Steve Kim: On Tuesday morning, Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission informed various members of the media that Top Rank had made...

By Steve Kim (Photo © Tom Casino / SHOWTIME): I’ll say this right now, if I lived in San Antonio I’d be 30 pounds heavier. Because while Tex-Mex cuisine is to be found everywhere, locating an LA Fitness or 24 Hour Fitness is harder to find than someone wearing a Derek Fisher jersey in this city. Seriously, I was there from late Wednesday afternoon to Sunday and I literally didn’t see one workout facility during my stay there. I spent plenty of time at the famed Riverwalk and

By Gabriel Montoya: Heading into his 2011 fight with Grady Brewer, middleweight contender Fernando Guerrero had it all going his way. He was 21-0 with a growing following in Salisbury, Maryland. He was fighting often both in Mississippi and Maryland and drawing well. He had TV fights and industry notice. What he didn’t have was what he got that night: a reality check surprise loss. Brewer, considered a heavy underdog, shocked Guerrero and pretty much everyone else when he stopped Guerrero...

John J. Raspanti: Before his American debut, bombastic heavyweight contender Tyson Fury told members of the media that if he lost to Steve "USS" Cunningham, he’d retire...

By Gabriel Montoya: Before an announced crowd of 39, 427 at San Antonio, Texas’ Alamodome, junior middleweight champions Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, 42-0-1, (30) and Austin “No Doubt” Trout, 26-1 (15), put on an exciting, tense, and much closer than the scorecards showed fight Saturday night. When it was over, Trout saw his first defeat and Alvarez got his past his first true test as a professional, adding Trout’s WBA title to his own WBC version. Judge Rey Danseco had it 115-112 Alvarez. Judge Oren.

Anson Wainwright: It’s refreshing when you see two young unbeaten fighters meet each other, looking to advance their respective careers. That’s what is bound to...

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

By Gabriel Montoya: Saturday night’s WBA/WBC junior middleweight unification bout between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Austin “No Doubt” Trout to be held before a sold out crowd of 38,000 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas is being compared the “super fight” between Julio Cesar Chavez and Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker held at the same locale nearly 20 years ago. From a fighting style standpoint, that comparison would be incorrect. In terms of how important the win...

By Steve Kim: On the afternoon of December 22nd, in the eyes of most observers, it seemed as though Steve Cunningham had done more than enough to exact revenge on Tomasz Adamek in their second go-round. Back when they first met up as cruiserweights in December of 2008, “U.S.S.” was sunk to the canvas thrice in losing his IBF title via split decision. This time around as heavyweights at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Cunningham, boxed smartly and stayed out harm’s...

Steve Kim: While the calendar says we’re well into the month of April, it could easily be said that for Showtime, it’s a brand-new year as the network kicks off its boxing slate...

Anson Wainwright: In early February, Paulus Ambunda became only the third Namibian boxer ever to win a world title, joining Harry Simon and Paulus Moses when he dethroned Thailand’s...

Allan Scotto: Happy Thursday, 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...

Thomas Hauser: Seanie Monaghan is a “throwback fighter.” In the 1940s, he would have been a neighborhood fight club headliner and local hero. Seanie is the oldest of four children. His parents immigrated to the United States from Ireland and settled in Long Beach, a town of 33,000 located on a barrier island east of New York City. Long Beach faces the Atlantic Ocean. There was a time when it styled itself as “the Riviera of the East” and vied with Atlantic City as a tourist destination for New Y

By Steve Kim: Back on September 10th, 1993, Jesse James Leija faced future Hall-of-Famer Azumah Nelson at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Leija would come up just a bit short in his bid for the WBC junior lightweight crown as he and “The Professor” fought to a draw in the first of four meetings over five years. But what Leija really remembers from that night is he fought in front of over 63,000 rabid fans, who had come to see this card and its main event, Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Pernell W

By Gabriel Montoya (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): I once had the pleasure of witnessing unified super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux dance across the canvas to some of the most violent artists the world has ever known at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, CA. The southpaw Cuban legend known as “El Chacal” (The Jackal) was preparing for his fifth fight as a professional after an amateur career that boasted 2 gold medals among top honors at every world championship you...

By Steve Kim: On Saturday night from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, one of the year’s most anticipated events takes place between junior middleweight beltholders Austin Trout and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Between 35,000-to-40,000 fans are expected to be in the building but it wasn’t all that long ago when Trout was headlining on a much smaller stage. Back in November of 2011, Trout made his Showtime debut against the forgettable Frank LoPorto at Cohen Stadium in El Paso, Texas in front

Ken Hissner at ringside: Before you sign on the dotted line of that contract you better read the “small” print of the man’s record that says knockout, knockout and knockout...

Earlier this afternoon in front of a jam-packed room of media at NYC’s historic Gallagher’s Steak House in midtown Manhattan, K2 Promotions and DiBella Entertainment hosted the initial press conference to announce the highly-anticipated Middleweight Championship between defending champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (26-0, 23KO’s) and Ireland’s top-rated, former world title challenger Matthew "Mack The Knife" Macklin (29-4, 20KO’s).

By John J. Raspanti (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): 32-year-old WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux proved his amateur pedigree was no mirage by outpointing 2012 Fighter of the Year Nonito Donaire over 12 rounds at The Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY. All three judges had Rigondeaux the winner by 114-113, 115-112 and 116-111. Rigondeaux is now the WBO and WBA champion. The fight was the headline bout on HBO’s World Championship Boxing...

John J. Raspanti: The upset trend continued on ESPN’S Friday Night Fights as unknown Oscar Gonzalez (21-2, 14 KOs) surprised former WBA super bantamweight champion...

Jason Petock: Friday was a spectacular night of boxing on the Showtime network. In spite of the card itself being shrouded under the lecherous umbrella of Don King, the main event...

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: On the night of December 8th, near the entrance of the MGM Grand Garden Arena, this reporter was picking up his ringside credential for the fourth chapter of the rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. At the time, also at the will call area just happened to be one Juan Diaz, who I had not seen for quite awhile. Diaz, a former unified lightweight champion, was retired for a couple of years and was in town to enjoy the festivities. Coming off a round of golf with

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By Gabriel Montoya (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): “A pound for pound showdown” or “important” are something fight fans who care about such things would call Saturday’s WBO/WBA super bantamweight (122 pound limit) battle between Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire, 31-1 (20) taking on undefeated WBA Super Bantamweight Champion and former two-time Cuban Olympic Gold Medalist Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux, 11-0, (8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York. But it’s more than the...

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