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“I fully respect the Commission’s decision, and am grateful for their understanding and fair judgment in my case. I have never used drugs, and never had any intent to violate the Nevada State Athletic Commis...

Universal Hall, Berlin, Germany Ruslan Chagaev TKO 1 Mike Sheppard Odlanier Solis UD 12 Leif Larsen Selcuk Aydin UD 10 Giuseppe Lauri

Lausanne, Switzerland, 22 March 2013 – Absolutely irresistible in front of 7,000 people at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv, the Otamans have probably secured a decisive advantage against Azerbaijan Baku Fires in the ...

LOS ANGELES, March 22 – It’s a back-to-back weekend of boxing classics on March 23 and 30 when some of the sport’s greats including Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins, Abner Mares, R...

By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight Hughie Fury will be making his pro debut tonight against journeyman David Whittom (11-19-1, 7 KO’s) in a fight scheduled for four rounds on the undercard of the Adonis Stevenson vs. D...

By Robert Elmore: Boxing fans love to compare one era to another. The fans that grew during the 80’s say that the 90’s have nothing on their era. Those who grew up in the 70’s say the 80’s hav...

By Chris Williams: HBO Boxing will televise a short 15-minute special on March 30th titled “Road to Donaire-Rigondeaux” to hype their April 13th fight on HBO at the Radio City Music Hall, in New York, New Yor...

Here are the weigh in results from Magdeburg for tomorrow’s show at the GETEC-Arena, Magdeburg, Germany: WBO Super Middleweight World Championship, 12 rounds: Robert Stieglitz (Germany): 76.0 kg / 167.6 lbs Arthur...

Former super middleweight title challenger Andre Dirrell and lightweight contender Marvin Quintero, both scheduled for main events on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" in April, dropped out of their bouts this week.

New York, NY / Buenos Aires, Argentina (3/22/13) – On April 27th, Middleweight kingpin Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez will make his much anticipated ‘Homecoming’ in his native country of Arge...

George Groves will fight on Team Sauerland´s big show in Magdeburg, Germany on Saturday. The unbeaten 24-year-old (17-0, 13 KOs) will take on Baker Barakat (37-13-4, 25 KOs) in an eight-rounder. “We are delighte...

BOXING fans can watch the British Lionhearts’ bid to progress into the semi-finals of the World Series Boxing tonight (Friday 22 March 2013). The team’s home match against the Mexico Guerreros can be watche...

One of the unheralded stars of Namibian boxing is Joseph ‘Smokey’ Hilongwa. A former Olympian and former Namibian National Flyweight champion, the unbeaten Hilongwa currently holds the WBA African title. Whi...

By Chris Williams: The World Boxing Council will do a tribute for 41-year-old Shane Mosley (46-8-1, 39 KO’s) to honor his 20-year pro career when he steps inside the ring on May 18th to face Pablo Cesar Cano (26-2...

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum sees no problem with his promotional team and rival Golden Boy Promotions scheduling fights on the same night that compete with one another. Arum doesn’t see that as s...

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) thinks he’s come up with the game plans of all game plans to beat WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KOâ�...

By Dan Ambrose: Former HBO analyst Larry Merchant says he wouldn’t be surprised in the least if WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) gets beaten next month by...

Television: ESPN Friday Night Fights Promoters: Round 3 Productions, 8 Count Productions, Warriors Boxing, Blue Wave Boxing Venue: UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL Donovan George, 163 vs. David Lopez, 162 Kermit Cintron, 146 ...

By Allan Fox: WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO’s) will be fighting in front of a packed house when he makes his first defense of his title against Martin Murray (25-0-1, 11 KO’s) on ...

By Allan Fox: With still nine days to go before their March 30th clash, there are only 1,500 tickets left for the rematch between light welterweights Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) and Mike Alvarado (33-1, 23 KOâ...

Junior welterweight titlist Khabib Allakhverdiev, due to make his first title defense against Breidis Prescott on March 30, dropped out of the fight Thursday due to a right elbow injury, Top Rank vice president Carl More...