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By Gerardo Granados: On August 2 of 1980 the reigning WBA welterweight champion Jose Pipino Cuevas defended his title for the twelve time, against a young lion named Thomas Hearns the "Motor City Cobra" for whom this was...

By Idris Morrey: Recently, WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KO’s) declared he has a special opponent in mind for the fans after the September 13 rematch with Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs). Th...

(Photo credit: Ed Mulholland/HBO) By Dan Ambrose: #10 IBF Diego Chaves (23-1, 19 KOs) plans on finding out what Brandon Rios (31-2-1, 23 KOs) has left in the tank tonight by taking the fight to Rios in the center of the ...

By Matthias Predonzan: The first video that appeared on youtube, regarding a visit that former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs paid to IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko's gym in South Florid...

Boxing officials have defended a decision to stop using headgear for male competitors at the Commonwealth Games, saying there had been no concussions at the competition through Saturday's medal rounds.

By Poerqe: Former two-time world champion Amir Khan (29-3, 19 KOs) has been talking about the Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KOs) fight for ages now. Amir Khan seems to think he is simply entitled to a fight with Floyd. ...

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto's trainer Freddie Roach says that for a fight between Cotto and WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin to take place it require that Golovkin come down to 154 be...

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By DA: Weeks after Erislandy Lara (19-2-2 12 KOs) suffered his first legitimate defeat, he gets a tweet from another 154 strap holder Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0 14 KOs) challenging him to a unification bout. L...

By Scott Gilfoid: Fighting for the first time in 18 months, super middleweight Andre Dirrell (22-1, 15 KOs) stopped the normally steel chinned Vladine Biosse (15-5-2, 7 KOs) in the 5th round on Friday night at the Little...

By Dan Ambrose: #8 WBO, #9 WBA, #12 IBF former world title challenger Andy Lee (33-2, 23 KOs) is being mentioned as a possible opponent for WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto's next fight on December 13th fight at th...

By Dan Ambrose: Brandon Rios (31-2-1, 23 KOs) made weight today for his fight this Saturday night against Diego Chaves (23-1, 19 KOs) at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Rios weighed in at 147 pounds. Surpri...

By Allan Fox: Earlier today former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (55-6-1, 48 KOs) interrupted IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (62-3, 52 KOs) while he was eating at a restaurant in Hollyw...

By Gav Duthie: In an incredibly entertaining and close run fight Frankie Gavin 19-1 (12) failed in his attempt to dethrone European welterweight champion Leonard Bundu 31-0-2 (11) by split decision. Two judges scored the...

As long as light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev does not lose to Blake Caparello, he will meet Bernard Hopkins to unify three of the major 175-pound world titles in November.