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Despite sitting on the sidelines the last 21 months, Floyd Mayweather Jr returned in top form tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to reestablish his authority as the finest boxer of his generation and in the world today.

Following up his 10 round dismantling of Ricky Hatton in December, 2007, Mayweather came back to his former stomping grounds of Vegas to shove aside the aspirations of Juan Manuel Marquez over the twelve rounder at welterweight.

Much had been made of Marquez's two highly contentious contests against arch-rival Manny Pacquiao during the media buildup leading up to tonight's clash but the masterful Mayweather aptly showed that meant nothing when stacked up against his prodigious gifts. More...

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The much awaited Mayweather vs. Marquez showdown happens tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV and the principal boxers on the card all weighed in yesterday.

Welterweights, 12 rounds
Floyd Mayweather: 146 lb
Juan Manuel Marquez: 142 lb More...

Richard Schaefer: How is training camp going, Roger?

Roger Mayweather: The training camp is always the same. Isn't anything different about training camp.

Richard Schaefer:Is he going to be ready?

Roger Mayweather: You don't believe he will be? I mean everyone is saying he won't be ready, but he can beat the best fighters out there so what - it's no different that that. He is going to do what he going to do to Marquez. It's the same thing. More...

In anticipation of the upcoming showdown between Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Juan Manual "Dinamita" Marquez on September 19 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on HBO Pay-Per-View, fans will have an unprecedented 'first look' opportunity to watch "Countdown to Mayweather vs. Marquez". More...

NCM Fathom, in association with Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions, will bring live world championship boxing to the big screen in high definition for the first time ever.

The inagural event is the showing of the highly anticipated 12-round welterweight fight between six-time world champion in five weight divisions Floyd "Money" Mayweather and five-time world champion in three weight divisions Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez and televised undercard on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 8:30 p.m. ET/ 5:30 p.m. PT in select movie theaters nationwide. More...

The Nevada State Athletic Commission announced today the names of the referee and judges who will officiate the Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez super fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 19.

The referee assigned to the 12-round bout is Tony Weeks from Nevada and judging the bout will be Burt Clements from Nevada, Dave Moretti from Nevada and William Lerch from Illinois. More...

It's the biggest and one of the most highly-anticipated boxing events of 2009, so there was no question that when it was time to compile the undercard of the Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez super fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 19, it was decided to bring out the big guns with three spectacular televised undercard bouts on HBO Pay-Per-View, including two world championship fights.

In the chief support bout, unbeaten Chris John will defend his WBA Featherweight Championship against one of the most courageous warriors in the game, 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Rocky Juarez, in a rematch of their February 28, 2009 fight which is seen as one of 2009's most compelling battles thus far. More...

An international mix of talent from the United States, Mexico, Scotland and Australia will step into the ring on Saturday, June 27th to compete on the action-packed undercard of the Victor Ortiz vs. Marcos Maidana WBA Interim Super Lightweight Championship bout at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

Featured on the undercard will be Scotland's Craig McEwan, Mexico's Enrique Ornelas, Australia's William Kickett and the United States' Adrien Broner and Mike Perez. More...

WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John visited the Indonesian Consulate in Los Angeles, California where John met with fans from the local Indonesian community. More...

Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions:
"We have a great set up for fights in downtown Los Angeles, with Club Nokia, the Nokia Theatre and Staples Center right here. Golden Boy wants to make this the destination for fights in Southern California."

"Fighters can start at our Fight Night Club at Club Nokia. Then they can graduate to the Nokia Theatre and when they can sell out that venue, they can move on to the Staples Center." More...

SaddoBoxing has the honor of introducing Al Bernstein and his new exclusive column, "Al Bernstein On Boxing"!

In addition, Al authored the book "Boxing For Beginners", has written for The Ring and Boxing Illustrated and held the position of Managing Editor for Lerner Newspapers in Chicago.

We now live in a world where perception is much more powerful than reality. We see it in the political arena where spin doctoring by those in office and bias driven reporting by the media often colors public opinion more than actual facts…if we can still ascertain actual facts in that arena.

In America, many years ago there was a television police drama called Dragnet. In just about every episode the chief investigator Sgt. Joe Friday would interrupt a meandering witness by saying to them, “Just the facts.” Anyone who is truly involved with the sport of boxing, as a fan, a person who covers it, or someone working in the industry, would probably like to scream that Sgt. Friday phrase at the top of their lungs, to try and make some people actually care about the facts. More...

On Saturday, June 27th, Golden Boy Promotions returns to Los Angeles' Staples Center with two World Championship bouts that will kick off the summer fight season in explosive fashion.

In the main event, Oxnard's "Vicious" Victor Ortiz faces Marcos Maidana for the interim WBA Super Lightweight Title and in the co-feature, Chris John and Rocky Juarez meet in an explosive rematch for the WBA Featherweight Championship after their first bout on February 28th was scored a draw and left fans wanting more. More...

Long regarded as one of boxing's most underrated champions, WBA featherweight champion Chris John showed the world just what he can do on the sport's biggest stage when he battled Rocky Juarez over 12 exciting rounds in his United States debut on HBO this past February. More...

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It was a big weekend of boxing across the globe but the biggest action took place last night at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, with two world title fights on tap.

The clash for lightweight supremacy took place with the WBA, WBO and IBO titles at stake in a battle royale between former divisional kingpin Juan Diaz and ex-feather and super feather world champ Juan Manuel Marquez. More...

There were a few good cards this weekend and we kick this report off at the Auditorio Telmex de UG in Zapopan, Mexico where a few big names were in action.

One of the world's top featherweights, Jorge Solis, won a IBF title eliminator by stopping America's Monty Meza-Clay in the fifth round.

Meza-Clay came into the bout sporting a eight bout win streak, including a stoppage over former IBF Feather Champion Erik Aiken a year ago, but had spent most of his career at lightweight or super feather and had never fought at 126 pounds as a professional.

But the skills of seasoned operator Solis, a former Mexican Champ at super bantam and feather, proved to be too high a hurdle as the 29 year old Guadalajara man won the IBF title eliminator handily.

Solis moves up to 37-1-2 (27) and has now won four bouts in a row since suffering his only career loss at the hands of Manny Pacquiao at super feather in 2007. More...

It's the homecoming fight Rocky Juarez has dreamed of ever since he turned pro and on Saturday, February 28 at Houston's Toyota Center, the 2000 US Olympic Silver medalist will have an opportunity to face the premier featherweight in the world, unbeaten WBA World Featherweight Champion Chris John in a 12 round championship bout.

"Chris John has been one of boxing's most consistent world champions and we're excited to finally bring him to the United States so the fans here can see him in person," said Oscar de la Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions. More...

WBA Featherweight kingpin Chris John, 44-0-1 (22), went on the road last night for the third time over the course of his nine title defenses and the 29 year old Indonesian stylist outpointed local sensation Hiroyuki Enoki, 27-1-2 (19), after twelve rounds.

29 year old Enoki came into the bout as the OPBF titlist and had never lost a bout although he had been held to a draw in his most recent outing against Japanese Champ Takahiro Aoh, during a WBA title eliminator in April.

John proved to have too much in the arsenal for Enoki to overcome as the quick handed Semarang man cruised to victory by wide margins of 118-110, twice, and 117-111.

Also on the bill, lightweight Ryota Kajiki, 12-4 (7), decisioned Nobuo Maruyama, 9-3 (1), after eight rounds.

Martin Murray is tipped to become the next sporting success story from St Helens.

The town’s rugby league team are unbeaten in 21 matches and lifted the Challenge Trophy on Saturday, beating Hull at Wembley Stadium. More...