It is T-Minus one day and counting until world championship boxing premieres in Macau and the Shiming Dynasty begins! Olympic athletic hero ZOU SHIMING, will make his professional debut hea

By Steve Kim: There is a certain bit of irony that after a long and distinguished career with HBO (that came to an end last December), ringside commentator and provocateur Larry Merchant will be calling this weekend’s bouts in the exotic locale of Macao (where the likes of Brian Viloria, Rocky Martinez, Diego Magdaleno and Zou Shiming will be in action) for...HBO2. Geez, they just can’t get rid of this guy. “Just proves you can run but you can’t hide,” Merchant said with a laugh, a

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Anson Wainwright: When Gamaliel Diaz headed to Japan last October to make his third and likely last attempt to become a world champion, not many fans gave him a chance...

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 (Photo © Miguel Salazar): It’s been a hot minute since we’ve seen junior lightweight prospect Joel Diaz Jr., 11-0 (10), who takes on Victor Sanchez (who’s more dangerous than his record suggests) at the Bayou Event Center in Houston, Texas on April 4. Diaz kicked off 2012 with a “Fight of the Year” candidate against Guy Robb on “ShoBox.” Until he got off the canvas early to stop Robb in an instant classic, no one had ever heard of the 20-year-old Palmdale, CA badass when

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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...

By Steve Kim (Photo © K9 Photos): On the night of January 23rd, 2010, Brian Viloria, then the IBF junior flyweight beltholder, was going through what was thought to be a rather routine defense versus Carlos Tamara. Back at that time, there was talk of Viloria unifying his title with Puerto Rican stylist Ivan Calderon (who held the WBO strap). It’s the type of fight a solid champion is supposed to get past. No, Tamara certainly was not a club fighter but he wasn’t Michael Carbajal

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Bill Tibbs: Bernardo Paret was born in 1937 in Santa Clara, Cuba. He was better known by his ring name Benny “The Kid” Paret and went on to capture the World...

Gabriel Montoya (Photo © German Villasenor): There is nothing more humbling than watching two prizefighters, each with iron will and fists of steel, hammer away round after spectacular round. Each bends the other while buckling under the pressure and pounding in turn. Great chemistry leads to terrific ebb-and-flow and this past Saturday night, “Mile High” Mike Alvarado, 34-1 (23), and Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios, 31-1-1, (23), displayed exactly that for the second time in a row at the Mandalay Bay

By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor): In the aftermath of Mike Alvarado’s close, hard-fought victory over Brandon Rios at the Mandalay Bay on Saturday night, neither combatant would be able to make it to the post-fight press conference. Both were sent to the hospital to undergo observation and tests. Yeah, it was that kind of night. And a rematch that had such high expectations coming into it not only delivered but perhaps surpassed them. You could say it was the best sequel since “T

By John J. Raspanti: The first meeting between Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios and Mike "Mile High" Alvarado was 20 minutes of blood, guts and glory. Could the sequel live up to the original? Alvarado (34-1, 23 KOs), defied the boxing experts by winning a scintillating unanimous decision over the previously undefeated Rios (31-1-1, 24 KOs) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. The victory earned Alvarado the WBO interim light welterweight title. The bout was...

John J. Raspanti: Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin (26-0, 23 KOs) retained his WBA middleweight title by chopping down Nobuhiro Ishida (24-9-2, 9 KOs) in three...

Anson Wainwright: Over the years Mexico has produced more than it’s share of exciting fighters, champions and legends, the hunt is constantly on to find the next star...

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Anson Wainwright: In the fall of 2011, after attending the third instalment of the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez series, I headed to Big Bear, California, where I paid...

By Gabriel Montoya: On Thursday, March 28, 2013, it was erroneously reported by Lem Satterfield of RingTV.com that IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson had tested positive for the drug Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) following his February 22, 2013 eighth round stoppage of Kendall Holt. The site originally posted a story titled, “Peterson Tests Positive for HCG.” Hours later, the story title changed to “Peterson Allegedly Tests Positive for HCG.” Soon after, this writer tweeted

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Matthew Paras: Chicago light heavyweight (and current holder of the IBO light heavyweight title) Andrzej Fonfara has his sights set on an August 16 return at U.S. Cellular Field...