By Derek Bonnett (Photo © Tom Casino / SHOWTIME): When I first heard that Cornelius "K-9" Bundrage signed to fight Ishe Smith, I had one question: why? Bundrage was a thirty-nine year old IBF junior middleweight champion, prone to long periods of inactivity between bouts, and still without a major payday to his name despite fighting in the same division as such marquee names Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto, and Saul Alvarez. So, why? Why on earth would Bundrage put his title on the...

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Anson Wainwright: After capping an outstanding amateur career with a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics Vyacheslav Glazkov elected to turn pro...

By Steve Kim: How bad is the state of the heavyweight division in the United States, division that, for about a full century, was dominated by Yankees (with the likes of John L .Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson)? Well, we here in America don’t even look for a “great white hope” anymore as our best big men pale in comparison to the two-headed Klitschko monster based out of Europe. Now, we

For the 102nd and 103rd times in its 10½-year history, a previously unbeaten fighter suffered the first loss of his career on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME®.

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DiBella Entertainment presented a seven-bout card before a packed house at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.

Since its inception in July 2001, 47 fighters who’ve appeared on ShoBox: The New Generation have gone on to capture a world title.

World championship boxing makes its 2013 debut on EPIX next month with an exciting quadruple-header! World Boxing Organization (WBO) lightweight champion RICKY "Rickster" BURNS and International Boxing Fede

Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to announce the latest additions to its roster with the signing of former amateur stars D’Mitrius Ballard of Marylan

Steve Kim: If you go to the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood enough, there’s two things you’re bound to see. One is trainer Freddie Roach, who happens to own the joint...

By Marty Mulcahey: Boxing fans are spoiled for choice this weekend with seven televised shows if widely available Spanish television networks are included in their viewing habits. This excess of action motivated me to try something new; instead of focusing on only one card, I am cherry-picking two world title fight main events since their undercards are lacking in either intrigue or competitiveness. I have been asked about other bouts this weekend as well and decided to make picks for other

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An important fight featuring top 154-pound prospects will land at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. on Friday, March 8 when ShoBox: The New Generation showcases a clash between Hugo “The Boss” Centeno Jr. and Keandre “Lightning” Leatherwood with both rising stars hoping

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IBF Junior Middleweight World Champion Cornelius “K9” Bundrage confidently barke

By Steve Kim: On May 4th from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather will make his next appearance in the ring against Robert Guerrero. This was pretty well known for the last month or so. What wasn’t so clear was which network (HBO or Showtime) would be the one distributing this event on pay-per-view. This was no small issue to these cable giants given Mayweather is the sport’s biggest pay-per-view draw and worth multimillions of dollars. There are very few fighters in this sport

By Daniel Kravetz: In March of 2010, in the midst of promoting his fight against Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather gave an interview to Scott Simon of National Public Radio. It was a far departure from the combative, profligate persona he had previously adopted in his other pre-fight media appearances. The two men spoke little about Mosley and not once was the name “Manny Pacquiao” mentioned. When Simon broached the subject of drug testing, Mayweather spoke introspectively...

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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Art “Lionheart” Hovhannisyan and Alejandro “El Alacran” Perez have had a lot of practice t

Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will head to UFC 157 this Saturday, FEBRUARY 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California to support Ronda Rousey,

Anson Wainwright: When Sergey Kovalev stepped into the ring last month to meet former world champion Gabriel Campillo in the main event live on NBC, it proved to be his coming-out party...

The next wave of standout New England boxers, headed by undefeated prospects Ryan "Polish Prince" Kielczweski (15-0, 3 KOs) and Luis "KO King" Rosa Jr. (12-0, 6 KOs), will showcase their talents on March 1, on the undercard of the ESPN Friday Night Fights event, airing live from the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

By Gabriel Montoya: This week’s edition of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights from the D.C. Armory, former world champion Kendall Holt will try and regain his former glory by entering the lion’s den and taking on Lamont Peterson, 30-1-1, 15 knockouts, for the IBF junior welterweight title of the world. Not much about this fight will be easy for Holt. Not the year layoff, returning from shoulder surgery, the home canvas advantage Washington-native Peterson enjoys or being 31 in a weight class that is

Undefeated eight-time world champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather, boxing’s pound-for-pound king and the highest paid athlete in the world (Forbes, 2012), has entered into a groundbreaking pay-per-view deal with Showtime Networks Inc. and its parent company, CBS Corporation. Under

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Anson Wainwright: While many young boxers in Mexico have turned professional in their mid-teens, Jesus Silvestre hadn’t even laced up a pair of gloves until he was 16. Though he...

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...

By Steve Kim: Sports fans woke up to the news on Monday morning that Dr. Jerry Buss passed away at the age of 80. As a lifelong resident of Los Angeles and a diehard Lakers fan, this news saddened me and millions of others across Southern California. I never got to meet Buss but with his contributions to our city, everyone felt as though he was their rich, benevolent uncle who made sure Los Angeles got victory parades on a regular basis in June. But Steve Springer, who for years covered the L

By Steve Kim: Ishe Smith finally gets his long-awaited title shot when he takes on IBF junior middleweight beltholder Cornelius “K9” Bundrage in Detroit on Saturday night (Showtime, 9 p.m., ET/PT). It’s been a frustrating journey for Smith, whose career was a series of self-inflicted blows, personal conflict and unfulfilled potential. Talented yet temperamental, he earned a reputation as being difficult to deal with and a malcontent. And in his biggest opportunities, he fell short. Smith

By John J. Raspanti: Adrien “The Problem” Broner wants bigger fights. To achieve this, he needs to put away opponents like Gavin Rees. Tonight, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, Broner (26-0, 22 KOs) did just that by stopping super game European champion Gavin “The Rock” Rees (37-2, 18 KOs) in five rounds to retain his WBC lightweight title. HBO televised the bout as part of their Championship Boxing series...

In front of a packed electric crowd, former world title challenger Delvin Rodriguez put the deeply talented junior middleweight division on notice Friday night with a dominating performance over game George "Comanche Boy" Tahdooahnippah culminating in a sixth round stoppag

By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor): This much is for sure; unlike in his last outing, Vicente Escobedo knows the night before that he will be fighting against an opponent who weighed in under the stated limit. On Friday afternoon, both he and Edner Cherry came in at 129.5 pounds. It was a stark contrast to what took place last July when Adrien Broner (who ironically headlines this card in Atlantic City) made a complete mockery of the weight classes by not only coming in a few pounds...

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Marty Mulcahey: Speculation is a large part of what drives boxing; intriguing questions with no easy answers are the best kind of speculation. There are no easy...

Anson Wainwright: When Jamie McDonnell beat Darwin Zamora last October, he became the IBF bantamweight title mandatory for rising American star...

By Gabriel Montoya: When the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) sent an email to boxer Erik Morales on February 8, 2013 informing him they would be issuing him a two year ban for testing positive for Clenbuterol twice in the 17 days before his October 20, 2012 world title fight with Danny Garcia, it rang hollow with boxing fans and industry insiders. USADA has no jurisdiction over professional boxing, a fact succinctly stated in attorney Patrick English’s letter to USADA’s CEO Travis T

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Chicago promoter Bobby Hitz of Hitz Boxing and undefeated prospects Mike "Hollywood" Jimenez (9-0, 6 KOs) and Dimar "Strongman" Ortuz (7-0, 5 KOs) appeared on a very special edition of "O

The Media and General Public are invited to today’s official weigh-in for Hitz Boxing’s "Fight Night at the Horseshoe" event.

LAS VEGAS (Feb. 14, 2013)—Boxer Ishe Smith wouldn’t be climbing into the ring and fighting for the IBF Junior Middleweight World Championship later this month if not for the help of fellow Las Vegas native and resident orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jedediah W. Jones.

The Year of the Snake will also be known as the beginning of the era of Zou Shiming. The tw

Bill Tibbs: Born in 1926 in Camaguey, Cuba, Gerardo Gonzalez was better known by his ring name, Kid Gavilan. The flashy, crowd-pleasing, Hall of Fame welterweight had a record...

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: Andre Ward is one of the better fighters in the sport. This statement - in a sport filled with so much debate and rancor - is undeniable. He’s as tactically intelligent as any current boxer this side of one Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. And you can make the argument that nobody in the game knows how to win a fight one round at a time better than “S.O.G.” It may be years before anyone beats him in the squared circle. So why is it that I’m a much bigger fan of Adrien Broner?..

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The February 15 edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will feature undefeated Junior Middleweight George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah (31-0-1, 23 KOs)and former Junior Middleweight and Wel