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By Erik Schmidt: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) cruiserweight champion Vassily Jirov (37-3-1, 31 KO’s) will be making a comeback after two years out of boxing for a possible bout on September 17th in Woodland Hills, California. Jirov, 35, a former 1996 light heavyweight Olympic Gold Medalist for Kazakhstan, will be moving back down to [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov (22-1-1, 17 KO’s) has reportedly retired, according to Scoop Malinowski from Boxing Insider. Samson Lewkowicz, from Warriors Boxing, says that “He’s [Ibragimov] retired. He doesn’t want to go back and sweat in the gym. He got married, he’s happy, he lives in Russia,” says [...]

By Jason Kim: Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (27-3-2, 18 KO’s) is unhappy with being left out when Showtime selected fighters for their super middleweight six-man tournament that begins on October 17th. The fighters that ended up being selected – Mikkel Kessler, Arthur Abraham, Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell, Carl Froch and Andre Ward – are [...]

By Eric Thomas: Now that the WBA heavyweight match between Nikolay Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs) and Ruslan Chagaev (24-0-1, 17 KOs) has been called off due to an undisclosed illness plaguing the 30-year-old Chagaev, former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world John Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs) wants a purse bid so that he [...]

By Inder Sirha: No, this is not an amazing comeback story for the former champion who held the WBO Middleweight and Super Middleweight titles. This is a story of his teenage son Christopher Eubank Jr. who trains nearly every day of the week in the Top Rank gym off the Las Vegas strip.

By Sam Gregory: This Saturday marked the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. Louisville, Kentucky is best known for the first and most prestigious jewel in the triple crown of horse racing. People are dressed in silk and gold on Kentucky Derby day and mint juleps flow like the soft wind that blows through the [...]

By Adam Fillingham: It hasn’t been a good week for boxing. 3 arrests and one imprisonment means that boxing may now be getting a bad name for itself. Just look at the stars that have been arrested: Unbeaten light middleweight James Kirkland is now being held in custody by federal authorities after being arrested with [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated female flyweight Nadia Raoui (10-0-1, 3 KOs) defeated Italian Maria Rosa Tabbuso (12-4-2, 3 KOs) by a unanimous decision on Saturday night on the undercard of the heavyweight match between Alexander Povetkin vs. Jason Estrada to capture the interim WIBA Women’s International Boxing Association flyweight title at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in [...]

By Manuel Perez: Lightweight Efren Hinojosa (29-5-1, 17 KOs) was hurt at the end of the 1st round on Friday night when he was hit in the back of the head by a right hand from his Puerto Rican opponent Jose Reyes (23-5, 8 KOs) at the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming, in Miami, Florida. Hinojosa, [...]