Bill Tibbs: Genaro Hernandez, the popular Los Angeles fighter known as “Chicanito,” turned pro in the fall of 1984. He ran off 15 straight wins before capturing the California...

By Steve Kim (Photo © Saul G. Sanchez - w/ Photo Gallery inside article © German Villasenor): In front a record-setting crowd of 8,629 at the StubHub Center (formerly known as the Home Depot Center), a memorable night of action was capped off by Marcos Maidana steamrolling the game-but-outgunned Josesito Lopez in six rounds. It was a back-and-forth affair that saw both men have their moments but it was the Argentine’s power that carried the day. Before that, Erislandy Lara turned back the

Mike Sloan at ringside. Juan Carlos Sanchez was determined to jam a wrench into the plans of undefeated opponent Roberto Domingo Sosa in the main event of a Top Rank-promoted card inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Saturday night. At the end of the night after the dust settled inside the ring, Sanchez did what he needed to hand the Argentinea

Derek Bonnett. On Saturday, Chad Dawson returned to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for the third time in his career to defend his WBC light heavyweight title against hard punching...

Gabriel Montoya: Before a raucous, sold-out crowd at Carson, CA’s StubHub Center, Argentinean welterweight Marcos Maidana, 34-3 (31)...

By John J. Raspanti @ ringside (Photo © German Villasenor): Marcos Maidana withstood some furious combinations from Josesito Lopez to eventually stop the hometown favorite at a sold-out Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca. The bout was telecast live on Showtime Championship Boxing. Lopez (30-6, 18 KOs) said before the bout he needed to box smartly to win. In the opening round he did just that. He bounced on his toes and fired his jab. A long right hand caught the chin of Maidana. Lopez walked into

Marco Huck scored a 12 round majority decision win over Ola Afolabi in Berlin, Germany on Saturday night. In yet another titanic battle Huck was judges the winner on two judges...

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Late substitute and hometown favorite Nick “The Machine Gun” Brinson (15-1-2, 6 KOs), of Rochester, N.Y., scored one knockdown en route to registering an upset, 10-round unanimous decision over Jorge "Destroye

By Steve Kim: If you read my work consistently or follow me on Twitter (@stevemaxboxing), you know I’m not a huge fan of Chad Dawson, who defends his light heavyweight title against Adonis Stevenson at the Bell Centre in Montreal on HBO (10 p.m., ET/PT). To me, Dawson is a very good professional prizefighter but seems so casual in the ring and, quite frankly, doesn’t make for the most entertaining fare. He’s a guy who’s very lucky that TV executives were

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Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced at the outset of yesterday’s final press conference that he expects The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., to be sold out for the exciting fight card headlined by Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez this Saturday, June 8 on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING live on SHOWTIME® (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT).

LOS ANGELES, June 7 - During what most thought would be a normal fight week for Golden Boy Promotions came a surprise when Chief Executive Officer Richard Schaefer called a staff meeting to announce several changes to the Los Angeles based company’s staff. During the meeting, he announced that after six years

FRED STERNBURG: Welcome everyone. We have got two very hot fighters from a very hot division getting ready to take each other on in world championship fight on Saturday, June 15, at the American Airlines Center® in Dallas. It will be televised live on HBO® at 10:45 p.m. ET/PT. The HBO Boxing After Dark telecast will open with a ten-round bout between Top-10 contenders Terence Crawford and Alejandro Sanabria Jr. for the vacant NABO lightweight title. If it is two things Mikey Garcia and J

London (7 June) Young heavyweight star Hughie Fury is looking for his fifth straight professional win this weekend at Glow, Bluewater.

Former superbantamweight and featherweight world champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez weighed today 130 ½ pounds seven days before the official weigh in for his bout against the World

By Steve Kim: While most of the boxing world’s attention is on the dueling cards taking place on HBO and Showtime, one of the more overlooked and underrated rivalries in recent years adds another chapter to its book when Ola Afolabi faces WBO cruiserweight beltholder Marco Huck in Berlin, Germany. They have faced each other twice, with Huck winning a close contest in December of 2009 and then last May, they fought to a disputed draw. Last year, Afolabi jumped out to a quick lead in the first

Before WBA Welterweight World Champion Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi and Two Division World Champion Adrien "The Problem" B

“IT’S SHOWTIME” for Jimmy Lennon, Jr., the world renowned and universally respected ring announcer who’ll be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this Sunday, June 9, in Canastota, N.Y.

Heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury will be a ringside guest with Mark Pougatch live on Channel 5 for the WBC Silver super-middleweight contest between James DeGale MBE and Stjepan Bozic from 9.30pm this Saturday, June 8, Glow, Bluewater.

IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Bernard Hopkins held an intimate media roundtable in Midtown Manhattan today to discuss his July 13 title defense against number one rated IBF Light Heavyweight contender Karo Murat, who joined the roundtable via Skype from his training camp in Germany. Below please find quotes from Hopkins, Murat, COO of Golden Boy Promotions David Itskowitch, CEO of Barclays Center Brett Yormark and Executive Vice President and General M

Bill Tibbs: After winning the New York Golden Gloves from 1976 through 1979, Bronx, N.Y.-born and raised, Davey Moore turned pro on November of 1980. By the summer...

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 © Gene Blevins - Hoganphotos /Golden Boy Promotions): There’s a knock on Cuban fighters that they aren’t very exciting when they turn pro. Because of a dedicated and regimented amateur system, essentially Cuba’s pro system, and way of showing the rest of the world the country can be isolated and dominant, the boxers who do turn pro end up stuck in an amateur style. They stick and move and defend perfectly but in an oft-times boring fashion. Cuban southpaw junior

Anson Wainwright: This weekend, Chad Dawson returns to the more familiar confines of light heavyweight after an ill-advised attempt to drop down to super middleweight to meet his The Ring magazine...

By Steve Kim: How fast time flies. Josesito Lopez is just a few days away from facing the heavy-handed Marcos Maidana at the StubHub Center (geez, that feels funny typing that out) in Carson, California (Showtime 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT). It was this time last year when Lopez, who got the pinch-hitting assignment for Andre Berto (who tested positive for a banned substance), was preparing for a bout with Victor Ortiz. Lopez, a career junior welterweight, faced Ortiz at 147 pounds. And on June 23rd,

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Anson Wainwright: Recently, Eleider Alvarez served notice to the light heavyweight division with a highly impressive beatdown over Nicholson Poulard in three rounds...

By Gabriel Montoya: Before “Maravilla/Matthysse Mania,” Marcos Maidana was the dark horse darling of boxing’s Argentinean contingent. Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA against Josesito Lopez, he has a chance to get back on track for that sort of spotlight in a surefire action fight. For the hardcore set, Maidana emerged in February of 2009, losing a disputed split decision to Andriy Kotelnik in Germany for the latter’s WBA 140-pound title. That version of Maidana was a raw

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"Pedraza is a special fighter who can bring excitement to all Puerto Rican fans around the world,"

By Steve: While most of the boxing world’s focus is already on the fall months when Floyd Mayweather vs. Saul Alvarez, Tim Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios take place in successive months beginning in September, there is still a whole summer in front of us. While both HBO and Showtime took this past weekend off, they get back into the thick of things on Saturday from the Bell Centre in Montreal and the Home Depot Center in Carson, respectively. Here’s

Former world title challenger Teon Kennedy, 18-2-2-(7), scored a near shut out 10 round unanimous decision win over Carlos Vinan, 10-10-5-(2) in the main event at Bally’s in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday. Kennedy decked Vinan in round 10 on his way to a clear 99-90, twice and 98-91 on all three judges cards. The bout was fought a 135lbs. In the main featured fight super featherweight Jason Sosa, 9-1-3-(5), recovered from a second round knockdown to defeat Georgi Kevlishvili, 12-6-(3)

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Gabriel Montoya: When the news hit in spring of 2012 that heavyweight hopeful Larry Olubamiwo had been banned by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) for creating and using a perform...

By Steve Kim (Photo © K9 Photos): Last summer, I was given an offer I couldn’t refuse by friends who were moving into a new home and packing up their belongings, not all of which they felt like taking along. They had a collection of old boxing books (and it turned out some old programs like the one for Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson) that were mine on one condition - I had to pick them up. Being a relatively short jaunt from my home in Koreatown (are you surprised I lived here?), this was a no-

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Acquinity Sports CEO Gary Jonas and Henry Rivalta, Vice President of Boxing Operations, have confirmed that Dominican Republic star and two-time, two-division world champion, Joan "Little Tyson" Guzman (33-1-1, 20 KOs), will face Panama

Two of the hottest fighters in the junior welterweight division will meet at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. on Saturday, July 20 when unbeaten 21-year-old phenom Frankie “Pitbull” Gomez challenges former World Champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley in a 10 round main event which will be televised live on FOX Sports Networks and FOX Deporte

Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion MIKEY GARCIA (31-0, 26 KOs) of Oxnard, Calif., will host his first public sparring session and open workout as wo

Anson Wainwright: One of the most underrated fighters in the sport of boxing today is likely Donnie Nietes. The diminutive Filipino...

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 (Image by icheehuahua, MaxBoxing: On early Wednesday evening, Floyd Mayweather sent out an announcement on his Twitter feed (@FloydMayweather) that he had chosen his next foe, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and that this eagerly anticipated match-up would take place September 14th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Just like that, it was done. No drawn out negotiations, no public posturing or back-and-forthing between the two parties. None of the usual machinations so associated with the

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Gabriel Montoya: Arguably the most unique anti-doping case in recent years was lost amid the high-profile positive tests of Lamont Peterson, Andre Berto and Antonio Tarver...

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...