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In a vicious two-way slugfest, Guillermo Jones regained his WBA cruiserweight crown tonight by knocking out reigning champion Denis Lebedev in the 11th round of their contest at Crocus City Hall, Moscow.

Having lost his WBA belt due to inactivity, the 41 year old Guillermo Jones, of Panama, came into Moscow determined to get it back from 33 year old Lebedev, of Chekhov, Russia, and the bout was laced with action starting in the first round.

The 6'4 Jones towered over the 5'11 Lebedev, using his heavy jab to keep the smaller man at bay but all too often Jones decided to slug it out, giving up his height.

On many occasions, Jones reached for Lebedev, over-extending himself and going off balance when he missed. Lebedev took advantage of such opportunities and planted heavy shots point blank on Jones but the Panamanian showed an iron chin in taking the punches well.

The jab of Guillermo Jones produced damage to Lebedev's eye early on and the taller man focused successfully on worsening the laceration for the entire bout. More...

The action this weekend is at Atlantic City's famed Boardwalk Hall as Devon Alexander put his IBF welter title at risk and Lucas Matthysse lays his WBC Interim light welter belt on the line.

Alexander, 24-1 (13), meets unheralded Englishman Lee Purdy, 20-3-1 (13), while Matthysse, 33-2 (31), squares off with Lamont Peterson, 31-1-1 (16).

Southpaw Alexander, ex-WBC/IBF light welter king, is enjoying a new lease on life since heading up to 147 pounds, where he outpointed Randall Bailey this past October to cage the IBF bauble. More...

British Boxer Lee Purdy fails to make weight yesterday as he weighed in against Devon Alexander of Missouri for tonights’ IBF Title Fight in Atlantic City. Purdy was still over the weight limit after two hours and has had to pay a financial penalty. Although the fight will still go ahead – Purdy cannot now win the Title.

Purdy took the fight at just four weeks’ notice when Kell Brook withdrew with an injury. More...

Tonight at The Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California, undefeated Jr. Middleweight prospect Taras Shelestyuk will look to make it three for three when he takes on Mario Angeles in a scheduled four round bout. The show is promoted by Thompson Boxing.

Taras Shelestyuk, who is promoted by Banner Promotions, is 2-0 with both wins coming by knockout. The Ukrainian, who captured the Bronze Medal in the 2012 Olympic Games, has been impressive in his first two outings. More...

Howard Goldberg: The next few months in the World Boxing Federation's calendar are chaotic in a good way. Just watch the Schedule section on our website: There are fights scheduled in Mexico, Morocco, France, Switzerland, South Africa, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany and a few more countries to be finalized rather soon and of course we are extremely excited to be holding our convention in Saarbruecken, Germany in September where we hope to meet up with old friends and naturally make many new friends.

Having lived my whole life in South Africa, I witnessed the ugliness and horror of apartheid, where the masses were ruled by a small minority and where democracy simply did not exist. The minority ruled with great force and often intimidated the masses with torture and victimization.

It was a sad time in South Africa's history, but the release of Nelson Mandela, arguably the greatest man in the world, coupled with free and democratic elections enabled South Africa to become a free and great country. The bottom line is that inevitably democracy and freedom will always triumph over bullying and intimidation. Nowhere in the world should such a horror similar to apartheid be allowed to resurface. More...

Welsh lightweight prospect Mitch Buckland is on a mission to win as many titles as he can.

The Cardiff southpaw, 19, has watched his older brother Gary win numerous belts in the past few years, but now he's started a collection of his own. More...

Eddie Hearn has moved the David Haye v Manuel Charr undercard to Bolton after the Hayemaker withdrew from his proposed bout due to a hand injury. The show will now be taking place at Bolton Arena on June 29, live on Sky Sports, sponsored by Betfair.

Gavin Rees will return to action after his brave World title challenge against Adrien Broner in Atlantic City in February and he takes on former British champion Anthony Crolla in a crucial clash for both of their careers after ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla’s rematch with Derry Mathews in Liverpool in March ended in a draw with the Commonwealth title on the line. More...

Danny McIntosh is hoping to propel himself to a British title shot in a new division as he steps up a weight to take his place Prizefighter Cruiserweights III at York Hall on Saturday, live on Sky Sports. More...

Lee Purdy has warned Devon Alexander that he will put on an explosive show in Atlantic City as he bids to rip the IBF welterweight title from his grasp on Saturday night live on Sky Sports HD1.

Lee Purdy tackles the St. Louis man at the famous Boardwalk Hall and said he’s far from a fan of the St. Louis champ, but believes the pressure is all on the American to impress on home soil. More...

Traing exclusively out of Floyd Mayweather Jr's gym in Las Vegas, Nevada, 18 year old Junior ‘Special Boy’ Saba works with his uncle and trainer Tunde Ajayi.

On first glance at a popular video of pad work on YouTube, you would assume it was Roger Mayweather and Floyd hitting the pads in the rhythmic fashion that they have perfected over the years. But, it is actually Junior and Tunde. It really is uncanny and it clearly works well for the pair as Junior has been creating quite a buzz amongst all the right people.

Names get tossed around in boxing all too often, but it is evident and paramount when you hear the right names being tossed around that you stop and pay attention.

SaddoBoxing caught up with Tunde Ajayi recently, asking about Junior's short amateur stint in the UK: More...

Irish middleweight contender, Andy Lee (30W-2L, 21KO’s) returned to United States yesterday evening to make a statement of intent at the jam packed BB King Blues Club, NYC in the latest edition of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Series.

Lee’s opponent in the headlining bout of an entertaining eight fight card was the tough and durable southpaw Daryl Cunningham (28W-4L, 11KO’s) from Detroit. More...

All five of the fighters in attendance at Wednesday's Peterson vs Matthysse press conference at Lucille's Bar & Grill (located inside B.B. King's Blues Club) in New York City were confident and ready for fight night as they discussed their upcoming bouts taking place this Saturday, May 18 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J live on Showtime at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.

In the main event IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Lamont Peterson (31-1-1, 16 KO's), of Washington, D.C., faces power-punching WBC Interim Super Lightweight Champion Lucas Matthysse (33-2, 31 KO's), of Trelew, Argentina, in a 12-round bout at a catch-weight of 141 pounds. More...

Haroon Khan (1-0) will be starting his American adventure sooner rather than later as he takes on Vicente Medellin (0-5) on the undercard of the Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Matthysse clash this weekend in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The younger brother of former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan got off to a winning professional start in his debut fight against Brett Fidoe last month in Sheffield, England, where he won a unanimous decision over four rounds. More...

Earlier this year Trad TKO Boxing Gym head honcho Johnny Eames announced that he will be promoting events in 2013, keeping to his word Johnny last night announced that his first UK event, tagged ‘Two Tribes Go To War’, will take place at York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 1st June 2013.

Headlining Johnny’s first show is former IBO Light Welterweight and British Welterweight Champion Colin Lynes in an International contest against Georgia’s Beka Sutidze. More...

Luke Campbell will make his eagerly awaited professional debut at Craven Park in Hull on July 13, live on Sky Sports.

The Olympic Gold medallist kicks off life in the paid ranks at the home of Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League, with tickets for the night going on sale on Monday, May 20. More...