Beginning Nov. 15, International Boxing Organization junior welterweight title-holder Manny Pacquiao will have 60 days to decide whether he’ll defend or relinquish his championship, according to a Wednesday statement from IBO President Ed Levine.

The IBO is the only sanctioning body to recognize Pacquiao as a world champion. More...

Amidst the highly unprofessional pullout of Anthony Thompson of his IBO Junior Middleweight title bout against Grady Brewer, which was set for this Saturday night at the Pala Casino in Pala, California, TKO Boxing Promotions CEO Chris Middendorf has issued the following statement. More...

Former junior middleweight world champion Sergio Mora is headed to “TKO World Championship Boxing at the Pala Casino” set for Saturday, August 22nd at the Pala Casino Spa and Resort in Pala, California.

Mora, who most recently split a pair of world title bouts with Vernon Forrest in 2008, will serve as the special guest at the event in addition to handling broadcast duties on the tape delayed broadcast. He also was the winner of NBC’s first season of the boxing reality show, The Contender, in 2005. More...

World ranked junior middleweight Anthony Thompson will now face Grady Brewer, winner of The Contender, Season Two, for the IBO Junior Middleweight title on Saturday August 22nd at “TKO World Championship Boxing at the Pala Casino”.

Brewer was originally scheduled to face former European Champion Zaurebek Baysangurov. More...

Rodney Berman’s Golden Gloves and Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions will present a sensational fight card on Saturday, July 11, 2009, at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa. Featured fights will be televised live on Supersport.

The main event, scheduled for 12 rounds, will match Philip “Time Bomb” Ndou, 32-3 (31), of Johannesburg against unrelated former IBF junior welterweight champion Lovemore “Black Panther” Ndou, 46-11-1 (31), a native of South Africa now based in Sydney, Australia. More...

Matthew Hatton will finally emerge from the shadow of older brother Ricky when he headlines a professional bill for the first time next week.

Matthew, 27, faces London knockout artist Ted Bami in a final eliminator for the IBO World Welterweight title at Altrincham Leisure Centre on Saturday, March 28. More...

One of the most anticipated matchups in the lightweight division takes place tonight as Juan Manuel Marquez clashes with Juan Diaz for the WBA, WBO and IBO title belts at Houston's Toyota Center with WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John making his first American appearance on the undercard as the Indonesian faces local challenger Rocky Juarez.

Marquez, 49-4-1 (36), and Diaz, 34-1 (17), both made weight yesterday, coming in at 134.24 and 143.5 pounds respectively with John, 42-0-1 (22) tipping the scales at 125.25 pounds and Juarez, 28-4 (20), at 125.5 pounds.

At 35 years of age and a natural featherweight, Mexico's Marquez is risking a great deal in this contest with Diaz, who fought his first year as a pro at light welter and is ten years younger than Marquez.

Also, Diaz is immensely popular in his hometown of Houston and on his side he'll have a bigger portion of the large crowd expected to pack out the cavernous Toyota Center. More...

Golden Boy Promotions invites the public to watch the weigh-in today for the "Supremacy" fight card headlined by the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz WBO, WBA and IBO Lightweight tittle fight.

Also scheduled to appear are Chris John and Rocky Juarez, who will contend for the WBA Featherweight title, along with a full complement of undercard fighters.

The weigh-in ceremonies take place at 1PM today at the Toyota Center, 1510 Polk Street in Houston, Texas, 77002.

If fighting for the prestigious Ring Magazine and IBO Lightweight Championship belts weren't enough, on February 28 at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz will also have the vacant WBA Lightweight Super Championship and WBO Lightweight Championship belts on the line in their highly anticipated showdown. More...

This past weekend, SaddoBoxing had the opportunity to speak with Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz in an exclusive interview as he completes his preparation to face the Ring Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez on February 28 at the Toyota Center in his hometown of Houston, Texas.

In 2008, Diaz, 34-1 (17), suffered his first loss, losing the WBA, WBO and IBF Lightweight titles via split decision to Nate Campbell. Consequently in his first title defense, Cambell lost the belts this past weekend, not in the ring but on the scales, unable to make the 135 pound weight limit.

The bout with Campbell was the Houston native’s last contractual fight with promoter Don King, who also promoted Nate Campbell.

After signing with Golden Boy Promotions, the "Baby Bull" charged back from his first loss refusing to take an “easy” comeback fight, winning a split decision victory against hard-hitting Michael Katsidis last September.

Although Diaz’s upcoming fight with Ring Lightweight Champion Marquez, 49-4-1 (36), is against the biggest name he has faced in his career, Diaz doesn’t seem to be phased. He is able to work harder than ever before, still take his college courses and is scheduled to graduate in May. More...

Danny "Swift" Garcia will make his way back to the ring on February 28, 2009 on the Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz card.

The undefeated hard hitting junior welterweight prospect from Philadelphia will face Cristian Favela of Los Mochis, Mexico in a scheduled eight round bout at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. More...

Tecate Beer announced today plans to launch a regional marketing campaign designed to bring boxing fans in Houston closer to the Feb. 28 encounter between former World Feather and Junior Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez, 49-4-1 (36), and the current three-time winner of the lightweight title, Juan Diaz, 34-1 (17). More...

Due to the extreme ticket demand for what is on track to become the highest grossing fight in Texas in the last seven years and one of the highest grossing fights ever, more tickets for Golden Boy Promotions' upcoming February 28 event at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas have been released to the public for sale. More...

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In one of the most anticipated clashes of the new year, top lightweights Juan Diaz and Juan Manuel Marquez will clash for Diaz's IBO title on February 28 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. More...

The battle lines have been drawn and now the stage is set for the February 28 IBO Lightweight Championship between champion Juan Manuel Marquez and challenger Juan Diaz which will take place at Houston's Toyota Center.

Mexico's premier fighter and a future Hall of Famer, Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez, 49-4-1 (36), has signified excellence for over 15 years and in three weight classes. More...

The IBO is pleased to announce that Benedetto Montella has joined the IBO and has been appointed as a European Fight Commissioner with the Mediterranean countries to be his primary area of jurisdiction.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 10 AM/ET, for the November 13 "Tough & Tested" pro boxing show, headlined by an IBO super middleweight title fight between "The Pride of Providence" Peter Manfredo, Jr., runner-up in Season One of The Contender, and Sakio "The Scorpian" Bika, winner of Season Three of The Contender, at the newly renovated Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. More...

It was a four title fight night at the Emperor's Palace in Kempton Park last evening with two IBO and two South African crowns on the line.

It was hard to call the action between IBO Super Flyweight Champ Masibulele "Hawk" Makepula, 28-5 (18), of East London and his local rival, Zolile "Bonecrusher" Mbityi, 32-13-3 (11), who is the reigning South African Champ at 115 lb.

By the time the 12th round came to a close, 37 year old Mbityi was declared the winner and new IBO titlist by split decision scores of 116-113, 115-113 and 115-116.

A former IBO and South African Champ at flyweight, Mbityi has now won four in a row while Makepula was coming off a loss to Jorge Arce of Mexico in a WBC Super Flyweight title eliminator.

One of the best bantamweights in the world, Silence Mabuza, 22-2 (18), made an appearance at Emperor's Palace and "African Spice" pounded out a fifth round stoppage of Argentine visitor Damian David Marchiano, 15-4-1 (15), of Buenos Aires. More...

The IBF has granted heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko an exception to fight Tony Thompson, 31-1 (19), the WBO mandatory challenger. The fight is expected to take place during July in Germany, on a date and site to be determined, it was announced today by K2 Promotions’ Tom Loeffler, and Klitschko Management Group’s managing director Bernd Boente.

Klitschko holds three belts – the IBF, IBO and WBO titles – on the strength of his unanimous 12 round decision over Sultan Ibragimov at Madison Square Garden last February 23. More...

Friday night Down Under saw two important contests, the first of which took place at the Croatian Club in the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl and featured IBO Welterweight Champion Isaac "The Angel" Hlatswayo defeat challenger Robert Medley for the second time in less than six months.

The pair fought their initial bout last October In Penrith and Hlatswayo put on a clinic, dropping the previously unbeaten former Australian Light Middle titlist in the fifth before coasting to a wide points verdict, retaining the IBO belt for the first time.

This time the action was only slightly more competitive as the six foot tall Medley seemed to have improved but still was unable to solve Hlatswayo's edge in speed and aggression, despite a four inch height advantage.

Medley hit the canvas in the very first frame but battled back to impose his will at times afterward. The champion however, would not be denied and from the midway point on, Hlatswayo put the pedal to the metal and raked Medley with combinations, forcing a stoppage at 1:49 of the tenth frame. More...