As Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko grow older, the rising stars and the mainstay veterans of the heavyweight division could face significant matchup challenges. The following is a list of pending and possible contests which could determine the fate of the heavyweight division in the year to come: 1. David Haye …

With participation in anger management classes his only hope for future reconsideration, heavyweight contender Dereck ‘Del Boy’ Chisora, 28, has been suspended indefinitely by the World Boxing Council for his uncontrolled behavior during the build up to his WBC title fight against Vitali Klitschko on February 18, 2012. He was …

In one of the few times a foreign fighter has gone into Thailand against a defending Thai world champion and upset the applecart, unheralded ‘Sonny Boy’ Villaluz Jaro knocked out Pongsaklek Wongjongkam in Chanburi, Thailand on Friday, March 2, 2012, to win the WBC Flyweight title in the biggest upset …

Welterweight Luis Cream, grandson of the late former World Heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott, won his third professional on the undercard of a seven bout card at Bally’s Hotel and Casino on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Cream’s name might not attract instant notice but his grandfather’s real name was Arnold …

In a shocking upset on a special five bout WBC CABOFE card at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown, Guyana, former World Boxing Council Cruiserweight champion Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite of Guyana was knocked out in the first round of his heavyweight debut by Barbados based Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox. …

In the main event of a Peltz Promotions seven bout card held on Saturday night, February 26, 2012, at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, rising welterweight prospect Ronald Cruz went to 16-0 with a ten round unanimous decision over Allen ‘The Dream Shatterer’ Conyers. Cruz sealed …

In the ESPN2 main event of a fight card held at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino in Dover, Delaware, on Friday, February 24, 2012, Juan Carlos Burgos won the WBC Silver Super Featherweight title with a questionable ten round unanimous decision over former IBF World Featherweight champion Cristobal Cruz. EPSN2 …

Renowned former kickboxing champion Sam Soliman, whose 15 year boxing career has not yet earned him a major world championship belt, moved a step closer to a shot at the IBF Middleweight title by decisioning fellow Australian and middleweight contender Garth Wood on Sunday, February 19, 2012, at Olympic Park …

In a world with many sanctioning bodies, championship belts, and title bouts of all kinds, it is often surprising when a new boxing organization ‘pops up’ out of the blue and sanctions bouts. Different organizations have different motivations and reasons for coming into existence and putting together title fights at …

Salvador Sanchez II, the nephew of the late legendary World Boxing Council featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez, won his ninth consecutive bout on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Deportivo Del Sindicato Del Metro in Mexico City, Mexico, retaining the WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) title for the third time with an …

Veteran light middleweight boxer Angel ‘Toro’ Hernandez, who was knocked out at 1:39 of the second round by Demetrius Andrade in the main event of a seven bout card at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, on Saturday, February 11, 2012, has been suspended from fighting for 90 days by Mohegan …

In the main event of a fight card from Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, on Friday, February 10. 2012, televised on ESPN 2, ex-United States Olympian Demetrius “Boo-Boo” Andrade knocked out Angel “Toro” Hernandez with a left to the head and a left to the body at 1:39 of round …