By Jim Dower: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KO’s) stopped Ireland’s Matthew Macklin (28-4, 19 KO’s) in the 11th round on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. Martinez, 37, knocked a tired and hurt Macklin down twice in the 11th round with big left hand shots. After the round ended, Macklin’s trainer Buddy McGirt had the fight stopped due to Macklin being far too hurt to recover in time for the 12th round. Read the rest of this entry »

By William Mackay: Matthew Hatton got a minor victory tonight by being able to survive 12 rounds against undefeated Kell Brook in losing by a 12 round decision at the Motorpoint Arena in front of a huge pro-Brook crowd of 9000 fans. Hatton was expected to be stopped by Brook by many boxing experts and it sure looked like he was on his way to being stopped in the last four rounds of the fight, but Hatton did his best to hang on in the literal sense to last the full 12. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Dower: Undefeated supper middleweight contender Edwin Rodriguez (20-0, 14 KO’s) demonstrated his class with a lopsided 10 round unanimous decision win over Don George (22-2-1, 19 KO’s) on Saturday night on the undercard of Matthew Macklin vs Sergio Martinez at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York, United States. Read the rest of this entry »

By William Mackay: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (34-5, 27 KO’s) is hoping to win a lower level belt against British cruiserweight champion Shane McPhilbin (8-2, 5 KO’s) in a minor test for the 31-year-old Maccarinelli next Friday at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK. Maccarinelli is just trying to stay busy and keep sharp for a hoped for a fight against WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly in 2013 or 2014, whenever Cleverly’s people feel he’s ready to take the Maccarinelli. Read the rest of this entry »

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Denis Boytsov (30-0, 25 KO’s) will take a small step up class when he faces 36-year-old journeyman Dominick Guinn (33-8-1, 22 KO’s) on April 13th in a scheduled 10 round bout in Cologne, Germany. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Gilfoid: Welterweight contender Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s) defeated his hand-picked opponent Matthew Hatton (42-6-2, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision tonight in one-sided fight but showed a lot of limitations along the way in winning the bout in front of 10,000 screaming fans at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »

By William Mackay: Previously unbeaten now former EBU middleweight champion Grzegorz Proksa (26-1, 19 KO’s) was beaten by 30-year-old little known challenger Kerry Hope (17-3, 1 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision last Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The final judges’ scores were 115-112 and 114-113 for Hope, and 114-114 even. The 27-year-old Proksa from Poland sustained a cut above his left eye in the 2nd round from a clash of heads in the last seconds of the round. Read the rest of this entry »

By William Mackay: In what turned out to be a sickening mismatch, Commonwealth super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (13-0, 9 KO’s) completely destroyed his badly overmatched opponent Prosper Ankrah (18-3, 13 KO’s) from Ghana in a 2nd round TKO last Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »

By Eric Thomas: A fight between former three division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) and former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) is a possibility for July 14th if both fighters get through their next fights both on April 14th in different venues. According to RingTV, if the 38-year-old Marquez and 25-year-old Rios win their next fights, then they could meet up at the Cowboys Stadium on July 14th in a pay-per-view bout. Read the rest of this entry »

By Allan Fox: In a battle of aging Italian cruiserweights, 42-year-old former WBC cruiserweight champion Giocobbe Fragomeni (29-3-2, 12 KO’s) had to settle for a 12 round draw against 45-year-old Silvio Branco (62-10-3, 37 KO’s) on Saturday night in a fight for the vacant WBC Silver cruiserweight title at the PalaRavizza, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy. The final judges’ scores were 115-115, 114-114 and 115-113. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Dower: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KO’s) had a little bit harder than expected time in beating tough challenger Matthew Macklin (28-4, 19 KO’s) by an 11th round retirement on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. Indeed, it was a tough fight for the 37-year-old Martinez, because he was knocked down in the 7th and took a lot of punches in the first seven rounds before going into overdrive and dominating a fading Macklin until knocking him down twice in the 11th. Read the rest of this entry »

By William Mackay: As was expected, undefeated welterweight contender Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s) completely had his way with 30-year-old #9 WBA contender Matthew Hatton (42-6-2, 16 KO’s) on Saturday night, winning by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Brook, 25, knocked Hatton down in the 9th with a check left hook. The final judges’ scores were 118-109, 119-108 and 119-107. Read the rest of this entry »

By Sean McDaniel: Matthew Hatton (42-5-2, 16 KO’s) will be giving it a shot moments from now to try and defeat unbeaten Kell Brook (26-0, 18 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK. Hatton has a ton of heart going for him in this fight but he’s short on the talent side of the equation. Heart is a good thing to have, but Hatton is so far out of his class in the physical side of the game that he’s going to have a lot of trouble in this fight. Read the rest of this entry »

By Chris Williams: WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) said he wants interested in facing WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeux because he felt he had a boring fighting style and he wasn’t well known enough to fight. So instead of fighting Rigondeaux in a unification bout, Donaire will be fighting Cristian Mijares (44-6, 20 KO’s) on July 14th in a still to be determined venue in Texas. Read the rest of this entry »

By William Mackay: Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) will depart for the Philippines next month to start training with trainer Freddie Roach to get ready for his May 19th rematch against IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan will be training alongside WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao but he won’t be sparring with him but he’s open to sparring if Pacquiao wants to. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) battles his third consecutive European opponent in Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) tonight in what promises to be a fight that will end by knockout at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. But don’t get fooled into thinking it’s one of those type of fights where either guy can potentially be knocked out in this one, because believe me the only one that’s going to get knocked out in this fight is the 28-year-old Macklin. Read the rest of this entry »

By Allan Fox: According to fightnews.com, WBA World featherweight champion Celestino Caballero (36-4, 23 KO’s) will be making his next defense against unbeaten Miguel “Mikey” Garcia (28-0, 24 KO’s) in a mandatory defense. The World Boxing Association is reportedly giving the 35-year-old Caballero 30 days with which to negotiate the fight with the 24-year-old Garcia. Read the rest of this entry »

By William Mackay: In what promises to be a ridiculous mismatch, undefeated Kell Brook will be taking on fringe welterweight contender Matthew Hatton tonight in a 12 round bout labeled “War of the Roses” at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshure, UK. If you’re into watching someone get pummeled from round one to round 12 in a completely one-sided fight then this is the fight to watch. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Dower: Undefeated heavyweight prospect and former 2008 super heavyweight Olympian from Ukraine Vyacheslav Glazkov (11-0, 8 KO’s) registered his eighth knockout with a 5th round stoppage of 6’9″ 300+ Evegeny Orlov on Friday night at the Circus, in Krasnodar, Russia. Glazkov, 27, hurt the rounded Orlov with a right to the body in the 5th round that caused Orlov to wince and briefly turn his back in pain. Although he continued to fight for the remaining seconds of the round, you could see that he had possibly suffered a rib injury from the right hand shot. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jason Kim: Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) will be getting a chance to regain his WBA World lightweight title on April 14th in a fight against Richard Abril (17-2-1, 8 KO’s) for the vacant WBA world lightweight title at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Read the rest of this entry »