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By Chris Williams: ESPN's Brian Campbell thinks WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (47-0, 26 KOs) will be playing it safe in his final two fights on his Showtime/CBS contract by choosing to fight guys that...

A wellspring of outside-the-ring sparring between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao reached a crescendo Monday with Pacquiao citing Bible verse while saying he was unaffected by the pound-for-pound king's barbs.

By Dan Ambrose: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) says he wants to make history and become the face of boxing in the next 10 years to carry the sport, yet he says it's not important for him to face Floyd Mayweather ...

By Scott Gilfoid: After wiping out George Groves in back to back domestic fights, IBF/WBA super middleweight champion Carl Froch (33-2, 24 KOs) is still hoping he can fight in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2015, even though the g...

By Dan Ambrose: 21-year-old super bantamweight prospect Joseph Diaz (12-0, 8 KOs) stayed unbeaten in defeating an overmatched journeyman Raul Hidalgo (22-12, 16 KOs) by a 7th round TKO last Monday night at the State Farm...

OMAHA, NEB (September 30, 2014) — Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) lightweight champion TERENCE “Bud” CRAWFORD, Omaha’s favorite son, will make an encore hometown title defense on the heels of his wildl...

By Jermill Pennington: Luke 12:48 -"From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more". This articles intention is to be cut, dry and straigh...

Featherweight Evgeny Gradovich will make the fourth defense of his world title when he squares off with Jayson Velez on Nov. 29 in Omaha, Nebraska.

By Dan Ambrose: IBF World featherweight champion Eveny Gradovich (19-0, 9 KOs) will be defending his IBF title against #2 WBC, #12 IBF, #12 WBA, #12 WBO Jayson Velez (22-0, 16 KOs) in the co-feature bout on the Terence C...

By Dan Ambrose: This Saturday night on October 4th, WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (56-8, 47 KOs) will be defending his World Boxing Council title against 35-year-old, former 4 division world champion Jorge A...

By Scott Gilfoid: #9 WBC Andre Dirrell (22-1, 15 KOs) has an important clash coming up in a little over a week from now against Nick Brinson (16-2-2, 6 KOs) on October 8th at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in Biloxi, M...

Middleweight contender will face Curtis Stevens on an ESPN Boxing Special

By Scott Gilfoid: #1 WBC mandatory challenger Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs) is seemingly growing tired of the delay in his fight negotiations with WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 KOs) for their Worl...

Female boxing's pound-for-pound number one Cecilia Brækhus has hit back at claims from Ronda Rousey's coach that the UFC Champion could win a world title in her first boxing match. In an exclusive interview with mixedma...

Former super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute will end an 11-month layoff when he faces Roberto Feliciano Bolonti on Dec. 6 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, InterBox promoter Jean Bedard announced Monday.

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By Chris Williams: Trainer Robert Garcia believes that the recent twitter sparring that has been going on back and forth between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao could be the beginning of them working on a fight to...