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Recently, it was announced that Olympic Gold Medallist of the Beijing Olympics and former European and British Super-Middleweight James DeGale has joined Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport Organisation and will also feature on the Carl Froch vs. George Groves rematch at Wembley Stadium on the 31st May.

Matchroom Sport is the third major British boxing promoter that DeGale has signed with since turning professional back in Feburary, 2009 with Frank Warren after capturing the Olympic Gold Medal as a Middleweight.

DeGale turned professional with Team GB team mates Frankie Gavin and Billy Joe Saunders, who would emerge victorious on their debuts and would also capture British and Commonwealth titles.

However, unlike Gavin and Saunders, DeGale parted ways with Frank Warren nor succeeded in winning the prestigious Lonsdale belt outright, as DeGale would first lose his unbeaten record and British title to George Groves, who he wishes to rematch against in the future should the opportunity present itself.

In 2012, DeGale signed with Mick Hennessy’s stable where he would fight four times and clinch the World Boxing Council’s “Silver” 12 stone title and defend it twice in front of the Channel 5 cameras to help increase his exposure after seeing his stock fall follow his loss to Groves, even though he would capture the European 12 stone title and win it twice.

DeGale’s debut on a Matchroom bill will be against the American Brandon Gonzales in a 12 round final eliminator for the International Boxing Federation’s portion of the World Super-Middleweight crown, which is to be contested by Froch and Groves.

The winner of the DeGale vs. Gonzales eliminator gets the mandatory position of fighting the winner of Froch and Groves highly anticipated rematch, unless Groves defeats Froch to set up a most financially alluring trilogy to settle the argument over who is the best Super-Middleweight in Britain.

Regardless of the outcome, the British boxing public will be the winner.

Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs is trading in his gloves for a microphone, at least for one night.

The inspirational cancer survivor will serve as guest analyst for this Saturday’s Showtime Championship Boxing telecast live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.

Jacobs will step in for critically acclaimed analyst Paulie Malignaggi, who will challenge IBF Welterweight Champion Shawn Porter in the co-feature of the world championship tripleheader. More...

World Championship boxing returns to Barclays Center when the “The Siberian Rocky" Ruslan Provodnikov makes the first defense of his WBO junior welterweight title and his Brooklyn debut against undefeated world-rated contender and New York product Chris Algieri.

Provodnikov vs. Algieri will take place Saturday, June 14 and will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The co-main event will feature undefeated WBO junior middleweight champion Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade making his first title defense, against No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger Brian "The Lion" Rose. More...

BoxNation are delighted to announce another mega bill to its fantastic schedule with the addition of the stacked April 26 Golden Boy Promotions show featuring boxing’s biggest punchers in Keith Thurman, Lucas Matthysse and Omar Figueroa.

The card taking place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California is guaranteed to have fight fans on the edge of their seats with the three hitmen amassing a stunning 69 knockouts from 78 wins between them.

Headlined by rising welterweight star Thurman, who defends his interim WBA championship against the hardened Julio Diaz, who ran British ace Amir Khan very close last year, it offers the 25-year-old the chance to continue his march towards a shot at the world title. More...

Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that a further allocation of tickets will shortly be available for the fight of the century – Carl Froch vs. George Groves 2 - at Wembley Stadium on May 31, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

The first 60,000 tickets for the rematch between the WBA and IBF Super Middleweight champion Froch and challenger Groves sold-out within the first hour as fight fans grabbed their seats for the showdown. More...

Josh Warrington says he will pass his toughest test yet with flying colours when he defends his Commonwealth Featherweight title against Rendall Munroe at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports.

The 23 year old won the title in impressive fashion in November, entering Samir Mouneimne’s back yard in Hull and stopping the local man in the final round. More...

Callum Smith returns to the ring on Saturday night at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, live on Sky Sports, after six months out of action and is eager to get into the groove ahead of a big fight in Cardiff next month.

The unbeaten Super Middleweight star defends his WBC International Super Middleweight title against Tobias Webb on May 17 and faces Francois Bastient in a six-round clash to prepare for that battle and shake off the disappointment of missing out on the big Liverpool bill in March. More...

John Murray wants to line up a second shot at a World title by announcing himself back to the big time with a devastating win over local rival Anthony Crolla at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports.

Murray returned to the ring in November following a two-year absence and defeated John Simpson in impressive fashion in March with a second round stoppage, flooring the Scotsman three times in the round. More...

Former unified light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan is pleased to announce that he has signed a deal to work with influential boxing advisor Al Haymon. More...

Manny Pacquiao took back the WBO welterweight title last night at MGM Grand's Garden Arena in Las Vegas, gaining a measure of revenge upon Timothy Bradley, who unseated Pacquiao in June, 2012 at the same venue.

After a feeling out period, southpaw Pacquiao was the first to hit the target, rocking the iron-chinned champion in the second round with the first of what was to be many straight left hands.

The third saw good exchanges but Pacquiao's big edge in punching power made a difference until Bradley began timing the challenger effectively in the fourth round, scoring well and even hurting Pacquiao with flush right hands.

Pacquiao seemed to tire in the fifth and Bradley took advantage of the slowdown to find a home for some nice rights. Pacquiao stemmed Bradley's momentum with tight defense until going into blitzkrieg mode and shelling the champion in the corner late in the sixth and seventh frames.

The eighth was a slower round with Pacquiao edging it by landing the harder punches. The ninth and tenth frames heated back up with Bradley trying to turn things around but a motivated Pacquiao threw punches in bunches, putting the champ on the ropes.

Bradley looked for the KO in the final two rounds but just doesn't have the concussive force to prevent the more mobile Pacquiao from posting the higher workrate at a greater accuracy.

Pacquiao suffered a cut from an accidental headclash with Bradley in the 12th but swept the three score cards by margins of 116-112, 116-112 and 118-110. More...

On Friday night, in a Steve Wood – VIP Promotion at the Colne Muni, Shayne Singleton of Colne won the vacant WBC International Silver Welterweight Title by Unanimous Points Decision over Hungarian Laszlo Fazekas.

On Saturday, Ovill McKenzie of Derby won the Commonwealth (British Empire) Cruiserweight Title by a fifth round KO of Tony Conquest. Conquest, of Romford, Essex, was also on the canvas in the third round.

Also on the Frank Warren promoted show at the Copper Box Arena, London, Bradley Skeete of London retained the WBA Inter-Continental Title with a seventh round TKO over Italian - Tobia Giuseppe Loriga.

Lewis Pettit of London won the vacant WBA International Super-Bantamweight Title by fifth round TKO over Brazilian - Emerson Santos Carvalho and in an upset, Frank Buglioni of Enfield lost his WBO European Super-Middleweight Title by sixth round TKO at the hands of Sergey Khomitsky of Belarus.

In Paisley, Scotland, Mike Towell of Dundee won the vacant BBBofC Scottish Area Light-Middleweight Title by scoring a third round TKO over Rhys Pagan of Sanquhar, Scotland.

And in Denmark, David Price of Liverpool climbed off the canvas and scored a third round KO over Ondrej Pala in their scheduled eight round Heavyweight contest.

On the same Bill, ‘Irish’ Andy Lee of London struggled but won his eight round Middleweight contest by Majority Points Decision over Frenchman - Frank Haroche Horta, while Chris ‘Twinny’ Jenkinson of Bolton lost out to Abdul Khattab of Denmark by fifth round TKO in their scheduled six round Middleweight Contest.

Andy Lee won a majority points decision against Frenchman Frank Haroche Horta at the Blue Water Dokken Sports Venue, Esbjerk, Denmark on Saturday night.

Lee, presently ranked WBC #8, WBA #11 and WBO #12 in the world middleweight rankings, dropped down to 156 pounds for this contest.

In the opening rounds, a composed Lee worked behind his long right jab and navigated around the ring to comfortably take the first three rounds. More...

WBC #6 rated heavyweight contender Manuel Charr scored a ten round unanimous decision win over former world title challenger Kevin Johnson on Saturday night in front of 5,000 fans at Telekom Dome in Bonn, Germany.

Both fighters had their moments in a good action fight. Charr was the more aggressive fighter who kept on coming forward while Johnson landed a couple of decent jabs and counter punches.

While "Kingpin" Johnson seemed to land the harder shots, especially in the middle rounds, Charr earned the decision win by his greater level of overall activity. In the end the judges scored 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93 for Charr. More...

Belfast bantamweight Michael Conlan claimed gold at the Feliks Stamm Memorial in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday.

But Tipperary super-heavy Dean Gardiner has to settle for silver after losing out to Cam Awesome of the USA on a unanimous decision in the 91kg + plus final.

Conlan, a bronze medallist at the London Olympics, beat Poland’s Sylwester Kozlowski on a unanimous decision to finish on top of the 56kg podium. Gardiner received a public warning for holding in the second round of his three-rounder against Awesome, who was presented with the Best Boxer Award. More...

Last night at the "Ringside At Del Mar" show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, Mercito "No Mercy" Gesta (27-1, 15 KOs) defeated Mexico's Edgar "Basuras" Riovalle (37-18-2, 26 KOs) by way of an eighth round TKO.

The event, which sold over 1200 tickets, was promoted by Paco Presents in association with A&T Gym, Don Chargin, and San Diego-based Barron Entertainment. More...