By Anson Wainwright: On this week’s edition of ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights,” Delvin Rodriguez makes a quick return to the ring against Freddy Hernandez. Back in...

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

Banner Promotions and Thompson Boxing Promotions are re-signing Tijuana’s crackerjack super featherweight contender Juan Carlos Burgos (30-1-1, 20 KOs) to a second promotional contract.

Loads of new headlines.

On March 30, top-rated light heavyweight contender Isaac "Golden Boy" Chilemba (20-1-2, 9KO’s) and reigning WBC silver light heavyweight champion Tony Bellew (19-1-1, 12KO’s) battled to a 12-round split decision draw in Bellew’s backyard of Liverpool. Now, the two combatants are set to go at it again this Saturday night, on the undercard of the much anticipated rematch between defending IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler at t

Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing has put together a stellar undercard for tomorrow night’s ESPN Friday Night Fights event at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

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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ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes Studio Shows on Site at Mohegan Sun Arena Friday Night Fights-Best KOs & Mike Tyson’s Greatest Hits to Air Before Friday’s Show

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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-

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”...