2008 US Olympic alternate Shawn “Showtime” Porter will lead superstar Manny Pacquiao into the ring Saturday night for his showdown with WBO Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto.

Porter, 10-0 (8 KO’s), served as Pacquiao’s primary sparring partner and played the role of Cotto during his six weeks in camp. While swapping punches with the best fighter in the world was often a grueling task, Porter was grateful for the opportunity. More...

Three-time world champion and current WBA super welterweight champion Daniel Santos will defend his title against undefeated, WBA No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Yuri Foreman as the featured PPV match on the Pacquiao-Cotto “Firepower” card on Saturday from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas telecast live on HBO PPV at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. More...

WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto spoke with the media about his upcoming title defense against Manny Pacquiao on November 14.

Question: What do you think about the history of Puerto Rican boxers and how you fit in?

Miguel Cotto: Puerto Rico has a good boxing tradition with Wilfredo Gomez and Benitez, Carlos Ortiz and Felix Trinidad. People in Puerto Rico are very interested in boxing. I am very happy and very proud to be a part of this Puerto Rican history. First of all, I have to make good work of Manny Pacquiao on the 14th and then I have to go back to Puerto Rico. I don’t know how the people are going to receive me there, but I hope it is going to be good. More...

Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao has been named a 2009 Gusi Peace Prize laureate, the only athlete in the elite group of 19 awardees from 16 different nations.

Established 22 years ago by Ambassador Barry Gusi and his wife, Dr. Evelyn Gusi, the Gusi Peace Prize is awarded annually to distinguished individuals or groups worldwide with exemplary contributions to peace and human rights representing fields of science, medicine, academe, politics, business, humanities, philanthropy, journalism, religion, international relations and others. More...

Undefeated No. 1 contenders Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. and Yuri Foreman, plus three-time world champion Daniel Santos add more firepower to the blockbuster card headlined by the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto welterweight championship, taking place Saturday, November 14 at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas. More...

The heir apparent to the Puerto Rican boxing throne was in top form last night, headlining a big show at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City as Juan Manuel Lopez kept his WBO super bantam title against opponent Olivier Lontchi.

Lopez was the definite favorite to retain going into the clash as Montreal based Cameroon native Lontchi had yet to rise above his regional status as NABA titlist and was in over his head.

A champion who can punch like Lopez, particularly a southpaw, presents a very difficult entry test onto the world stage and Lontchi wisely chose to stick and move in the early rounds, catching the oncoming champion with jabs before escaping.

But Lopez began to close distance and force the bout to the inside and along the ropes, where his strength advantage was evident. More...

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Last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, WBO Light Welterweight Champion Kendall Holt swept back the challenge posed by late replacement opponent Demetrius Hopkins, posting a split decision victory in a bout that went the distance.

Holt negated the height and reach advantage of his previously undefeated challenger by slipping the jab and getting on the inside to go to the body but was helped along more often than not by the inactivity of Hopkins.

While the Philadelphia based nephew of former world middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins was generally kept from forming a cohesive offense by the constant movement and footwork of the champion, he also didn't throw enough punches when the opportunities to do so arose and was outworked by Holt. More...

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Tonight, Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City hosts a WBO Light Welter title showdown between champ Kendall Holt and challenger Demetrius Hopkins in what should be a good, competitive battle.

Holt, 24-2 (13), was due to face Ricardo Torres in a third bout but the Colombian bomber was forced to pull out with an injury and in stepped former USBA titlist Hopkins, 28-0-1 (11).

The New Jersey based champion has always been a mercurial boxers, as wins over Mike Arnaoutis and Isaac Hlatshwayo but tough fights against Ben Tackie and Vladimir Khodokovski attest to. More...

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Kendall Holt and challenger Demetrius Hopkins tipped the scales at 140 pounds even on Friday during the official fight weigh-in. Co-feature: Yuri Foreman weighed in at 154 pounds while junior middleweight opponent James Moore came in at 153.4. More...

WBO 140-pound champion Kendall Holt, 24-2 (13,) meets undefeated junior welterweight challenger Demetrius Hopkins, 28-0-1 (11), in the main event of Saturday’s special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. More...

Undefeated junior welterweight challenger Demetrius Hopkins, 28-0-1 (11), will step in to face WBO 140-pound champion Kendall Holt, 24-2 (13), in the main event of Saturday’s special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.

Holt was originally slated to face former 140-pound champ Ricardo Torres in a rubber-match, but Torres withdrew from the fight on Monday. More...

A pair of talented fighters with a combined record of 42-1 will collide when undefeated, world top 10 ranked Yuri Foreman, 26-0 (8) faces once-beaten James Moore, 16-1 (10), in an excellent co-featured attraction on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on Saturday, December 13, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.

The 10 round junior middleweight skirmish will precede the eagerly awaited grudge rubber match between WBO Junior Welterweight Champion Kendall “Rated R’’ Holt, 24-2 (13), and Ricardo “Mochuelo’’ Torres, 32-2 (28). More...

Light heavyweights, 12 rounds
Kelly Pavlik: 169 lb
Bernard Hopkins: 170 lb More...

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Final Forum in association with Top Rank headlined an exciting night of boxing entitled “Fists a Flying at the Aviator” a sports and recreation center in Brooklyn , New York this past Thursday.

In the main event, NABF Super Welterweight Champion Yuri Foreman improved to 25-0 (8), out-boxing Saul Roman, 24-5 (20), over ten rounds with scores of 97-93 and 98-92 twice.

Foreman came out from the opening bell boxing and moving well which continued throughout the entire fight. During the third round, Roman was cut by an accidental head-butt over the left eye. The cut streamed with blood in the fourth round and was examined by the ringside physician who allowed the bout to continue. More...