Boxing

By Allen Fox: It was thought that after Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) defeated Ruslan Chagaev (27-2, 17 KO’s) to capture the vacant WBA regular heavyweight title last Saturday night that IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) would take on Povetkin for a fight that would take place in Germany.

WORCESTER, Mass. (August 30, 2011) – Unbeaten sensation Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez, eyeing a world title fight in 2012, has successfully advanced from prospect to legitimate contender in the super middleweight division.

By Jason Kim: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has dug in his heels about his career and is adamant about not fighting unless he’s well paid. Pavlik, 29, recently pulled out of fight that was scheduled last weekend against little known Darryl Cunningham after Pavlik was set to get paid only $50,000.

By Jason Kim: Bob Arum, the promoter for WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s), is still looking for an opponent for Donaire’s next fight after WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno reportedly turned down the invitation to fight Donaire in November. This was a fight that Donaire and Arum wanted, as it would have [...]

By Dan Ambrose: For boxing fans that care, former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (29-4, 6 KO’s) says he won’t be fighting Devon Alexander next. Malignaggi dismissed the idea of fighting Alexander on his twitter page today, although he still didn’t say who he will be fighting next.

By Ian Aldous: Dmitriy Salita (33-1-1) is on a mission to become a World Champion. Following his failed challenge for the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title against Amir Khan, he’s moved up to welterweight. He also has his own successful promotional company, Salita Promotions. At only 29 years of age, Dmitriy certainly has a [...]

By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach says he’s impressed with the sparring sessions between Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, and feels that Khan is showing a lot of improvement. However, Pacquiao is still getting the better of Khan after the initial stages of the sparring. Khan starts off well, but Pacquiao solves him and then [...]

By William Mackay: For boxing fans hoping that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) will stick around the division after he faces the winner of the Erik Morales vs. Jorge Barrio for Timothy Bradley’s stripped title to then fight the winner of the Robert Guerrero vs. Marcos Maidana fight you can forget [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) holds both the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight titles and although he is undefeated and ranked #7 Pound for Pound fighter in the Yahoo Sports poll, he is still a relative unknown. Only hardcore boxing fans know who Timothy [...]

By William Mackay: Rather than waiting until WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is free and clear to face him, Amir Khan wants Bradley to be stripped now of his two titles so that Khan can fight for the belts against one of the leading contenders in the division.

Los Angeles (July 22, 2011) – Goossen Tutor Promotions has named Danny Brener, son of California Boxing Hall of Fame and public relations veteran Steve Brener, as its Vice President of Communications. The younger Brener has grown up surrounded by the sport of boxing and the skills needed to be a top publicist. Almost seven [...]

BLUE BELL, PA; July 21, 2011 -Sports and Entertainment Publications, LLC, the publisher of The Ring Magazine and RingTV.com, is pleased to announce the addition of award-winning boxing journalist Lem Satterfield to its full time editorial staff.

It’s official! After 10 days of voting, Karen Franco and Monica Barco, have been selected by loyal Facebook fans to represent the city of New York in the nationwide search for the next Chicas Tecate. Karen received a resounding 35% of votes while Monica received an equally impressive 19%.

PROVIDENCE – 2004 United States Olympian, and professional heavyweight, Jason “Big Six” Estrada has been given a clean bill of health to begin full training following surgery to remove five bone chips from his elbow. Estrada, a promotional free agent, is hoping to get right back in the ring and erase the memories of his [...]

A major fund raising dinner in support of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity will be held at London’s 5 star Grosvenor House Hotel on 17th September.

New York, NY (July 17, 2011) – Gunning for his third consecutive knockout, Captain Boyd Melson will have extra motivation when he battles Zach Schumach Wednesday evening at the Oceana Theater in Brooklyn, NY.

By Peter Wells: After Freddie Roach had slammed middleweight Sergio Martinez, saying that he doesn’t believe he has many boxing skills and boasted that his young sensation Peter Quillin would beat Martinez. Team Martinez have now shot back laughing off suggestions that Quillin is good enough to beat Martinez. They believe Roach should back his [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Having now lost three of his last four bouts at super middleweight, Arthur Abraham (32-3, 26 KO’s) says he’s moving back down to the middleweight division where he previously held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight title between 2005 to 2009.

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) is looking to defend his newly captured WBC strap twice in 2011, first on September 24th against a likely Peter Manfredo Jr. and then on November 19th, possibly against his mandatory challenger.

By Eric Thomas: Recently, former world champion Lennox Lewis said he thinks he would beat IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko if they had fought. Lewis points out that Wladimir doesn’t have the best of skills on the inside and that’s where Lewis was especially good with his uppercuts.

Gary Shaw Productions is proud to announce the signing of a true late bloomer in the sport of boxing, Indianapolis, Indiana, heavyweight Franklin “Yah Yah” Lawrence.

Working double duty as a pharmacy technician for CVS and a professional boxer for Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, 22-year-old middleweight prospect Thomas Falowo (3-0, 3 KOs) of Pawtucket, R.I., is quickly becoming a household name among New England’s most loyal fans, many of whom have been following the sport religiously since the glory [...]

- Friday, July 15, 2011 7:30pm ET Featuring Rosado vs Conyers from Bally’s Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. Hard-hitting Allen Conyers, of the Bronx, NY, steps in for the injured Harry Joe Yorgey when he takes on Gabriel Rosado, of Philadelphia, PA, in the scheduled 10-round junior middleweight main event Friday evening, July [...]

A hi-tech video capture system that is helping Britain’s hopes for boxing glory in 2012 has won a major award for its work with GB Boxing athletes.

Cynthia Tolaymat became a household name to boxing fans after her March 25th 2011 show titled “Chicago Fight Night” which featured matches with Osumanu Adama facing world ranked Marcus Upshaw battling for the IBO Inter-Continental middleweight title, the rugged, dependable tough as nails Mexican ring veteran Angel “Toro” Hernandez facing the very young vocal Miami, [...]

ESPN Radio 1100’s 24 Hour radiothon in Las Vegas offers a chance to bid for the right to co-host an hour of radio with a sports celebrity, and this year Hallf of Famer Mike Tyson and Boxing legend Bernard Hopkins are two of those celebrities. To bid, go to www.werlv.com .

New York, NY (July 13, 2011) – DiBella Entertainment has added middleweight contender Brian Vera to its stable of fighters. Vera, 29, is a Mexican-American from Austin, TX, who is a straightforward brawler capable winning big fights, no matter what the odds are. In his 24-fight career, Vera (19-5, 12 KOs) has upset the applecart, [...]

At a World Boxing Council and Legends of Boxing Museum induction ceremony dinner in Coachella, California…The mood was celebratory and buzzing in excitement of the anticipation in honoring some of boxing’s most admired contributors.

Chicago’s “King” Carlos Molina and his team are sending out a challenge to the rest of the world’s best junior middleweights. Molina (19-4-2, 6 KOs) established himself as an elite fighter with a near shutout unanimous decision over former world champion Kermit Cintron last Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, and [...]

By Ian Aldous: Former World heavyweight championship challenger, Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson (25-1-1) is back on the road to the title. This week he spoke with me about how he intends on becoming ‘Kingpin’ of the heavyweight division.