By Steve Kim: When Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado first climbed into the ring together on the night of October 13th, 2012, they did something thought to be highly improbable. Over the course of seven heated rounds, the back-and-forth battle exceeded ridiculously high expectations. In an era when fans are conditioned to be guarded and prepared to be let down, this fight delivered - and then some. It’s one of those clashes that will be discussed for years to come. There were no titles...

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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...

By Steve Kim (Pic © icheehuahua): For weeks, the question posed by those interested was: Given the changing landscape of the boxing business (in the form of Floyd Mayweather going across the street to Showtime), would HBO stay in the Adrien Broner business moving forward? Like Mayweather, Broner is under the Golden Boy Promotions banner and advised by the influential Al Haymon. Broner is scheduled to face WBA welterweight beltholder Paulie Malignaggi on June 22nd from the Barclays Center...

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Anson Wainwright: Last year wasn’t a good one for Puerto Rican boxing, with Miguel Cotto, Juan Manuel Lopez and Ivan Calderon, the country’s showpiece...

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By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor): There was no official head count given this past Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson. With one-third of the cozy tennis stadium closed off, most ringside media estimated there was about 2,000 or so fans who attended this weekend’s fight card. But after the donnybrook staged by Tim Bradley and Ruslan Provodnikov, there will probably be about 250,000 claiming they were there. In another classic at this small, intimate venue...

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Marc Livitz: Jessie Vargas of Las Vegas fought his way to a unanimous decision victory over Wale Omotoso at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on Saturday. The two undefeated...

By John J. Raspanti (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (30-0, 12 KOs) withstood a knockdown in the final round to win a razor close unanimous decision over Ruslan “The Siberian Rocky” Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KOs) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The bout was televised on HBO’s “World Championship Boxing.” Scores were 114-113 (twice) and 115-112. Bradley, 29, was fighting for the first time since his shocking victory over Manny Pacquiao nine months...

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By Bill Tibbs: It’s hard to believe it has been 27 years this month since the passing of Philadelphia middleweight and ascending world title contender James...

By Gabriel Montoya: At 27 years old, the time appears to be now for Miass, Russia’s own Denis Shafikov. This Saturday, fresh off his best win, Shafikov will look to make his presence known in the lightweight division by attempting to best Alisher Rahimov over twelve rounds for the WBC Baltic lightweight belt at Sports Palace "Znamya" in Noginsk, Russia. Before you get all crazy about the belt, understand that regional belts weed out local wheat from regional chafe. Belts are how a southpaw from

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The original Contender turned out to be the last one standing Friday night at Twin River Casino. In a battle of former reality-television stars, Providence, R.I., super middleweight Peter Manfredo Jr. (39-7) inched closer to his 40th career victory and won for the second time since returning to professional boxi

MONTREAL - InterBox and the Group Yvon Michel (GYM) are happy to officially confirm the much anticipated fight between Lucian Bute (31-1-0 24 KO) and Jean Pascal (27-2-1 16 KO). This huge fight will be held on Saturday, May 25. The venue for the event, as well as confirmation of an American network, will soon be determined. "It is a historic moment for boxing in Canada, one that promises to galvanize the emotions of all, to be engraved forever in collective memory," declared the president of

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Anson Wainwright: Back in the day, Chicago was a well-known and respected fight town. It produced some of the finest fighters of all time including former middleweight...

By Steve Kim (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): The perception regarding Timothy Bradley - who faces Ruslan Provodnikov this Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California (HBO 10:15 pm, ET/PT) - is that while a talented and accomplished prizefighter, he is among the most unentertaining and boring boxers around. A guy whose fights are filled with more clashes of heads than actual clean punching. Add the negative reaction to his controversial decision over Manny Pacquiao last June

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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...

By Steve Kim: Promoter Steve Bash (the head of Bash Boxing) admits that promoting isn’t necessarily what pays his bills. Unlike, say, a Bob Arum, he’s not reliant on this to make ends meet. In fact, there’s a pretty good probability that Bash doesn’t make all that much money on this venture at all. So why does he do it? “It’s my sick, degenerative hobby and God bless the law practice,” he said with a laugh, adding, “I make some money as well but it’s also my

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Matthew Paras: During an exchange of emails Tuesday, the World Boxing Council informed Maxboxing that the winner of the...

Anson Wainwright: When Colombian super bantamweight Oscar Escandon travelled to Argentina to take on Jesus Cuellar in October 2011, he intended to...