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Ward: Froch and Kessler are just using my name to get attention
By Michael Collins: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward thinks both Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch have been just using his name to help promote themselves and put themselves on same level as him. [...]
Andrade dominates Hernandez
By Bill Phanco: Unbeaten junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade (19-0, 13 KO's) kept his perfect record intact with a lopsided 10 round unanimous decision win over Freddy Hernandez (30-4, 20 KO’s) on [...]
Vera defeats Dzinziruk
By Bill Phanco: Former WBO junior middleweight Sergiy Dzinziruk (37-2-1, 24 KO's was stopped in the 10th round in a three knockdown performance by WBO NABO middleweight champion Brian Vera (22-6, 13 KO's) [...]
Bryan Vera: “I want Gennady Golovkin on March 30th after I’m victorious on FNF”
By Joseph Herron - After WBA Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin’s methodical and impressive seven round destruction of customary Junior Middleweight contender Gabriel Rosado on January 19th, the [...]
Lying In Weight
By Alden “The Kid” Chodash - You might’ve noticed that the last time the recognized heavyweight champion of the world was not a giant (with the exception of Hasim Rahman’s short reign in 2001) [...]
Ghana’s Lartei Lartey eyes world glory after winning first US title
By Prince Dornu-Leiku: After beating Michael “Slick” Anderson in front of Anderson's hometown fans in Newark, New Jersey, USA on Saturday night, January 19, 2013, Ghanaian Emmanuel ‘Ice Cold’ Lartei [...]
Mark de Mori: “I wanted to focus on weight training and build my body into a heavyweight wrecking machine.”
By Dan Emicus
Having previously been an Australian football player, what made you want to switch to boxing?
I really enjoyed Australian rules football and it is the most popular sport by far in [...]
Montana Boxing Legend Marvin Camel – First Cruiserweight Champion of the World
By Brian D’Ambrosio - Marvin Camel started off the bout on 3/31/1980 for the WBC Cruiserweight title picking up where he left off in their first encounter – a brutally unfair draw on his opponent’s [...]
Salido suffers broken orbital bone in loss to Garcia
By Bill Phanco: Orlando Salido may have been fighting with right broken orbital bone from the 1st round in his 8th round technical decision loss to Mikey Garcia last Saturday night. Salido’s manager [...]
Pacquiao offered $10 mil to fight in Dubai, says Roach
By Rob Smith: Manny Pacquiao has apparently been offered $10 million to fight in Dubai in April, according to his trainer Freddie Roach. The offer was made by an unknown caller that contacted Roach and [...]
Rios-Alvarado negotiations moving slowly
By Kevin Chittenden: Negotiations between WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado are reportedly moving slowly for their March 30th rematch that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants. According [...]
Mayweather’s next opponent to be finalized this week, Guerrero possible
By Rob Smith: Lance Pugmire from the LA Times is reporting that Golden Boy Promotions CEO is expected to be finalizing Floyd Mayweather Jr’s May 4th opponent by the end of this week. Schaefer’s not [...]
Mayweather claims his fight with Guerrero is just a rumor
By Rob Smith: Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t ready to admit that he’s fighting Robert Guerrero on May 4th despite almost entire boxing world already suspecting that he will be. On his twitter today, Mayweather [...]
Malignaggi pleased Maidana has accepted fight
By Jeff Sorby: WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) is reportedly pleased that #2 WBA Marcos Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) has accepted a fight with him on April 27th after negotiations [...]
Jacobs vs. Lyell on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn
By Bill Phanco: Middleweight Daniel Jacobs (24-1, 21 KO’s) will be facing journeyman Billy Lyell (24-11, 5 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New [...]
Andre Dirrell back in action on February 2nd in McAllen, Texas
By Bill Phanco: 29-year-old former super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) will be making his long awaited ring return next month on February 2nd at the Convention Center in McAllen, [...]
Hearn wants Froch vs. Kessler 2 to be PPV
By Michael Collins: Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport plans on making the rematch between Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler a pay per view bout on Sky Box Office. This apparently is needed in part to help out [...]
Will Kelly Pavlik return to the ring?
BY Robert Jackson - Before for MW Champ Kelly ‘The Ghost’ Pavlik’s unceremonious retirement last week he was on the verge of facing 168lb powerhouse Andre Ward. If not for Ward suffering a shoulder [...]
Washed up after one punch – the unglamorous decline of Manny Pacquiao
by Anthony Jeffrey - When is a boxer really ‘washed up’? It seems to be a common expression used in the boxing world after a top class fighter takes a beating, most likely for the first time in his [...]
Mikey Garcia still has a lot of questions that need to be answered
By Bill Phanco: If you looked at Mikey Garcia’s 8th round technical decision win over WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, you might have focused mainly [...]
Orlando Salido to move up to super featherweight, targeting Roman Martinez
By Bill Phanco: Former WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (39-12-2, 27 KO’s) will be opting to move up to super featherweight to go after a title in that weight class against WBO super featherweight [...]
Mare’s manager working with Arum on Donaire-Mares fight for April 13th
By Jeff Sorby: Frank Espinosa, the manager for unbeaten WBC super bantamweight champion Abner Mares (25-0-1, 13 KO’s) is reportedly working with Top Rank promoter to put together an April 13th fight [...]
Malignaggi-Mosley negotiations falling apart; Paulie wants Maidana
By Kevin Chittenden: WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi may not be facing Shane Mosley on April 27th, according to fightnews.com. There’s been a snag in the negotiations between Malignaggi [...]
Canelo to fight on May 4th, possible opponents Angulo, Kirkland or Trout
By Jeff Sorby: It was confirmed by Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer on Tuesday that WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo”Alvarez will be fighting on the same card as Floyd Mayweather [...]
Broner vs. Rees: Gavin will have problems with Adrien’s power
By Michael Collins: Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) is going to have to dramatically alter his normal fighting style next month if he doesn’t want to get bludgeoned into submission within the first three [...]