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Tickets for another explosive night of boxing action at Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas featuring undefeated top prospects Sharif Bogere and Francisco Contreras are now on sale.

Bogere and Contreras will face off in a 10-round fight for Bogere's NABO Lightweight Title and the co-featured bout will see another clash of top prospects when undefeated Jermell Charlo will square off against Francisco Santana in an eight round fight on October 7 at the Dallas Events Center at Texas Station. More...

For the first time, HBO transforms the HBO Zone channel into a fight-day boxing destination with an unprecedented six-hour block of Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz fight-related programming just hours before their electric pay-per-view showdown in Las Vegas. More...

Give Vincent “Vinsanity” Arroyo (11-1, 7 KOs ) a brutally cold Buffalo winter day to train and he’s as happy as can be.

The 24-year-old explained why and answered other questions just days before his 10-round welterweight fight against Hector “El Flaco” Sanchez (19-1, 9 KOs) on ShoBox: The New Generation, Friday, Sept. 9 live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.

Question: What’s the coldest weather you’ve ever run outdoors in during a Buffalo winter?

Vincent Arroyo: “Oh, man, you don’t even want to know. To be honest with you, I love running in the winter. There’s definitely snow on the ground. I love it when the winds blowing and it’s bone-chilling cold and snowing. [I do it] just to test myself, to battle all forms of adversity.” More...

The night before the biggest boxing event of 2011, the welterweight championship bout between Floyd "Money" Mayweather and "Vicious" Victor Ortiz, the "Star Power" weekend will get into gear during the September 16 edition of TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo Tecate" which will also air live on Fox Sports Network from the Dallas Events Center in the Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

Fight fans will get to see top heavyweight contender Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell take on Hector Ferreryro in a 10-round main event that will be sure to get fight fans amped up for the big boxing weekend in Sin City.

The evening's co-main event is also expected to be a memorable one, as 2008 Olympic Gold medalist Felix Diaz puts his perfect record on the line against Dallas' Larry Smith in a welterweight matchup scheduled for eight rounds. More...

Throughout the history of boxing, generations of family members have come together to watch the sweet science. Whether it was fathers and sons watching fights together or grandfathers buying tickets to take their grandsons to stadiums or arenas, the sport has always been a family affair.

Now, with top pay-per-view events being televised live nationwide, it's not uncommon for three generations (or more) to gather in the same room and share in the thrills of major prize fights.

This is certainly true with boxing's massive Mexican and Mexican-American fan bases and it's no accident that there's a major fight card on the Saturday of Mexican Independence Day weekend every year.

It's an ideal night for bringing these families together and this year is no different with "Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz" Saturday, Sept. 17 from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as well as Staples Center in Los Angeles.

This event will provide the kind of ultra high quality fight card from top to bottom that offers something for fans of every generation. More...

HBO's Emmy Award winning reality series "24/7" is coming to CNN, which will air replays of the all-new four-part series 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz beginning with the dramatic episode #1 Friday, Sept. 2 at midnight ET/PT.

The CNN replays were slated to begin on Aug. 27 but had to be pre-empted due to live coverage of Hurricane Irene.

In the lead-up to the blockbuster HBO Pay-Per-View telecast on September 17 in Las Vegas when Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz battle for Ortiz's world welterweight title, CNN will present all four episodes of 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz, the all-access, behind-the-scenes pass that allows viewers to step into the lives of the fighters before they step into the ring.

Mayweather lives and trains in Las Vegas, NV, while Ortiz is based in his hometown of Ventura, CA.

Episode one will air on CNN this Friday, September 2 at midnight ET/PT, immediately following the half-hour episode will be a special play of the HBO interview program "Face Off With Max Kellerman: Mayweather-Ortiz." The two fighters square off to answer Kellerman's probing questions and get to deliver a message to each other and their fans. More...

As we near the September 17 mega-event "Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz" emanating from both the boxing capital of the world, Las Vegas, and the celebrity capital of the world, Los Angeles, the connection between the squared circle and the silver screen comes even more into focus.

This fight card is called "Star Power"and the eight fighters featured on the HBO Pay-Per-View televised event carry on the proud tradition of fighters rubbing elbows with Hollywood's elite, romancing stunning starlets and flashing smiles that can make female fans' knees buckle. More...

WBC Featherweight Champion Jhonny Gonzalez (49-7, 43 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico puts his title, and his pride on the line as he fights on his country's Independence Day, Thursday, September 15 at the County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas as he takes on the Tanzanian slugger, Rogers Mtagwa (27-14-2, 19 KOs).

The 12-round World Championship bout is presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions and Promociones Del Pueblo and will be broadcast live on ESPN Deportes and Televisa. More...

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, fresh from their stop in Manila, will kick off the North America portion of their 25,000-mile international media tour, for their mega world championship fight, with a New York News Conference luncheon next Tuesday, September 6, in the The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers – Pier 61, located at 23rd Street at the Hudson River, New York, NY 10011. More...

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“This is what we as fighters dream of. It's what we fight for.
This one is for all the marbles.”
– Ward

“I am not worried about Ward. He has no power whatsoever.”
– Froch More...

Just seven days after Andre Ward and Carl Froch battle in The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute will headline on Showtime Championship Boxing when he makes the ninth defense of his 168-pound title against ageless former world light heavyweight champion Glen “The Road Warrior’’ Johnson on Saturday, Nov. 5, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast from Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada. More...

On Friday August 19, Golden Boy Promotions and Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing are teaming up to present the latest installment of the "Punchin at the Paradise" fight series.

The card, which will be broadcast live on TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo Tecate" will be headlined by Newark's undefeated prospect Michael "The Artist" Perez (13-0-1, 7KO's) taking on Miguel Rodriguez (7-2, 3KO's) in an eight round lightweight match-up. More...

Just a little over two weeks remain before the hottest fight of the summer when WBA Super Lightweight Champion Marcos "El Chino" Maidana and WBA and WBO Interim Lightweight Champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero square off in a 12-round battle for Maidana's title on August 27 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. which will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. More...

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights will close out the 2011 season from Hammond, Ind. on August 19 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com when undefeated junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade (13-0, 9 KOs) and Grady “Bad Boy” Brewer (28-12, 16 KOs) meet in the 10-round main event. The card is presented by Banner Promotions/Hitz Boxing. More...

Live world championship boxing returns to Epix when undefeated 2004 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Alexander Povetkin and former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev square-off for the vacant WBA heavyweight title, Saturday, August 27th. Presented by Sauerland Event, the live broadcast will emanate from Erfurt, Germany. More...