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Amir Khan is moving up to the welterweight division with his next fight shaping up to be an elimination bout for a future opportunity to face pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. against titleholder Devon Alexander.

Former flyweight titlist Hernan Marquez breezed through another former titleholder, Carlos Tamara, to likely position himself for a title shot in the near future.

NEW YORK, June 3, 2013 - Light Heavyweight kingpin Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KOs) is ready to go on the road once again and defend his WBC title against top contender and dangerous power puncher Adonis Stevenson (20-1, 17 KO...

By Bruce Smith Jr: I find it absolutely fascinating that up until a few days ago, many Floyd Mayweather detractors were up in arms, deriding the pound for pound king for "ducking" Canelo Alvarez. All the while Mayweather...

In a fan-generated interview published on the AIBA website Clemente Russo talks about his desire to compete in APB, and why it offers security to boxers in an otherwise murky professional scene: "AIBA Pro Boxing appeared...

By Babatis Banda: From the time it was known that Mayweather Junior 44-0-26 would be fighting Guerrero, there were all sorts of accusations on Mayweather's part. Guerrero despite being a mandatory challenger and a champi...

By Ahad Khan: The question on everyone's mind leading up to their pay-per-view megafight on September 14 will be: Can Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 31 KOs) crack what Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO), has call...

Although they no longer spend most of their times in Miami, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Erislandy Lara still have strong local followings.

By Eric Thomas: This Saturday night will be the showdown between WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KO's) and the knockout artist Adonis Stevenson (20-1, 17 KO's) on June 8th at the Bell Centre, in Mont...

(Photo credit: Alma Montiel) By Allan Fox: 41-year-old Shane Mosley (47-8-1, 39 KO's) is being mentioned as a possible opponent for the winner of the June 22nd fight between WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (3...

By Scott Gilfoid: Marcos Maidana is picking Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO's) to beat IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO's) in their proposed fight on December 7th. Maidana has lost two both fighters, but he ...

By Scott Gilfoid: 18-year-old heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (4-0, 3 KO's) will be back in the ring this Saturday, June 8th in a scheduled 4 round bout against an opponent still to be determined at the Glow, Bluewater,...

Southland fighters are increasingly choosing MMA over boxing, an MMA matchmaker says. But even as the local MMA talent booms, the starting pay remains very low.Mike Low, a mixed martial arts matchmaker, remembers when he...

Tacoma, WA (June 2nd, 2013) -Saturday night, Zahir Raheem took the next step in his pursuit to a world title fight by easily defeating Justin Juuko via TKO in the fourth round. Raheem headlined the action packed Battle a...

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC Silver super middleweight champion James DeGale (15-1, 10 KO's) will be fighting former Arthur Abraham victim Stjepan Bozic (26-6, 17 KO's) next Saturday night on June 8th at the Glow, Bluewater, Gr...

By Scott Gilfoid: #7 WBC, David Haye (26-2, 24 KO's) says he's hoping to get a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (45-2, 41 KO's) in 2014. Haye seems to have changed his mind about wanting to target ...