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Showtime Extreme viewers will be treated to high-energy boxing action at 6:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) this Saturday, Dec. 14, as bouts featuring Ricardo "Dinamita" Alvarez and Robert Easter Jr.will set the stage for Showtime's quadruple header headlined by the championship bout between Adrien "The Problem" Broner and Marcos "Chino" Maidana.

Additionally, fans in the arena will see the return of former World Champion Jermain Taylor. U.S. Olympians Jamel Herring and Rau'shee Warren will also be featured at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

In the Showtime Extreme featured bouts, Alvarez takes on "Lightning" Rod Salka. Plus, Easter Jr. battles Hardy M. "El Huracan" Paredes and Herring faces off with Lance "Lay 'em Down" Williams. More...

This Saturday night at Pacplex in Brooklyn, NY, Heavyweight contender Derric Rossy will take on Jonta Willis in the eight round main event of a big night of boxing that is promoted by Sal Musumeci’s Final Forum Boxing.

Rossy of Medford, New York has a record of 28-7 with 14 knockouts.

The 33 year-old Rossy has faced many of the top Heavyweights in the world and holds victories over the likes of Gary Bell (22-3-1), Sahnnon Miller (14-2), Edward Guitierrez (15-3), former world champion Ray Mercer (35-6-1), William Shahan (7-0), Carl Davis Drummond (26-1), Alexis Mejias (10-2), Ian Lewson (6-1-1) and Travis Walker (39-8-1). More...

Lee Purdy and has vowed to show he has become a different fighter since losing to Devon Alexander, when he challenges Italian Leonard Bundu for the European Welterweight Title at the ExCeL, London on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports.

The Colchester man has described Saturday’s fight as a ‘must win’ and says that if he does take Bundu’s belt he wants to put himself in a position where champions will have no choice but to fight him.

“Every fighter says it - but I really am in the best shape of my life,” he said. “If there was an opponent that I could choose stylistically, then Bundo would be it. It’s going to be a cracking fight for me and the fans and I’m just really looking forward to fighting now, putting on a big show and finishing off the year with a bang. More...

Rising pound-for-pound superstar - Adrien Broner, feels his ‘special’ performance this weekend against the ‘bone cracking’ Marcos Maidana won’t get the credit it deserves.

The highly touted WBA Welterweight Champion faces one of boxing’s most revered puncher's in Maidana, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, this Saturday, live on BoxNation. More...

Big-hitting Marcos Maidana is determined to knock out the brash-talking Adrien Broner when the pair meet in the ring this weekend, live on BoxNation.

The Argentine assassin, who is famed for his ferocious knockout power, having put 31 of his 37 opponents to sleep, is extremely confident he can add the name of Broner to that list on Saturday night.

Despite being regarded as the heir apparent to Floyd Mayweather’s throne, Maidana is in no doubt that Broner is a false pretender to that title and has been keen to show him why, ever since both men locked horns during the Shawn Porter and Julio Diaz card in September. More...

BoxNation has heard the calls of its loyal subscribers - and yet again answered - with the launch of a new dedicated high definition channel, BoxNation Live HD.

The investment in a dedicated HD channel follows BoxNation’s burgeoning success since its launch in 2011, with the channel continuing to go from strength-to-strength.

The ‘Channel of Champions’ is set to debut its HD broadcast early next year, starting with heavyweight hitman Dereck Chisora’s ring return on Saturday 8th February, live from the Copper Box Arena. More...

On the 1st of February, Gennady Golovkin, (28-0 with 25 KO’s), will be taking on Osumanu Adama (22-0 with 16 KO’s) in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Not to discredit the fighter Adama, but “GGG,” as Golovkin is know, should have secured a premium opponent in a bout held at Las Vegas.

Instead, the fighter originating from Kazakhstan but who resides in Germany is getting an obscure opponent in a fight being held away from the mass media market that is America. So what went wrong?

Let’s take a look at the factors that lead to what I call "The Golovkin Snub".

According to Abel Sanchez, Golovkin’s trainer, his fighter is driven by the pursuit of excellence. In his last 15 fights, Golovkin scored 15 consecutive knockouts. He has an impressive 89% knockout rate that is well documented thanks to statistics released by compubox.

Ever since he started his professional career as a fighter in 2006, Golovkin has earned a reputation as a brawler who is technically sound and has that hard punch that can floor a fighter at any time.

Because of his reputation, there are not too many fighter that are willing to exchange blow for blow with the reigning WBA world middleweight champion, says Sanchez.

That reputation is part of the problem here. There is a lack of substantial fighters who actually want to step into the ring with “GGG” and risk getting knocked out.

In a recent interview in the Assosiated Press, Golovkin said of Sergio Martinez: “he is a very good boxer. Right now, he deserves to be called the middleweight champion of the world. I think I am better, but I do not know that for sure. I would like to fight him to find out.” More...

Irish middleweight star Andy Lee, (31W-2L, 22KOs) is targeting a showdown with fellow Irishman Matthew Macklin, (30W-5L, 20KOs) in 2014.

Lee presently ranked WBC # 7, WBA #12 and WBO #14 believes that an all Irish barnstormer with Macklin is what boxing fans want to see.

In recent years speculation at times has been at fever pitch about the prospect of a mouth-watering Lee v Macklin encounter, with the media and public viewing the fight as a prestigious must see and not to be missed Irish boxing event. More...

Battle tested veterans "Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis, 24-9-2 (11 KO's), Astoria, NY and Josesito Lopez, 30-6 (18 KO's), Riverside, CA, lock horns this Friday at The Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, CA, in a 10 round Welterweight showdown.

The fight will be shown on the Fox 1 Sports Network and airs at 10pm EST.

Both fighters are coming off losses and understand that this is truly a crossroads fight. In his last fight on July 20, Arnaoutis pushed highly touted undefeated prospect Chris Algieri to the limit losing a very hard fought 10 round bout. More...

Anthony Ogogo will fight at the ExCeL London on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports, for the first time since winning a Middleweight bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics.

The East Anglian boxer, 3-0 in the pro ranks, is rightly proud of his achievements and says he is looking forward to returning to the venue. However, he says he was unable to do himself justice in the semi-final, given the serious illness his mum was suffering at the time. More...

Boxing superstar, Amir Khan, is predicting another scintillating performance from his younger Brother Haroon, in Wigan on Saturday night, December 14.

Since turning professional in April this year, Haroon hasn't lost a single round in three fights and will look to stretch his record further against an 'as yet to be confirmed' opponent. More...

Michael Jennings has advised Matty Askin to not think about big title fights in 2014 just yet.

Having won the British and WBU crowns, as well as facing the mighty Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden, Jennings knows what it takes to get to the top and is keen to teach Askin about the dangers of looking past his next fight. More...

Anthony Joshua, MBE, has been forced to postpone his clash with Dorian Darch on December 14 with a shoulder injury – but British Super Middleweight champion, Paul Smith, has been added to the bill at the ExCeL London, live on Sky Sports.

The Olympic Gold medal hero was set to return to the ExCeL in London to face the Welshman, returning to the scene of his London 2012 triumph for his fourth pro contest and hunting another KO win. More...

Click the Image for More Stephen Ormond Vs Derry Mathews Card Photos

At the Echo Arena, Liverpool, England, Saturday night, Frank Warren Promotions hosted a great night of boxing which featured four Title Bouts.

Derry Mathews of Liverpool was unsuccessful in his bid to win the WBO European Lightweight Title. Stephen ‘The Rock’ Ormond of Dublin, Ireland, successfully defended the Title for a second time by Unanimous Points Decision (98-93; 98-93; 98-92).

Afterwards he told ringside media that he had hurt his hand early in the fight but still felt he’d won the first seven rounds. He is now looking for a rematch.

Paul Butler, of Ellesmere Port, put on an impressive performance to win the vacant WBA Inter-Continental Super-Flyweight Title by Unanimous Points (120-108; 129-109; 118-110) over Ruben Montoya of Mexico.

Butler kept up the work-rate throughout the contest and looked to be ‘enjoying himself’ particularly in rounds five, six and seven.

Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith of Liverpool, successfully defended his BBBofC British Light-Middleweight Title by stopping Mark Thompson of Heywood in the fourth round. Smith dominated the fight – dropping Thompson twice in round three before forcing the stoppage in round four.

Joe Selkirk of Liverpool won the vacant WBO European Light-Middleweight Title by stopping Zoltan Sera of Budapest in round three. It was a tough three rounds for Sera who sustained a cut to the right eye in the opener, then a body shot saw the Hungarian drop to the canvas and although he was up in time for the count – Referee Steve Gray stopped the contest.

And, Enzo Maccarinelli of Swansea, Wales, stopped Courtney Fry of Liverpool in the seventh round of their ten round Light-Heavyweight Contest. This should have been Maccarinelli’s first defence of his Commonwealth (British Empire) Light-Heavyweight Title, but it was reduced to a ten-round contest when Fry failed to make the weight.

Fry was on the canvas in rounds one and six and was literally ‘saved by the bell’ at the end of the sixth round. Under pressure in the seventh round - the Liverpool man was pulled out by his corner. More...

In Atlantic City, last night, on the undercard of Guillermo Rigondeaux's WBA/WBO Super Bantam title defense against Jospeh Agbeko, Matthew Macklin of Birmingham, England, scored a Unanimous Points victory (96-94; 97-93; 98-92) over Lamar Russ of Wilmington, North Carolina, in a ten round Middleweight Contest.

Macklin was originally scheduled to fight American - Willie Nelson, but Nelson was forced to withdraw less than four weeks ago with an elbow injury. Replacement – Russ, suffers his first defeat in fifteen contests - now 14 wins (7 by KO) 1 loss.

Macklin was stopped in the third by Middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin in June earlier this year and last night was his first fight since the loss, under the tutelage of his former rival - Jamie Moore.