Dozens of Boxing Legends will return to Atlantic City as the 2013 summer season begins at the Jersey shore.

By Gabriel Montoya: In any rematch of a close fight, the central question is “Who can adjust and improve from the first fight?” For the past three months of training camp, Carl “The Cobra” Froch and Mikkel Kessler, each preparing for his first career rematch this Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, have attempted to find those answers. Ultimately, however, the outcome may simply come down to desire and a meshing of styles. At Wednesday’s final press conference, the men’s opposing styles could

Steve Kim: If you’re a sports fan, you’ve most likely heard about the wide-ranging layoffs that have taken place at ESPN. I don’t have all the gory details of this corporate bloodletting...

The interesting battle preceding the much-anticipated showdown on Saturday night, June 8, between the most dangerous super middleweight, Adonis "Superman" Stevenson (20-1-0, 17 KOs), and World Boxing Council (WBC),The Ring Magazine and linear light heavyweight champion, "Bad" Chad Dawson (31-2-0, 17 KOs), features a pair of international stars adding spectacular excitement for boxing fans in attendance as well as those watching on HB

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By Steve Kim: This Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, England, a highly anticipated rematch takes place in the super middleweight division between Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch (HBO, 6 p.m., ET/3 p.m. PT and 10 p.m., ET). The first time they met was back on April 24th, 2010 in Hernig, Denmark, where Kessler won a hard-fought, exciting unanimous decision in one of the better fights of Showtime’s “Super Six” series. A lot is on the line this weekend. Froch comes in as the IBF beltholder

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Highly touted and undefeated junior welterweight prospect Issouf Kinda makes his ESPN Friday Night Fights debut this week in the ten round co-main event against battle tested Chris H

Also in a four round Lightweight bout, Damon Allen (1-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia will take on an opponent to be named.

Ever since it was first announced, boxing insiders and fans alike have been buzzing about the much-anticipated upcoming middleweight championship showdown between defending WBA/IBO champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (26-0, 23KO’s) and I

Happy Tuesday, fans! Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Barbershop,” a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or any boxing...

By Gabriel Montoya: A rematch of a fight as savage and closely contested as the April 24, 2010 fight between Denmark’s Mikkel “The Viking Warrior” Kessler, 46-2-0 (35), and Nottingham, U.K.’s Carl “The Cobra” Froch, 30-2 (22), begs many questions. Who will improve since the first fight? Who took more damage and how well did he heal since? How will the fighters react when the home canvas advantage is switched? In order to succeed in Saturday’s rematch - his first - Kessler hopes to have...

By Steve Kim (Photo © Tom Casino / SHOWTIME): If we learned one thing this past weekend, it’s this: men might be affected by jetlag but wrecking machines certainly aren’t. And though he got in late this past week prior to his Saturday night assignment versus Lamont Peterson, Lucas Matthysse showed no ill effects of his long journey from Argentina to the States that saw him arrive in Atlantic City just a couple of days before the fight. What was supposed to be a competitive, hard-

Former pound for pound king pin, "Sugar" Shane Mosley, 47-8-1-(39), scored a close unanimous 12 round decision over Pablo Cesar Cano, 26-3-1-(20) at the Grand Oasis...

2012 Puerto Rican Olympian and Jr. Lightweight sensation Felix Verdejo stops Corben Page in the 4th round on Saturday night at the Ruben Zayas Montañez...

Edgar Sosa scored a hard fought 12 round unanimous points win over Giovani Segura at the Plaza de Toros Eloy Cavazos in Zitacuaro, Michoacan, Mexico on Saturday...

By Gabriel Montoya (Photo © Tom Casino/ SHOWTIME): Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, Argentina’s Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse, (34-2, 32 KOs), closed the distance versus Washington, D.C.’s Lamont Peterson, (31-2-1, 16 KOs), and then closed the show in a display of raw and very real power. The fight, televised by Showtime, was a match-up of elite junior welterweight fighters fought at a catch weight of 141 pounds. While it was a non-title affair...

By Steve Kim (Photo © Peter Amador / Top Rank): Right now, there is a bit of a vacuum in Puerto Rican boxing. This proud island, which treats the sport as it’s national pastime, has had a glorious succession of prizefighters that has seen the likes of Wilfredo Gomez, Felix Trinidad and Miguel Cotto become cultural icons. But with Cotto clearly on the back nine of his career and Juan Manuel Lopez failing to living up to expectations, a void currently exists. Currently, there is just one major

Bill Tibbs: Randolph Adolphus “Randy” Turpin was a Leamington, United Kingdom fighter, considered to be one of the top middleweights in the 1940s and 1950s era. “The Leamington Licker”...

Allan Scotto: Hey, fans! Welcome to “Ask Gerry Cooney,” where you get to ask former heavyweight contender “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney any boxing-related question you’d like...

By Steve Kim: There is a bit of mythology regarding Lucas Matthysse, who is Lamont Peterson’s foe this Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City (Showtime 9 p.m., ET/PT). Yes, he is certainly a formidable 140-pounder and possesses heavy hands and a certain toughness that cannot be taught. But if you look at his actual résumé, you’ll see two disputed losses in his biggest fights (versus Zab Judah and Devon Alexander) and his most notable win, against Ajose Olusegun. Yeah, we

By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor, MaxBoxing): On Wednesday afternoon, the Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Keith Kizer, sent this email out to various members of the media: All test results for 5/3 were negative. All test results for 5/4 were negative, except Matthew Garretson tested positive for Furosemide and J’Leon Love tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide. Complaint for disciplinary action will be issued. Most of the focus is on J’Leon Love, an

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By Steve Kim: On February 22nd at the D.C. Armory in the nation’s capital, Lamont Peterson successfully defended his IBF junior welterweight title after a 14-month hiatus from the ring. Back in 2012, while preparing for his rematch with Amir Khan (whom he had defeated in December of 2011), Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone. In front of a national audience on ESPN2, he made his triumphant return by chopping down Kendall Holt in eight rounds...