Boxing News

Tony Dodson says there is no way he will allow another Liverpool boxer to defeat him ahead of his Commonwealth Super Middleweight title clash with Rocky Fielding at the Echo Arena on March 15, live on Sky Sports.

The former British champion has previously lost in title fights against fellow Merseyside fighters Tony Quigley and Paul Smith. Dodson challenges former gym mate and friend Fielding for his Commonwealth belt next month and ahead of the massive derby fight has admitted he fears being known as ‘the man who has lost to every Liverpool fighter that he ever boxed’. More...

Several dozen television camera crews, newspapers and web reporters, photographers, video bloggers and fans were on hand to watch popular former WBC/WBA Super Welterweight Champion Canelo Alvarez during his media workout at House of Boxing on Tuesday in San Diego.

With Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya looking on, Canelo worked out for a little over an hour. He shadow-boxed, hit the mitts, did calisthenics, worked the speed bag, smacked the heavy bag, did stretching exercises, posed for photos, signed autographs and conducted copious amounts of interviews, some in groups and others one-on-one, as traditional Mexican music blared in the background. More...

It's now official that world class boxing trainers Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Ruben Guerrero are looking to settle their long lasting feud by facing each other in a boxing match.

A date hasn't been officially announced but negotiations are underway to finalize this intriguing boxing match.

The Knockout reality show featuring Floyd Mayweather Sr, Yoel Judah & Ruben Guerrero premiers in April on the NUVO TV network.

Mr. Vencislav Nikolov, General Secretary of the Professional Boxing League of Bulgaria, recently informed the WBU Europe office, in London, UK, that they are unable to provide permission for Galina Gumliiska to box England’s Marianne Marston for the World Boxing Union European Super Bantamweight Championship in London this coming weekend, due to a medical issue.

Following attempts to find a suitable replacement at Super Bantamweight, Promoter Mr David Murphy successfully applied for a change of division, as such Ms. Marston will now be boxing Czech Republic’s #1 ranked Hana Horakova for the World Boxing Union European Featherweight Championship. More...

Chicago based middleweight contender Donatas Bondorovas wrapped up training on Monday in preparation for the first round of ESPN's "Boxcino 2014" this Friday night, February 28, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.

Presented by Chicago's promotional powerhouses; Hitz Boxing and Round 3 Productions along with Philadelphia based titan Banner Promotions, "Boxcino 2014", the single elimination eight-man middleweight tournament headlines ESPN's Friday Night Fights. More...

The World Boxing Association mourns the death of former world champion Antonio Cermeno on Tuesday morning in Venezuela.
The information announced so far is that Cermeno was kidnapped and murdered. The WBA family condemns violence, and makes a public call to rescue values and respects human rights in the South American nation.

Cermeno was born on March 6, 1969 in Rio Chico, Miranda State. He became WBA champion after defeating Puerto Rican Wilfredo Vazquez in Puerto Rico, on May 13, 1995. He won the Super Bantamweight title and kept it until 1997. Late in 1998, he won the featherweight title and kept it until 1999.

After his retirement, Cermeno worked to help young sportsmen.

Rest in Peace.

Maeve Clarke and Lynn McEnery will get a weekend of 2014 National Elite semi-finals underway at the National Stadium in Dublin on Friday night.

Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan and Joe Ward, who are all ranked in the top ten in the World by AIBA in their respective weight classes, will be in action this weekend. More...

Fight Week in San Antonio for the eagerly-anticipated boxing doubleheader, featuring the historic challenge by two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist and 2013 Prospect of the Year, Vasyl Lomachenko, in only his second professional fight, against WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido, continued its hot path in earnest today as both participated in Media Workouts.

In front of a packed Zarzamora Street Boxing Gym, the fighters trained for over three hours as they fine-tuned for their upcoming encore battle. More...

Terence Crawford says all the pressure is on Ricky Burns on Saturday night, as the pair battle for the Scotsman’s WBO Lightweight title at the SECC in Glasgow, live on Sky Sports – and says there’s nothing the 11,000 fans in the Arena can do to stop him [Crawford] from winning.

The unbeaten American brings a fearsome reputation to Scotland with 22 wins and 16 of them inside the distance, and says he can handle the hostile home crowd as well as the champ in order to take the belt back to the States.

“Ricky has got the whole of Scotland depending on him,” said Crawford. “In the States we've got lots of World champions, in Scotland there's only one – Ricky Burns. The whole country is riding on Ricky because without him - what is Scotland? More...

Fight Week in San Antonio for the eagerly- anticipated boxing doubleheader featuring the rematch between former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and top-five contender and two-fisted Texan Bryan Vera began in earnest today as both participated in media workouts.

In front of a packed Zarzamora Street Boxing Gym, both fighters trained for over three hours as they fine-tuned for their upcoming encore battle. More...

Official statement from Amir Khan following the official announcement confirming that Marcos Maidana will fight Floyd Mayweather Jr on Saturday 3rd May.

“Following the announcement by Floyd Mayweather that he will be facing Marcos Maidana on May 3rd I would like to clarify my situation for my fans and members of the media.

“Despite having signed my part of the agreement to fight Floyd in early December, I’ve been preparing myself for some time that the match up with him wasn’t going to happen, as I announced on Twitter a few days ago. Therefore, this announcement did not come as a surprise. More...

Gary Shaw Production's super-lightweight contender and Puerto Rican star, Thomas Dulorme (20-1, 14 KOs), who's ranked WBA # 3, IBF # 5, WBC # 6, and WBO # 14, will battle WBO # 6 and WBC # 11 rated contender, Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield (18-0-1, 11 KOs) battle for the NABF Super-Lightweight title.

The 10-round bout will take place at the ballroom of Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 29 on the undercard of Sergey Kovalev (23-0-1, 21 KOs) vs. Cedric Agnew (26-0, 13 KOs). The event will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. More...

After weeks of speculation, including feedback from fans across an array of social media platforms, boxing's pound-for-pound superstar, pay-per-view king and WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr will face the dangerous, power-punching WBA Welterweight Champion Marcos Maidana on Saturday, May 3, live on Showtime PPV.

Mayweather vs. Maidana, a 12-round world championship unification bout for Mayweather and Maidana's respective 147-pound titles, is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. The event will be produced and distributed live by Showtime PPV and is the third fight of a lucrative six-fight deal with Showtime Networks Inc. More...

IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vaquez, 34-3 (13), retained his belt last night in Macao, China with a unanimous decision over challenger Denis Shafikov, 33-1-1 (18), at Cotai Arena.

Mexico's Vazquez sucessfully defended his crown for the seventh occasion while former European light welter champ Shafikov of Russia suffers defeat for the first time in his career.

The very tall Vazquez outworked shorter southpaw Shafikov over the first half of the contest and was the more accurate puncher once the challenger began to open up with his own offense.

Both men were cut from headclashes during the bout, won by Vazquez by wide-ranging scores of 115-113, 116-112, 119-110.

Also on the bill in Macao, ex-WBO super flyweight titlist Marvin Sonsona, 18-1-1 (15), captured the vacant WBO International featherweight strap with a devastating one punch KO of former WBA super bantam boss Afumi Shimoda, 28-4-2 (12), in the third round.

Former Olympic medallists Zhou Shiming, Ryota Murata and Egor Mekhontsev were victorious on the undercard. More...