By Gabriel Montoya: The world of boxing is slowly getting to know the world of anti-doping and its cast of characters. Organizations like USADA and VADA, people such as Victor Conte, Travis Tygart, and Dr. Margaret Goodman are slowly being introduced to the boxing world as key figures in an ongoing movement towards uniformity within the anti-doping rules and regulations in the sport of boxing. One significantly experienced voice belongs to Dr. Don Catlin. His accolades within...

By Anson Wainwright: Over the past several months, WBO lightweight titlist Ricky Burns has been involved in a myriad of issues stemmed from his December title bout...

By Gabriel Montoya: If you spend enough time in Southern California gyms, you will see hidden talent you can only hope comes to light someday. One such gem is Inglewood, CA native Cleotis “Mookie” Pendarvis, 17-3-2 (6), who battles Canadian favorite Dierry Jean, 24-0 (16), at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma Friday night on Showtime’s “ShoBox: The New Generation.” A classic diamond-in-the-rough who was cut from raw talented material by instruments such as Antonio Margarito and...

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Gabriel Montoya: Lucian Bute vs. Jean Pascal was likely going to be the biggest fight in Canada’s storied history of boxing. On Tuesday, the fight was indefinitely postponed...

Anson Wainwright: When Japanese superstar Kazuto Ioka abdicated his WBC/WBA thrones at strawweight, he left openings for other fighters, including Ryo Miyazaki, a career...

By Steve Kim (Graphic by icheehuahua, MaxBoxing): Now that the dust has settled from this past weekend, when Floyd Mayweather easily dispatched Robert Guerrero over 12 rounds, the question is just when and who does “Money” face next? After signing his groundbreaking, six-fight, 30-month deal with Showtime, he made it very clear that he absolutely intended to fulfill this contract. At the post-fight press conference on Saturday night, the victorious Mayweather mentioned some discomfort in his

By Gabriel Montoya (Photo © German Villasenor): Boasting an “All Access” reality series, two “documentaries,” media workout clips, conference calls, guest appearances on crossover platforms and ultimately a fight, the media tidal wave “May Day: Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero” was a sight to behold. The fight itself was more an exhibition of the reasons why Mayweather is known as the most gifted and skilled boxer of the modern era. As a compelling prizefight with a

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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By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor, MaxBoxing): Robert Guerrero is a pretty good professional prizefighter. But it will take someone of much higher caliber to topple Floyd Mayweather, even at age 36, who on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in front of nearly 16,000 patrons, easily outboxed “The Ghost” over 12 rounds. The three scorecards that read 117-111 across the board didn’t fully speak to the dominance exhibited by Mayweather. It capped off a good night of action

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Wladimir Klitschko retained his IBF/WBA/WBO and IBO heavyweight titles In Mannheim, Germany on Saturday night with a dominating display of boxing against Italian challenger Francesco Pianeta.

By John J. Raspanti at ringside (Photo © German Villasenor, MaxBoxing): Floyd “Money” Mayweather withstood the determined effort of Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero to win a unanimous 12-round decision at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The bout was shown live on Showtime Pay-Per-View. All three judges at ringside scored the bout 117-111 for Mayweather, 44-0 (26), who retained his WBC welterweight title. Mayweather, 36, notched victory number 44 in a row by using in asset many...

Jenna J: On The Ropes Boxing Radio will be having a special live post fight show following the Mayweather vs. Guerrero PPV event. Show begins at 10:30 PT/1:30 AM ET, and will run for 90 minutes.

By John J. Raspanti; The life of the traveling boxing writer can be a hodgepodge of adventure, excitement and sadly, boredom. Here I am a stones throw a way from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, where tonight, undefeated pound for pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather meets Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero for the WBC welterweight championship of the world. I’ll be at ringside to witness all the drama that only professional boxing provides. It’s all good. At least that part is...

Last night, Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions returned to The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for the resort’s “Fight Nights” series at The Chelsea, kicking off the Cinco de Mayo celebration and a weekend of legendary boxing.

Marc Livitz in Las Vegas: Whoever decided many years ago to open arena doors to the public for a weigh in before an anticipated fight should be highly commended. The bigger the bout, the...

By John J. Raspanti (Photo © Esther Lin / SHOWTIME: When last seen in the ring almost four months ago, Gabriel Rosado was a battered and bloody mess. Cuts around his left eye had rendered him virtually blind. His nose was disfigured and gushing blood. Rosado, who usually fights in the junior middleweight division, had moved up in weight to challenge reigning WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. Rosado (21-6, 13 KOs ) was confident. He figured he could outbox the slower Golovkin. Some...

Jason Petock: Corona, California was the place and Friday Night Fights on ESPN was the thrilling setting for an action-packed slugfest between Mauricio “El Maestro” Herrera (19-3/7 KOs) and Ji-Hoo...

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In previewing this Saturday’s big fight in Las Vegas, please mention World Heavyweight Champion WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO (59-3, 51 KOs), of Ukraine, in his 2013 debut, will be making title defense No. 14 in his current seven-year reign as heavyweight kingpin, against undefeated Top-10 contender and cancer survivor Francesco Pianeta (28-0-1, 15 KOs), of Italy. "Dr. Steelhammer" will also be going for his landmark 60th professional victory.

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 (Photo © German Villasenor): On December 15th, Leo Santa Cruz put on a late-finishing kick to defeat the pesky Alberto Guevara at the Los Angeles Sports Arena over 12 rounds. It put a capper on a 2012 where Santa Cruz performed five times and went from a relatively unknown prospect to a world champion who built a fan following for his active, hard-hitting style. But on this early afternoon, for the most part, Santa Cruz looked like a fatigued fighter. Known for his impressive work

By Gabriel Montoya: Whether good or bad, the boxing business was born in a backroom and has continued to live there throughout its history. The commissions, judges, promoters, managers, trainers, fighters, strength coaches, sponsors, networks and news media in boxing all operate with the understanding that compromises, moral and otherwise, will more than likely have to be made. The boxing news media’s current state is one aspect that is compromised, in my opinion. Rather...