a hospital in Istanbul where has been staying since mid-December.

By Teddy Stenmark: It appears that the eagerly awaited Danish super middleweight fight between Mads Larsen and Rudy Markussen will not happen after all.

Mexican ‘Cinderella Man’ Gilberto Keb Baas will make the first defence of his WBC light-flyweight title against Jose Antonio Aguirre at the Poliforum Zamna in Merida, Yucatán, Mexico on February 26.

By Damrong Simakajornboon at ringside: WBO #9 lightweight Thai Tor Silachai, 20-2-(14), easily retained his WBO Oriental 135lb title when he defeated Filipino Arnel Donal, 10-2-1-(4), on Friday at Maekong Pier in Municipality of Chiangkong, Chiangrai, Thailand.

WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov successfully defended his world titles for the second time, stopping three-time world champion William Joppy in the sixth round, tonight in front of a packed house at the Ice Mansion in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

By Teddy Stenmark: According to an article in Sundsvalls Tidning, former Swedish Olympian, light heavyweight, Kennedy Katende has been recruited by World Series of Boxing-Team, Mexico City Guerreros.

An upset and disappointed WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov was in near shock to learn that his scheduled unification fight against WBO titlist Juergen Braehmer, this Saturday has been cancelled.

After a promising start, negotiations for the WBC heavyweight championship between Vitali Klitschko and mandatory challenger Odlanier Solis seem to have stagnated.

By Teddy Stenmark: It is being reported over in Denmark that Team Sauerland is working hard on a hot domestic clash at Super middleweight between Rudy Markussen and Mads Larsen.

WBC No.3 ranked middleweight Marco Antonio Rubio kicked off 2011 with a bang by knocking out the previously unbeaten Wilson Santana at the Coliseo Centenario in Torreon, Mexico on Saturday night.

The Aurora Group of Companies Ltd promoted a six fight card at the DDC Mlimani Park, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on Friday (Dec 31).

By Damrong Simakajornboon: WBC/WBO#2 featherweight Chonlatarn Or Piriyapinyo successfully kept his WBO Asia-Pacific 126lb title as he scored a fifth round TKO over Masayuki Wakimoto on Wednesday at Wat Kaodin in Doembangnangbuat, Suphanburi, Thailand.

By Paul Upham: If you are looking for something a little different in a boxing book “BOX – The Face of Boxing” by Holger Keifel and Thomas Hauser may well be exactly what you are looking for. The 198 page hardcover books serves as an amazing tour of the faces of big time boxing from around the world.

By Paul Upham: Former undisputed super flyweight boxing world champion Vic Darchinyan will get the chance to move forward from his controversial points loss to Abner Mares, when he faces former world champion Yonnhy Perez in 2011 in stage 2 of Showtime’s bantamweight tournament.

Following his brave but painful ninth round tko defeat to Juan Manuel Marquez back in November, Australian Michael Katsidis is ready to return to he ring-and is targeting WBA junior-welterweight champion Amir Khan as a possible opponent.

By Paul Upham: One of the worlds’ leading boxing historians, Arnold Thomas is the curator of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame exhibition at the National Sports Museum in the Melbourne Cricket Ground. His second book “Where Warriors Rest” is evidence of the thousands of hours of research Thomas has spent locating the finer details about thousands of boxers worldwide.

SecondsOut’s Content Editor Paul Upham will be a live studio guest on Fox Sports News & Views program in Australia on Wednesday night 29 December 2010 at 9:00pm AEDT.

By Paul Upham: If you like some travelling adventure in your boxing books, then “The Bengu Years” written by British born Dave Wellings and published by Book Pal is certainly one for you.

By Jerry Glick: Congratulations go out to Showtime. The American TV network played a huge part in the health of the sport of boxing in 2010, thereby building boxing up in the eyes of the public. With fine matches and two tournaments to spike interest, they certainly deserved to win SecondsOut’s Services to Boxing Award for 2010.

By Paul Upham: Australian boxing lost one of its most loyal servants when Gus Mercurio passed away on 7 December 2010. The popular actor, boxing referee & ringside judge died in Epworth Hospital in Brighton, Victoria, during surgery for a heart aneurism, aged 82. He was laid to rest at Diamond Creek in Melbourne on 20 December 2010.

By Tri Nguyen: Upon further review, the Worst Decision of 2010 may not have been so bad after all. Beibut Shumenov was one of the hottest prospects in boxing. He had a solid amateur pedigree, representing Kazakhstan in the 2004 Olympic games and beating some recognizable names early in his career, including Montell Griffin and Donnell Wiggins. He was destined for stardom, so it seemed. But then he lost a close decision to Gabriel Campillo August 15, 2009. So close that everyone was screaming

It is that time of the year again. The time for SecondsOut’s loyal and merry band of writers to vote for both their best and worst moments of 2010. Over the next eight days we will be revealing all the SecondsOut award winners. Our 10th annual awards gets underway today with SecondsOut’s Andrew Wake revealing our Knockout of the Year winner.

By Teddy Stenmark: It is being reported in Swedish press that Former Olympian and US National Golden Gloves champion, middleweight Naim Terbunja has signed a professional contract with American manager Al Haymon.

Hugo Cazares out-pointed Japan’s Hiroyuki Hisataka by 12 round unanimous decision at the Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan to retain his WBA super flyweight title on Thursday.

According to reports, Jean Pascal will rematch American Chad Dawson before defending his WBC light-heavyweight crown against the ageless Bernard Hopkins.

Popular Polish heavyweight Tomasz Adamek has confirmed he will fight again on April in Katowice, Poland.

Former European heavyweight champion Sinan Samil Sam is currently in intensive care in Instanbul, Turkey.

Former world champion Jorge Arce wasted no time in disposing of Adolfo Ramos in Campeche, Mexico on Saturday night.

Marco Huck retained his WBO cruiserweight title via split decision in a brutal battle with tough challenger Denis Lebedev at the Max Schmelling Halle in Berlin, Germany on Saturday night.

The new world champion is younger and possibly stronger, facing the veteran great who has a track record of teaching younger opponents a thing or two about boxing, but that hasn’t stopped SecondsOut’s team of writers from making their picks for Saturday’s WBC light heavyweight title match between Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins.

WBC, and IBO Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean Pascal weighed in at 174 pounds, 10 ounces and future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins weighed in at 174 pounds, 6 ounces for Saturday’s world championship bout at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada.

Mexican boxing legend Erik Morales will face a new opponent At The Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico on Saturday night.

WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck and undefeated mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev today participated in a media work-out in Berlin,Germany.

When Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins faces WBC and IBO Light Heavyweight Champion Jean Pascal on December 18 at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada, he will be 28 days shy of his forty-sixth birthday. If Hopkins defeats Pascal, he will become the oldest fighter in the history of the sport to win a significant world title, 38 days older than "Big" George Foreman

By Andrew Wake: Former WBC bantamweight champion Wayne McCullough might still want to get the gloves and fight again but for the time being he’s turned his attention to launching his own charity.

By Paul Upham: The Contender Australia champion Garth Wood stunned former boxing world champion Anthony Mundine and most of Australia with a 5th round knockout win over “The Man” on Wednesday night December 8 at ACER Arena in Homebush, Sydney.

Chris John made a successful 13th defence of his WBA featherweight title via a 12 round unanimous points win over Fernando David Saucedo at the Indoor Tennis Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday.