By Steve Kim: HBO hasn’t had a very good year when it comes to its boxing programming. This was highlighted on March 29th when the network broadcast a main event that featured Sergey Kovalev defending his WBO light heavyweight belt against the unknown Cedric Agnew, who was listed by bookmakers (who are the real experts most of the time) as high as a 38-1 underdog. To add insult to injury, it was announced earlier that week that Adonis Stevenson would be jumping ship to rival Showtime and

Luis A. Cortes III: After the final bell rang on Saturday night, Bernard Hopkins made his way over to the ropes on the side of the ring where press row is seated while...

By Gabriel Montoya: Over the weekend, I wrote a story in which I compared Paulie Malignaggi to Hamlet when it came to the subject of anti-doping testing beyond what commissions mandate in boxing. While I omitted the fact that Malignaggi underwent testing with USADA for for his June 22, 2013 fight with Adrien Broner, I stand by that comparison. By his own words, the...

Stephen Tobey at ringside: Chris Gilbert’s second professional appearance in his hometown was even shorter than his first. The junior middleweight stopped...

By Bill Tibbs: Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi got dropped a couple of times before getting stopped by International Boxing Federation (IBF) world welterweight...

By Steve Kim (Photo © Tom Casino / SHOWTIME): There was plenty of boxing programming on this Saturday from Showtime’s tripleheader in our nation’s capital, the HBO rebroadcast of Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley II, “Solo Boxeo” on UniMas and a fight card from the U.K. on AWE to “The Fight Game with Jim Lampley,” “All Access: Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana” and “Road to Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado.” Some random thoughts on what was shown this past weekend...

By John J. Raspanti: Continuing to defy Father Time, IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs) captured the WBA lightheavyweight crown by outworking the much younger Beibut Shumenov (14-1, 9 KOs) over 12 rounds at the D.C. Armory in Washington D.C on Saturday night. Hopkins, 49, is now the oldest fighter to ever unify a major title...

Rod Salka put on a boxing clinic for Alexei Collado in Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation main

Steve Kim: Kenny Porter’s son, Shawn defends his IBF welterweight title tonight at the D.C. Armory versus veteran Paulie Malignaggi as part of Showtime’s championship...

By Gabriel Montoya: Early on, 2014 looked like it could be a banner year for the combat sports causes of anti-doping testing and fighters’ health and safety. It has certainly started off with great potential. In early January, Nevada’s athletic commission accepted the resignation of its now-former Executive Director Keith Kizer. Mr. Kizer had been a part of the proliferation of therapeutic usage exemptions for synthetic testosterone for...

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

By Bill Tibbs (Photo © German Villasenor): Boxing is a sport that can survive and thrive for a long time on the strength of a series of bouts - or even a single bout - if the recipe is right. The public interest can be electrified and galvanized to the point that the sport becomes “must see” sports viewing. Whether in series or one-offs, bouts like Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson, Marvelous Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard and on a smaller scale...

Matthew Paras: Donovan George knows how crucial three pounds can be. To the average person, three pounds is barely noticeable. For George, three pounds was everything...

By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor): It turns out that the big fight for WBO super featherweight titlist Mikey Garcia in 2014 will not be against Yuriorkis Gamboa but against his own promoter, Top Rank Promotions, who he recently filed suit against in a story broken by BadCulture.net. You could see this coming a mile (or least a month ago) away when Garcia accompanied his brother/trainer Robert Garcia to Las Vegas for the Saul Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo fight, which was promoted...

By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor): Noted trainer Freddie Roach is already back to his daily grind at the gym. On Tuesday afternoon at the downstairs portion of the Wild Card Boxing Club (a Laundromat in a former life), he had finished up his day’s work with Ruslan Provodnikov (who faces Chris Algieri on June 14th) and was awaiting the arrival of Miguel Cotto (who faces middleweight king Sergio Martinez on June 7th). But...

Stephen Tobey: Five bouts were scheduled in the “World Series of Boxing” quarterfinal between the USA Knockouts and the Cuba Domadores on Saturday at Rockingham Park...

Anson Wainwright: Back in February, Vitaliy Kopylenko scored an early stoppage over Cerresso Fort in the inaugural “Boxcino” middleweight tournament on ESPN2...

Allan Scotto: 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...

By Gabriel Montoya: “When you’re young, you overdo things a lot and you get away with it. When you have wisdom and you have understanding, you learn how to not overdo things where you rest and save your money like investing and you go ahead and you spend it tomorrow. A lot of things you do when you’re younger, you get away with it. A lot of things you can’t do or you shouldn’t do wisely because it’s always the next day...

Bill Tibbs: The state of undefeated world champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux, 13-0 (8), is an interesting one to say the least. “Rigo”...

By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor, MaxBoxing): This time around at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, there was no controversy after Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley went 12 hard, competitive rounds. After the official scorecards were read, Bradley, who had infuriated the masses by insisting he had absolutely won their first match-up in 2012, went over to the...

By John J. Raspanti (Photo © German Villasenor, MaxBoxing): Manny ’Pacman’ Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 KOs) showed Timothy Bradley (31-1, 12 KOS) that his fighting fire is still burning by winning a clear 12 round unanimous decision Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout was aired live on HBO Per-Per-View. The scores were 116-112, 116-112, and 118-110...

By Steve Kim: The biggest storyline leading into the rematch between WBO welterweight titlist Tim Bradley and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand centered...

Bill Tibbs: Popular Long Island, attraction Sean Monaghan will look to move to 21-0 on Saturday night, April 12th, in support of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley...

Stephen Tobey: MANCHESTER, N.H. – Like many young boxers, Erislandy Savon looked up to Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather Jr. But there is one other role...

Luis A. Cortes III: It is not uncommon for the weekend of a major boxing event to feature several smaller shows (especially in “Sin City”). Promotional outfit Top Rank...

By Steve Kim (Inside, new parody by icheehuahua, MaxBoxing): There might come a time when Oscar Valdez will headline a major pay-per-view card but for the time being, this talented featherweight prospect is on the undercard this weekend at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas before Tim Bradley and Manny Pacquiao engage in their return bout. Valdez was originally scheduled to meet the rugged veteran Dat Nguyen, who pulled out with back injury. Now he faces Adrian Perez...

By Gabriel Montoya (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): At the moment, the U.S. boxing world is a dual universe commonly described as the “Cold War.” For the most part, this means Top Rank Promotions is on HBO and Golden Boy Promotions/Al Haymon’s stable of fighters is on Showtime. What this means for the boxing fan is there are only certain fights that will get made. When it comes to 140 and 147-pound divisions, what it currently means to Top Rank is that finding talent to be developed...

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Steve Kim: If there were any justice in the world (or in the sport of boxing), Ray Beltran would have had his hands raised after knocking down and beating Ricky Burns...

By Steve Kim: Despite Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley squaring off back in June of 2012, in the end, they weren’t the two most talked-about individuals involved. That distinction went to Duane Ford and CJ Ross. The two ringside judges were in the vast minority by scoring the fight for the “Desert Storm” in what was considered the 874th black eye for boxing and about the 43rd time the sport died. Alas...

Bill Tibbs: Ronald Akeem Ellis is excited to restart the career that was humming along after turning pro in February of 2011. The 6-0 (5) (with one no-contest) Massachusetts...

Huge selection of boxing news (portal / links) compiled by icheehuahua for April 9, 2014. Stop searching and start reading...

By Steve Kim (Photo © K9 Photos, MaxBoxing): In support of this weekend’s pay-per-view main event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena is a bout for the WBA interim super featherweight title between Bryan Vasquez and Jose Felix, in what looks to be a competitive fight (at least on paper). Not much is known about Vasquez, who hails from Costa Rica, but Joe Hernandez, one of the best...

Bill Tibbs: Bakersfield, California featherweight Edwin “The Hitman” Sandoval is looking forward to his pro debut after an outstanding amateur career and it looks...

Allan Scotto: 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...

By Gabriel Montoya (Image created by Chee, MaxBoxing): “Too late, I found you can’t wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.” - Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes. || Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, two champions will meet. Both battle-tested, one perhaps battle-weary - both with everything to prove. Each owns a different approach to the game called boxing, a game you can’t play. The elder...

By Steve Kim (Image by icheehuahua, MaxBoxing): Manny Pacquiao is a fighter of many punches. However, most of the time, he’s a man of few words, which is a bit of a problem when you attempt to interview him. No, it’s not that he’s unpleasant or angry with the media - he’s just the opposite in fact - but by nature, he’s a soft-spoken individual (at least with the American press) and while much is on the line this upcoming Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena

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By Gabriel Montoya: Super bantamweight badass Carl “The Jackal” Frampton needed just two rounds and some miscalculation on his opponent Hugo Cazares’ part to put an end to matters Friday from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland. The Irish favorite improved to 18-0 (13) and moved into the mandatory position for a shot at WBC super bantamweight titleholder Leo Santa Cruz...

By: Luis A. Cortes III (Photo © Rich Graessle/Main Events): The classic boxer versus power puncher match up did not fail to provide an all action affair as Steve "U.S.S" Cunningham (27-6)(12) took on Amir "Hardcore" Mansour (20-1)(15). Cunningham who hails from right here in Philadelphia was taking on Mansour who hails from near by Wilmington Delaware but trains in Philadelphia, thus making the atmosphere a turf battle. Mansour came out firing nothing but power shots letting...

By Steve Kim: In recent years, we’ve seen the sons of former ring greats get into the family business with various degrees of success. Julio Cesar Chavez, Jorge Paez...

By Luis A. Cortes III at ringside (Photo © Rich Graessle/Main Events): The opening bout of the evening featured Edner Cherry, 32-6-2 (17), who was coming off of a13-month layoff. Recently signed by Peltz Boxing, Cherry scored a unanimous decision win over the game Robert Osiobe, 14-9-4 (6) with scores of 77-75, 79-73 and 78-74. It was good work for Cherry, who clearly suffered from ring rust as he was unable to put together crisp combinations. However, the single right...

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By Steve Kim: With much fanfare - and to the disappointment of many boxing fans - it was announced last week that the reigning light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson would be facing Andrzej Fonfara on May 24th in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as part of a deal struck with Showtime (which could eventually lead to a bout against Bernard Hopkins). Simply put, this means a fall bout between Stevenson and WBO beltholder Sergey Kovalev on HBO (which had been laying out this match-up for...

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Miguel Cotto says Marcos Maidana can’t follow Floyd ’Money’ Mayweather’s game on May 3. In this new video, it’s more boxing coverage from the Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martinez press conference in Los Angeles in March...

Bill Tibbs: When boxing superstar Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao, 55-5-2 (38), and undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world champion Timothy...

By Gabriel Montoya: “We need to sign all the talent and get all the TV dates.” - Oscar De la Hoya, September 2010 / Since Floyd Mayweather, Al Haymon and Golden Boy Promotions all walked from HBO to Showtime, Oscar De la Hoya’s then-controversial statement to broadcastingcable.com seems to be coming true more than ever. While how it is being done is an issue for De la Hoya, that it is being done at all is likely a problem for the sport as a whole. We’ve had the “Cold War” going for

Radio Rahim interviews Manny Pacquiao about fight vs. Timothy Bradley. Pacquiao talks rematch fight and killer instinct. Talks about punishing for disrespect on Face Off with Max Kellerman...