By Aaron Klein: Two-time WBC lightweight champion Stevie Johnston (42-6-1, 18 KOs) was stopped in the 10th round by contender Edner Cherry (24-5-2, 12 KOs) on Wednesday night at the House, in Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. After fighting a fairly competitive fight for the first eight rounds of the fight, Johnston appeared to run out [...]

Press present at the City of Manchester Stadium today for the final press conference ahead of Ricky Hatton’s May 24 bout with Juan Lazcano were in no doubt that Saturday’s clash will live up the massive pre-fight expectations. There was a real buzz amongst the dozens of journalists, radio and TV crews present as co-promoter [...]

With an 11 fight knockout streak dating back to 2005, Chris Arreola has truly been a “Nightmare” for opponents. But the best young heavyweight on the planet is not satisfied; he wants a world heavyweight title shot and is willing to go through anyone in the world to get one. On Saturday, June 21st, the [...]

Nate Campbell: Joanie, Joanie, Joanie. You still don’t get it. Let me see if I can make this clear. YOU ARE NOT MY MANDATORY. Casamayor is. And if Casa don’t sign, you STILL might not be my mandatory. Unless Paco elevates you over Khan as my mandatory (which he hasn’t done yet, regardless of what [...]

By Jim Dower: It’s hard to believe that former IBF cruiserweight champion Arthur Williams (44-15-1, 30 KOs) is still fighting after all these years. On Wednesday night, Williams, now 43, defeated Clarence Moore (5-4-1, 5 KOs) by a 6-round unanimous decision at the Field House, in Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. The final judges’ scores were [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA featherweight champion Freddie Norwood (42-3-1, 23 KOs) was stopped in the 7th round of a scheduled 8-round bout by Johnnie Edwards (14-2-1, 8 KOs) at The Field House, in Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. Norwood, 38, was knocked down in the 3rd and 7th rounds. After the second knockdown in the [...]

By William MacKay: In his first defense of his WBA lightweight title, newly crowned champion Jose Alfaro (20-4, 18 KOs) was stopped in the 3rd round by challenger Yusuke Kobori (23-2-2, 12 KOs) of a scheduled 12-round title bout at Differ Ariake, in Tokyo, Japan on Monday night. Alfaro, 24, got caught up in [...]

By Michael Liberman: IBF super lightweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs) makes his second defense of his title on Saturday night against former IBF super lightweight champion Lovemore N’dou (46-9, 31 KOs), whom he defeated by a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision in June 2007. Malignaggi, 27, appeared to be much too fast for the [...]

By Chris Williams: In an indication that light welterweight Ricky Hatton is looking beyond this Saturday’s bout with Juan Lazcano, he recently said in an interview with Craig Watt of fightnews that he’s interested in a fighting WBC super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao (46-3-2, 35 KOs), if Hatton’s bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. fails to [...]

Brooklyn born IBF light welterweight champion Paul Malignaggi has thrown down the gauntlet and declared himself ready to fight Ricky Hatton. Malignaggi, who makes his British boxing debut this weekend, spoke to Setanta Sports News. He said: “I’m always looking for the big fights, I love big crowds and Ricky’s proved here that he draws [...]

Sorry to all Spanish boxing fans! Because there have been so many request from the United States regarding heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis recently promoter Ahmet Öner decided to move the fight between the three-times world amateur champion and 2004 Olympic gold medallist and “White Buffalo” Francois Botha from the show on May 30th in Bilbao [...]

By Manuel Perez: While watching former welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) giving Steve Forbes a boxing lesson en route to winning an easy 12-round unanimous decision on May 3rd, I couldn’t help but notice how improved De La Hoya was since seeing him last fight a year earlier against Floyd Mayweather [...]

By Jim Dower: Former champion Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) may be biting off more than he can chew this Saturday in his comeback bout against Juan Lazcano (37-4, 27 KOs), whom he fights in Manchester in front of a large crowd of fans, hoping to see Hatton get back on the winning track. However, [...]

By Aaron Klein: Undefeated middleweight contender John Duddy (24-0, 17 KOs) is apparently still in the running for a potential bout with WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik for later this year, according to the website The Irish Independent. Duddy’s promoter, Bob Arum, had this to say, “There’s still a chance of Duddy meeting Pavlik for [...]

By Nate Anderson: In a recent interview by writer Warren Tasker of the The Edmonton Journal at Canada.com, former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs), still appearing to be a little bitter over his 6th round stoppage at the hands of then WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, had this to say about the fight: [...]

By William MacKay: In the latest boxing news, super featherweight Yuriorkis Gamboa’s trainer was apparently dismissed following last Saturday’s fight with Darling Jimenez in Las Vegas, a bout in which Gamboa was knocked down in the 4th round and hit often throughout the 10-round bout. Though Gamboa showed impressive offensive skills, his defense was what [...]

By Eric Thomas: This Saturday former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) makes his return to the ring to face Mexican fighter Juan Lazcano (37-4-1, 27 KOs) in a 12-round bout in Manchester, England. It’s been five months since Hatton, 29, was totally destroyed by WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on [...]

IBF #1 ranked mandatory challenger Tomasz Adamek will return to the Windy City on July 11 when he headlines an exciting fight card at the Aragon Ballroom against veteran brawler Gary Gomez, it was jointly announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva and 8 Count Productions President Dominic Pesoli. ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” broadcast [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBC light flyweight champion Brian Viloria (22-2, 13 KOs) stopped journeyman fighter Fred Hernto Valdez (10-18, 5 KOs) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Saturday night at the Plaza Monumental, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Viloria, 27, initially hurt Valdez with a big right hand earlier in the round, [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (10-0, 8 KOs) continued with his progress in defeating unbeaten Rudolf Abramyan (11-1, 10 KOs) by an 8-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Sportspalce Lokomotiv, in Kharkov, Ukraine. Ustinov, a 6’7” 300 lb heavyweight from Belasrus now being promoted by the Klitschko brother’s K2 East [...]

Ricky Hatton Exclusive interview - In This Week’s Nuts Magazine: Before his fight against Juan Lazcano, The Hitman talks to Nuts magazine about pub crawls, Sven and how he loves being called a “fat b*stard”
How have you been preparing for the fight?
My nickname’s “Ricky Fatton” and it’s true that I usually need to shed [...]

By Nate Anderson: Hard-punching undefeated light middleweight contender James Kirkland (22-0, 19 KOs) made short work of his Nigerian opponent Eromosele Albert (21-2, 10 KOs), stopping him in the 1st round to win the vacant WBO NABO light middleweight title on Saturday night at the Buffalo Bills Hotel, in Primm, Nevada. Fighting on the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In perhaps the most exciting fight of the night on card with top prospects James Kirkland and Yuriorkis Gamboa, undefeated light middleweight prospect Alfredo Angulo (13-0, 10 KOs) stopped Colombian Richard Gutierrez (24-2, 14 KOs) in the 5th round of a scheduled 10-round bout to win the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light middleweight [...]

By Aaron Klein: Undefeated super featherweight prospect Yuriorkis Gamboa (10-0, 8 KOs) had a less than thrilling performance on Saturday night, as he struggled to defeat his best opponent to date Darling Jimenez (23-3-2, 14 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision at the Buffalo Bills Hotel, in Primm, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 97-92, [...]

By Manuel Perez: WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (35-3-2, 14 KOs) added another title to his collection when he defeated WBA super flyweight champion Alexander Munoz (32-3, 27 KOs) by a 12-round split decision to win his WBA super flyweight title at the Auditorio Centenario, Gomez Palacio, in Durango, Mexico, on Saturday night. The [...]