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Over the last two years Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan has performed his own form of alchemy by turning his runners-up medal into gold. By signing professional terms with Frank Warren and by becoming the darling of the media Khan has already become financially secure. The Bolton fighter has won …

After a long wait and much speculation, Ronnie “The Rottweiler” Kerner is set to conquer the boxing world as the new “King of Four Rounders”. Kerner is set to be the co-feature with his close friend Bobby Gunn Saturday, November 17th at the ABC Sports Complex in Springfield, Virginia. Click …

Danish super featherweight prospect Kim “Golden Boy” Poulsen improved his record to 5-1 (1) with a shutout unanimous decision-victory via scores of 40-36 on all three cards over previously undefeated Polish hope Tomasz Kwiecien, (1-0), last night in Soumagne, Belgium. Poulsen delivered probably his best performance to date, in what …

Escobedo wins NABO Featherweight belt! In just over a month since defeating Rey Bautista in the Second Annual Golden Boy Promotions Boxing World Cup, WBO and IBA Junior Featherweight Champion Daniel Ponce de Leon, 33-1 (30), needed just five rounds to take out the rugged Columbian Reynaldo Lopez, 27-6-2 (19), …

Photo ©Jane Warburton/SaddoBoxing Haye to hold October 3rd press conference ahead of Mormeck title fight Former European cruiserweight champion David “The Hayemaker’ Haye will hold a one-off press conference on Wednesday, October 3 at Club 24, 24 Kingley Street London W1 at 11.30am for 12.00 noon to formally announce his …

Photo ©Will Hart/HBO Courtesy HBO.com Nearly 500 hundred chanting fans turned out tonight at Caesars Palace to witness the official weigh-in and final stamp on the pre-fight lead up to the Jermain Taylor/Kelly Pavlik title fight tomorrow night. To get a view of the fighters as they took the scale, …

In preparation for their big showdown tonight at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA as part of Showtime’s Free Preview Weekend, light heavyweights Chad Dawson and Epifanio Mendoza both made weight yesterday for their contest over Dawson’s WBC title. Dawson came in at a very light 172.75 lb while Mendoza …

By Per Ake Persson Former European middleweight champ Amin Asikainen returned with a drab workout win over four rounds against brave Frenchman Sylvain Touzet in the headliner of EMA-Telstar´s show at the Royal Tennishall. Asikainen won on scores of 40-37, 40-36 and 39-37 but failed to impress. Swedish welter Isam …

Newly crowned WBC interim heavyweight champion Samuel Peter, 28-1, (22), will be interviewed on this Saturday’s Showtime Championship Boxing telecast, live at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Peter was to challenge current WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev on Oct. 6 at Madison Square Garden until a back …

Photo ©Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing In lieu of any last minute cancellations due to injuries, a problem that boxing has been plagued with since the beginning of September this Saturday should be “A Perfect Matchup” between Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor, 27-0-1 (17), and Kelly Pavlik, 31-0 (28), from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic …

This Saturday night on a Fight Academy Promotion at Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, England, IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Clinton Woods attempts to improve his first victory over Julio Gonzalez when they meet in the ring. In a career spanning 13 years, the 35 year old Woods, 40-3-1 (24), still …

Michael Gomez steps into the last-chance saloon at the Doncaster Dome on October 19 when he challenges Carl Johanneson for the British super-featherweight title. This is a fight that has really grabbed the boxing public’s imagination and while there are three British fighters challenging for world titles before the end …