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Pros getting shot at Rio draws commissions' ire

BLUE RED Rances BARTHELEMY LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: 12 ROUNDS vs. Mickey BEY Las Vegas, NV Cleveland, OH 24-0 (13 KOs)

By Eric Baldwin: Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs) will be moving up in weight in a little over a week to take on WBO super featherweight champion Roman "Rocky" Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) for his title

CANCUN, Mexico / LAS VEGAS (June 2, 2016) -- Famed promoter Pepe Gomez has partnered with Neon Star Media to bring its monthly "Cancun Boxing" series to CBS Sports Network. The first event, "Knockout's

Hollywood, CA (June 2, 2016) Top Rated and Undefeated Lightweight Contender Richard Commey, 24-0-0 (22KO's) has arrived at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida to witness the

By Dan Ambrose: Former four division world champion Miguel Cotto is completely in favor of Mexican star Saul "Canelo" Alvarez giving up his WBC middleweight belt after being given pressure by the

Qualifying for Rio is no laughing matter for Olympic boxer Cam F. Awesome

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (June 2, 2016) - Keith Thurman, the reigning WBA Welterweight World Champion, is four weeks out from his June 25 title defense against Shawn Porter and has his 20-year career

By Scott Gilfoid: A fight between heavyweight contender David Haye (28-2, 26 KOs) and Tony Bellew (27-2-1, 17 KOs) has suddenly become a possibility ever since the 33-year-old Bellew pulled off a surprise

USA boxing team won't send pros to Rio Games

CHICAGO (June 2, 2016) - Rau'shee Warren is ready. The three-time Olympian and top bantamweight challenger from Cincinnati has spent months preparing for his second showdown against world champion

By Adam Godfrey: In Victorian times the general public may have been entertained by such novelties as a bearded lady, or a man with a head resembling that of an elephant. There was nothing admirable

By Daniel Arissol: There is a man, a fighting man. He hails from Sheffield, England. He is undefeated in 36 professional fights. 25 of those fights have ended in knockouts. His speed and accuracy

Liverpool's WBO Super-Welterweight Champion Liam Smith came face-to-face with Montenegro's Predrag Radosevic at today's press conference at the Hilton Hotel in Liverpool. Undefeated Smith, 22-0-1

s://.youtube.com/watch?v=1z625DMfJtM With current cruiserweight champion, Tony Bellew calling out former champ and current heavyweight, David Haye, to return to the lighter division, William

Khan would 'love' to fight for Pakistan in Rio

By Patrick McHugh: Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) says he would like to fight in the 2016 Olympics for Pakistan in Rio de Janeiro. This would be a controversial move for Khan, as he fought for Great Britain

By Rob Blakeman: Back in November last year boxing suffered one of its biggest ever tragedies. Not the death of a great former champion, no, even worse; Tyson Fury became the lineal Heavyweight Champion

By Jeff Aranow: The International Boxing Federation will be ordering IBF 154lb champion Jermall Charlo (24-0, 18 KOs) to fight #1 IBF mandatory Julian Williams (22-0 -1, 14 KOs) this week. Charlo,

(Photo credit: Golden Boy Promotions) LOS ANGELES (June 1, 2016) -WBC Super Featherweight World Champion Francisco "El Bandido" Vargas (23-0-1, 17 KOs) and former three-time world champion Orlando

By Dan Ambrose: It looks like former WBC middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) won't be facing IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin after all.

By Eric Baldwin: Former WBO 175lb champion Nathan Cleverly (29-3, 15 KOs) could be challenging for a world title in September against WBA World light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (48-2, 35