By Scott Gilfoid: 32-year-old Matthew Macklin (30-5, 20 KO’s) has joined the Matchroom Sport team for the August 30th card at the National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. There’s no word about who Macklin will be fighting, but it makes sense to assume that it’s going to be a weaker opponent in order to make sure that he doesn’t get beaten. Macklin has lost 3 out of his last 5 fights. Not good, is it?
The talk is that they want to match Macklin up against Andy Lee later this year in a domestic level scrap. It’s a good fight because both guys are around then same level with the same career outlook.
By Allan Fox: Unbeaten heavyweight contenders Mike Perez (20-0-1, 12 KO’s) and Bryant Jennings (18-0, 10 KO’s) will be facing each other in a World Boxing Council heavyweight eliminator bout on May 24th at a site still to be determined in the United States on HBO. The winner of the Jennings vs. Perez fight will become the new mandatory challenger for the WBC title, and will fight for the world title in early 2015. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Macklin (30-5, 20 KO’s) is being talked about for a fight against former IBF/WBA middleweight champion Daniel Geale (30-2, 16 KO’s) on May 24th in a fight that will take place on HBO, according to Steve Kim. There won’t be any title on the line obviously because Geale was beaten by Darren Barker last year in August and he lost his IBF strap in that fight. Since then, Geale has only fought once in beating Australian fighter Garth Wood. Geale had the chance to fight WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, but the fight never materialized.
(Photo, Courtesy Sumio Yamada/Christian Kuechl) By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Macklin, one of the former knockout victims of WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (28-0, 25 KO’s), is giving his opponent for tonight Osumanu Adama (22-3, 16 KO’s) next to no chance of beating Golovkin when the two meet each other tonight at the Salle des etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco. Macklin was blasted out in 3 rounds by Golovkin last year in getting stopped with a body shot last June. 
By Scott Gilfoid: After seeing Matthew Macklin (30-5, 20 KO’s) struggle badly to beat a very average little known Lamar Russ last Saturday night, #12 WBA middleweight contender Andy Lee (31-2, 22 KO’s) is suddenly showing a great deal of interest in taking on the now 2nd tier Macklin. 
By Sevak Sarkisian-Ringside: Matt Korobov improves to (22-0 -13Ko’s) via TKO 28 seconds going into the 9th round against Derek Edwards who drops to (26-3-13Ko’s).
By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight Matthew Macklin (30-5, 20 KO’s) had to battle hard last night to defeat little known middleweight Lamar Russ (14-1, 7 KO’s) in winning a 10 round unanimous decision at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 
By Scott Gilfoid: It didn’t take Matthew Macklin (29-5, 20 KO’s) find a replacement opponent to face on December 7th in place of the injured Willie Nelson on the undercard of the Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Joseph Agbeko fight at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Macklin will be facing someone named Lamar Russ (14-0, 7 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.
By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Macklin’s December 7th scheduled fight against junior middleweight contender Willie Nelson is now down the drain due to Nelson suffering an elbow injury that will keep prevent him from taking the fight at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. 
By Scott Gilfoid: The struggling middleweight Matthew Macklin (29-5, 20 KO’s) will try to turn his sinking career around on December 7th against junior middleweight Willie Nelson (21-1-1, 12 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on the undercard of the HBO televised Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Joseph Agbeko card at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Also on the card will be James Kirkland vs. Glen Tapia.