Boxing’s new undisputed middleweight champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor enjoyed the support of his home followers in Arkansas, Texas recently. Taylor was at the center of a victory parade to celebrate his close win over former champion Bernard Hopkins on July 16. Hopkins tried to rain on Taylor’s party by …

New heavyweight contender Chazz Witherspoon is learning his trade at a quick pace. Since turning professional last year, he has fought and won six times, knocking out four of his opponent’s. Granted, most of Witherspoon’s opponent’s have had losing records, but that is usually the way of things when a …

Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring this year at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in a great doubleheader fight card alongside recent conqueror Erik “El Terrible” Morales. The two have been inactive since contesting a close fight back in March, which Morales finally took by a unanimous decision. …

Italian cruiserweight Vincenzo Cantatore scored his thirtieth win on the weekend of the Hopkins-Taylor bout. Fighting in Roma, Italy, Cantatore defended his European cruiserweight championship against Edson Cesar Antonio over ten rounds. Cantatore has already had one failed bid for a world cruiserweight title, losing in ten rounds to former …

Heavyweight fighter James Toney, who lost his WBA title after a post-fight urine test revealed traces of steroids, will be eligible to return to the ring on July 30 after serving out his suspension. The New York State Athletic Commission suspended Toney for 90 days and ordered him to pay …

jewelry company has sued Floyd Mayweather Jr., claiming the world champion boxer owes tens of thousands of dollars for a number of custom pieces, including a diamond-encrusted belt buckle bearing his name. Jewelers of Las Vegas filed the lawsuit this week in Clark County District Court, claiming breach of contract. …

“Amazing” Alex Arthur is now the British, Commonwealth and European super featherweight champion; an historic achievement for himself and Scottish boxing. Arthur outpointed former Russian champion Boris Sinitsin to claim the championship with final judges’ scores of 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109. Arthur’s only loss came in a war against Michael …

New York based Irishman John Duddy got back into the think of the middleweight action last night at the All State Arena in Chicago as he stopped Patrick Coleman in the eighth round. Duddy is already becoming a much talked about prospect despit only having eleven professional fights. He has …

Twenty-six-year-old Rolando Reyes of California headlined the ShoBox card held last night at the Chumash Casino in his home state with a crushing knockout of Courtney Burton in eight rounds. The win was Reyes’s fourth win on the bounce since losing to Miguel Angel Huerta last year. Burton, whose win …

Bernard Hopkins’ appeal of his split decision loss of the undisputed world middleweight championship to Jermain Taylor last Saturday has been denied by the Nevada Athletic Commission. Hopkins had hoped to have himself reinstated as the middleweight champion on the basis of a fault in the adjudication of the fight …

With 11,992 fans in attendance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas last Saturday night to watch the middleweight championship fight between Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor, it is obvious that boxing is alive and well in the hearts of fight fans. But while an intriguing matchup between two great …

“Bloodlines” Saturday July 23, 2005 has officially been cancelled! Promoters statement: Bad news for San Jose fight fans “Bloodlines” July 23, 2005 has been canceled, for the purpose of a fighter that got injured and we are unable to substitute the opponent. Coats BoxingPromotions, Del Rey Promotions And Primer Round …