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"They took away my Twinkies during this camp. [Referring to Hostess going out of business.]
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A World Boxing Association light heavyweight elimination bout featuring two undefeated fighters, Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” Coyne (21-0, 9 KOs), from St. Louis, and Marcus Oliveira (24-0-1, 19 KOs), from Lawren
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Gabriel Montoya: This is a letter from attorney Pat English, who handles Main Events, Guillermo Rigondeaux, among others in the sport, to CEO of the USADA.
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Anson Wainwright: It was a surprise when, just before Christmas, up-and-coming Robert Manzanarez lost for the first time. The 18-year-old, who fights out of boxing...
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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 or any boxing-related issue...
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Tons of News updates.
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Golovkin was named today the World Boxing Association’s (WBA) Fighter of the Month
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Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing has compiled a sensational undercard for this week’s ESPN Friday Night Fights event at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut which is
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Jason Pribila at ringside: Midway through the main event, promoter/trainer Marshall Kauffman yelled to his fighter Keenan Collins, “What are you waiting for?” While one is not sure if Kauffman was referring to his current rematch against George Rivera, or Collins’ 9-year career in general; but it was clear that Collins got the message
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All the news in one spot.
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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...
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All the news you can use.
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Junior featherweight prospect Joel Diaz Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) was forced to pull out of his ESPN Friday Night Fights’ co-fea
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Photos by Chris Farina
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Steve Kim: The plan is for Nonito Donaire to face Guillermo Rigondeaux on April the 13th, most likely in New York. While it’s not a fight against Abner Mares, it’s an acceptable replacement...
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Anson Wainwright: Reality TV plays a big part in modern society. Over the past few years, this has been prevalent to boxing with the likes of Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Leonard...
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Huge news selection.
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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 or any boxing-related issue you would like...
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Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion and Top-10 pound for pound fighter TIMOT
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On Friday, Feb. 22, Gary Shaw Productions will present a doubleheader on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) that features fighters with a combined record of 59-3-3 with 37 knockouts.
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Today’s news linked here.
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Anson Wainwright: Before Christmas, Daniel Estrada took on Japan’s Nihito Arakawa in WBC lightweight final eliminator. Arakawa was the toughest opponent “Tremendo”...
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Tons of News updates.
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Due to a bicep injury suffered by Devon Alexander "The Great" during training, his championship defense against Kell Brook, scheduled as the main event of the February 23 SHOWTIME telecast, has been postponed. A new date for the bout is currently being scheduled and will be announced shortly.
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Anson Wainwright: The tough love approach can make or break a fighter. In just his ninth outing as a pro, Ryosuke Iwasa took a calculated risk jumping into a Japanese title...
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Anson Wainwright: If you’re a boxer from Detroit, three things are usually a given: 1) At one time, you worked under the auspicious eye of boxing royalty in that part...
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Zou Shiming, two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time World Amateur Champion, will arrive in the United States on Today! Monday, February 4, to begin training for his professional boxing debut.
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All the news you can use.
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Matthew Paras: Junior middleweight Carlos Molina, 21-1-2 (6) , delivered a sound performance in his hometown of Chicago as he earned a unanimous decision...
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Matthew Paras: In the televised co-feature for ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”, Antwone Smith, 23-4-1, outworked former lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo...
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Your daily news resource.
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Percy Dockery: Tonight, ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” will return to the Windy City for the second time in recent months. This event will feature an IBF junior middleweight title eliminator bout with former two-division, five-time world champion Corey “The Next Generation” Spinks, 39-7 (11), taking on Chicago
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Johnny Benz: With a heavy heart I am very sad to report that Boxing has lost one of its sons in Omar Henry. I was shocked and saddened when moments ago...
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Martin Mulcahey: It’s not a regular occurrence for a former world champion to make an appearance on ESPN2’s flagship boxing show, never mind two on the same broadcast...
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Matthew Paras: When junior middleweights Carlos Molina and Cory Spinks meet in the ring at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on Friday, both fighters will...
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Lots of News Updates Today.
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To quote Hall of Fame baseball superstar Ernie Banks, "Let’s play two." That’s exactly what undefeated former world champion BRANDON "Bam
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Gennady “GGG’ Golovkin, wishes to congratulate IBF Champion Daniel Geale for his dominant performance over Anthony Mundin
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Steve Kim: On October 13th, Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado engaged in one of the most memorable battles in recent years. In what a fight that actually surpassed lofty expectations, Rios scaled...
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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...
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All the news you can use.
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On Saturday, February 23, world championship boxing returns to the Motor City when Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions present an evening of world championship action at The Masonic Temple Theatre which will feature Three-Time a
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Antwone "The Truth" Smith didn’t get his nickname because it rhymes with his last name - the 26-year-old Miami resid
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Steve Kim: So will we finally see the anticipated bout between junior featherweight stalwarts Nonito Donaire and Abner Mares? On Friday, Top Rank was sent a written proposal for a provision...
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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 or any...
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Jason Gonzalez at ringside: For the second time in merely three days, boxing returned to the “Empire State.” But whenever the Big Apple...
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Jason Gonzalez at ringside: Manhattan, NY---The always popular “Broadway Boxing” series returned for its first installment of the 2013 calendar year on January 23rd...
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Due to a rib injury sustained while training, Danny Garcia will be unable to compete in his scheduled February 9 world title defense against Zab
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Loads of fresh news.
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Demetrius Andrade (19-0-0, 13 KOs) of Providence, R.I. dominated Freddy Hernandez (30-4-0, 20 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico en rout
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