Boxing News

When he realized that he had really done it again, former heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev went down to his knees on Sunday night at Ahmat Arena in Grozny, Russia.

It was legendary Michael Buffer who announced Chagaev's close but well deserved majority decision win (115-113, 115-113, 114-114) over Fres Oquendo which earned the 35-year-old Uzbek the WBA heavyweight championship for the second time in his career. More...

Nathan Cleverly says that beating Alejandro Valori on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool live on Sky Sports will lead to a massive British grudge rematch with Tony Bellew – and he’ll beat his bitter Liverpool foe again.

The Welshman defended his WBO Light Heavyweight crown at the Echo Arena against Bellew back in October 2011 and made three more successful defences of the title before losing the belt to Russian beast Sergey Kovalev in Cardiff in August. More...

Amir Khan was arrested during the early hours of Friday 4th July on suspicion of common assault against two youths. Shortly thereafter he was released on police bail pending further enquiries.

This was a minor incident involving a misunderstanding between Amir Khan and two other youths.

On Monday 7th July Amir was notified by the police that the allegations against him had been withdrawn and the matter would not be pursued any further.

Gary Shaw Productions, ESPN "Friday Night Fights" is heating up when main event fighters Tureano Johnson (14-1, 10 KOs) and Mike Gavronski (14-0-1, 10 KOs) battle in a 10-round middleweight showdown for the Continental Americas USNBC Title.

Also, in the 10-round co-feature, lightweights Art Hovhannisyan (17-1-2, 9 KOs) and Jonathan Maicelo (20-1, 12 KOs) will go to war for WBC International Silver Title. More...

On the heels of his scintillating ninth-round knockout victory of undefeated Cuban icon Yuriorkis Gamboa to retain his world title, undefeated WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford will be joining Doug Kezirian as the in-studio guest on this week's edition of ESPN Friday Fights, which will air live, this Friday, July 11, beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT on ESPN2. More...

Next Thursday night, July 10, top rated light heavyweight contender Humberto Savigne will battle former world champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida and live on Fox Sports 1.

Presented by Iron Mike Productions, the Savigne vs. Lacy scheduled ten rounder at “Judgment Day” for the WBC Latino Light Heavyweight Title is the co-featured attraction to the highly anticipated IBF Super Featherweight Title rematch between Argenis “La Tormenta” Mendez and Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy.

Savigne is currently ranked # 3 by the WBC. More...

Earlier this week, popular Mexican superstar and former WBC/WBA Super Welterweight Champion Canelo Alvarez participated in a media workout Tuesday before dozens of TV cameras, print and internet reporters, bloggers and boxing videographers at the House of Boxing Training Center.

“I’ve had a great training camp here in San Diego and I’m ready to go,’’ said Canelo (43-1-1, 31 KOs) of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, who faces former Cuban national amateur standout and current WBA Super Welterweight Champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara (19-1-2, 12 KOs) in the 12-round main event of “Honor & Glory: Canelo vs. Lara,’’ a highly anticipated four-fight Showtime PPV telecast Saturday, July 12, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. More...

Just a few months after returning to the ring, following a four year sabbatical, George ‘Hit Hard’ Hillyard signs promotional deal with SSE Promotions head honcho Shyam Batra.

Mr. Batra also announced that Hillyard will be making his first outing under the SSE Promotions banner on his upcoming "Call Of Duty" event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Saturday, 2nd August. More...

Luke Campbell, MBE, returns to action in Liverpool on July 12 live on sky Sports, and the Olympic hero says he cannot wait to lace the gloves up again.

Campbell took time off for family reasons after racing to 5-0 in the paid ranks with four stoppage wins since turning pro in July 2013, with his last action a final round stoppage of Scott Moises in February in his first eight-round test. More...

On Independence Day in the USA, Erislandy "The American Dream" Lara is grateful to be an American as he celebrated the Fourth of July in Las Vegas in anticipation of his showdown with Canelo Alvarez. More...

Noe Gonzalez says there will be no repeat of the mistake he made against George Groves when he tackles Rocky Fielding for the WBA Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on July 12, live on Sky Sports.

The Argentinian-based Uruguayan travelled to London in May 2013 to face Groves on the undercard of Carl Froch’s clash with Mikkel Kessler at The O2, and walked onto a stiff short right-hand from the Hammersmith star in the fifth round that ended the fight. More...

BoxNation’s stacked summer schedule is set to get even hotter this July with heavyweight hitters Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora’s world title eliminator headlining a sizzling set of fights, live and exclusive on ‘The Channel of Champions’.

The mammoth showdown between two of the world’s best heavyweights, taking place at the Phones4U Arena in Manchester on July 26, will see the victor go on to challenge the reigning WBA Super, IBF and WBO world champion Wladimir Klitschko next up. More...

Lucas "Big Daddy" Browne will take on unbeaten Ukrainian puncher Andriy Rudenko at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England on August 1.

The heavyweight pair will contest the vacant WBA Inter-Continental title as well as Browne's WBC EPBC crown. More...

Aussie Olympic sensation Cameron “The Hammer” Hammond will now face Argentinian Alfredo Rodolfo Blanco in Moree, New South Wales on July 5.

Hammond, 9-0 (4 KOs), was due to fight for the vacant WBC Eurasia Pacific title on that date, but clashes with China’s Yang Xin Xing, world ranked Roman Zhailauov and Matthew Lytwynenko have fallen through despite terms being primarily accepted by each of them.

Matt Clark, Hammond’s co-manager, and Hatton Promotions’ international matchmaker Philippe Fondu have searched around frantically for an opponent from Australasia or south east Asia, but none have been willing to step up to the plate. More...

Sheffield’s Dave Coldwell is a boxing trainer. In fact, he’s a very good one. A bulging client list that once included Sheffield pair, Ryan Rhodes and Kell Brook, Coldwell’s window for preparation opportunities has been a small one in recent times with the Yorkshire man dedicating a vast amount of his hectic schedule to promoting and managing.

When Liverpool’s Tony Bellew made the call to Coldwell’s busy line enquiring whether he’d like to put the pads back on, the man who played a part in George Groves' phenomenal rise had no doubts about what his answer would be. More...