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LAS VEGAS (June 11, 2014) – It is a tradition as old as the sweet science itself – fighters from minimumweight to heavyweight express themselves with their very own unique ring name. Anything goes as everything from ...

Junior lightweight titlist Argenis Mendez and mandatory challenger Rances Barthelemy, whose January fight ended in a storm of controversy, will meet in a rematch on July 10 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, promot...

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach says that he'll set WBO light welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov (23-2, 16 KO's) up with a fight against Manny Pacquiao if he wants the fight. Roach thinks he can give Provo...

Eight months removed from his victory over Mike Alvarado to capture a junior middleweight belt, all-action Ruslan Provodnikov is set to make his first title defense on Saturday.

By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew (21-2-1, 13 KO's) expects to put former WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (27-1, 13 KO's) out of his misery when/if they face each other in October or November of this year. Bel...

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By Scott Gilfoid: Well, I guess you can scratch Amir Khan's name off the list as a potential candidate for Manny Pacquiao's next fight in November, because Pac’s trainer Freddie Roach says he doesn't want to put the bo...

By Yannis Mihanos: In boxing the fighter who’s the strongest in the rankings calls the shots. That gives him the opportunity to make the right choices but also the wrong ones. The right choices for a fighter will be to...

By Allan Fox: #5 WBA Daniel Jacobs (27-1, 24 KO's) will be facing #2 WBA Jarrod Fletcher (18-1, 10 KO's) on August 9th in a very winnable fight for the 27-year-old Jacobs at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Jac...

(Photo credit: Peter Politanoff) Exclusive Interview by Marc Livitz: Regardless of how fresh faced and clear eyed some fighters are these days, there are still many who would easily give up a scar or two in order to brea...

Former two-division titleholder Daniel Ponce De Leon announced his retirement from boxing Tuesday in the wake of a ninth-round knockout loss to Mexican countryman Mickey Roman on Saturday night in their hometown of Chihu...

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach is complaining that Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40 KO's) is asking for $20 million for a fifth fight against Pacquiao in November, and that Marquez's request is ...

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn is working with Top Rank to try and put together the fight that IBF/WBA super middleweight champion Carl Froch wants against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr for the end of the year in either ...