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Adrien Broner – The Making of a Star
By Paul Strauss: Adrien "Problem" Broner is a star in the making. You doubt that? If so, it's obvious you haven't done your homework. Look around, read a little and listen to boxing people in the know. [...]
Reggie Johnson Interview
By Michael R. Cumberbatch -- Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Catching up With” — a feature series focusing on former champions. In this edition, I had the privilege to talk to Reggie Johnson, [...]
Jorge Linares decisions Velazquez, and Yoshihiro Kamegai draws with Silva
By Joseph Herron - On Saturday night, October 6th, at the classic Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California, Don Chargin Productions & Paco Presents Boxing staged a memorable eight bout fight card, [...]
Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns: “Floyd Mayweather Jr. would have a lot of problems with a prime Hitman”
By Joseph Herron: Whenever anyone strikes up a passionate mythical debate between fighters facing off from different eras, one match-up always enters the conversation: “How would Floyd Mayweather Jr. [...]
Hatton can’t decide who he’d do better against – Khan or Kell Brook
By Michael Collins: Former two division world champion Ricky Hatton returns to the ring next month against former WBA World welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko on November 24th in Manchester, England. [...]
Miguel Cotto vs. Austin Trout: Will Junito be in trouble on Dec 1st?
By Joseph Herron - With less than two months until the highly anticipated face-off between three division world champion Miguel Angel Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs) and Austin “No Doubt” Trout (25-0, 14 KOs), [...]
Cotto says he wasn’t offered $13 million for Pacquiao rematch
By Michael Collins: Former WBA World junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is saying that he was never offered the $13 million to fight Manny Pacquiao in a rematch, according to ESPN. Cotto claims [...]
Chavez Jr. denies smoking marijuana
(Photo credit: Adrian Hernandez) By Rob Smith: In an interesting development former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO's) is now coming out after nearly three weeks to comment [...]
Corrie Sanders – Days of Glory: A Sniper is Laid To Rest
By Phenyo Molefe: Corrie Sanders’ life was celebrated as more than a thousand friends, family and sports personalities from various disciplines gathered on Monday to bid him farewell in a ceremony held [...]
Jorge Linares attempts to jumpstart his career on October 6th
By Joseph Herron: Almost three years ago to the day, a young talent from Venezuela was the toast of the boxing world. Despite fighting almost exclusively in Tokyo, Japan, throughout the first five years [...]
Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado: Fighting for respect on October 13th
(Photo credit: Adrian Hernandez) By Joseph Herron: In the midst of making their final preparations for their highly anticipated October 13th showdown at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, Brandon [...]
Broner: DeMarco won’t be able to touch me
By Rob Smith: Adrien Broner (24-0, 20 KO's) isn't worried in the least about the so-called huge power of his opponent WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (28-2-1, 21 KO's) going into their fight next [...]
Nonito Donaire vs. Toshiaki Nishioka: Too much risk for the reward?
(Photo credit: Adrian Hernandez) By Joseph Herron: On October 13th, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, pound for pound fighter and IBF/WBO Super Bantamweight Champion Nonito Donaire (29-1, [...]
News: Arum already has Pacquiao scheduled for April 20th next year
By Dwight Chittenden: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has already penciled in his number #1 money fighter Manny Pacquiao for April 20th of next year against a still to be determined opponent. Arum scheduling [...]
Can Virgil Hunter help Khan’s return?
by Robert Jackson: News Flash – Amir Khan has left the Freddie Roach camp and now trains under Andre Wards’ trainer Virgil Hunter. Also part of the Hunter camp are fighters Mike Dallas Jr, and Alfredo [...]
Donaire vs. Nishioka; power vs. quickness
by Robert Jackson: Quickness is in the mind, speed is in the body. Quickness is that quantity where ones perceptions – in response to events going on around him/her, are analyzed by the mind in a very [...]
Edwin Rodriguez vs. Kelly Pavlik: Expert trainer analysis
By Joseph Herron: On Saturday night, at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut, Super Middleweight contender Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (22-0, 15 KOs) made a major statement to the [...]
Javan “Sugar” Hill: “There is no replacement for Emanuel Steward in Wladimir Klitschko’s training camp”
(Picture credit: Michael Freitag) By Joseph Herron: While camp is just getting underway at Wladimir Klitschko’s customary training facility in Austria, many have pondered the question concerning who [...]
WBC prepared to enforce Junior Middleweight mandatory challenger in 2013
By Joseph Herron - On November 10th, at the Wynn Las Vegas, Vanes Martirosyan will finally face Erislandy Lara in a highly anticipated WBC Junior Middleweight title eliminator, which should place the eventual [...]
Rodriquez stops Escalera and edges closer to the top; Darchiyan’s experience too much for Del Valle
by Paul Strauss: Edwin "La Bamba" Rodriquez 22-0-0 (KO 15) pulled off a bit of a surprise when he jumped out with heavy shots in the first round of his fight with Jason Escalera 13-1-1 (KO 11) in the MGM [...]
Wladimir Klitschko doubts that Povetkin will fight him
By Rob Smith: WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (25-0, 17 KO's) easily took care of Hasim Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KO's) earlier tonight in a 2nd round TKO win in Hamburg, Germany. It was impressive [...]
Rodriguez stops Escalera; Darchinyan dominates Del Valle
(Picture: Edward Diller - DiBella Entertainment/Star Boxing) MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (September 29, 2012) - Undefeated Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez (22-0, 15 KOs) made a major statement tonight in the main event, [...]
Is Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez ready to headline HBO?
By Joseph Herron - “Where the heavyweight division goes, so goes boxing,” was an age old adage that seemed to characterize the popular sentiment of the sport within any era. But in the new millennium, [...]
Sergio Martinez wants Mayweather in 2013
By Rob Smith: WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez isn't just content with getting a rematch against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. next year; Martinez also wants a fight against undefeated WBO junior middleweight [...]
Ricky Hatton: Chasing the Past
By Padraig Ivory: I once saw a black and white photo of Ricky Hatton as he lay unconscious after his last bout in 2009. His ripped abdominal muscles almost gave a cobblestone appearance to the Las Vegas [...]