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He’s too old. The man has only half of his former boxing skills; his boxing style is far from comely. These are all statements, the middleweight ring king Bernard Hopkins had to endure and listen to since his by the book destruction of the powerful Felix “Tito” Trinidad. The admiration …

The Olympian meets the blue-collar champion. Sounds familiar doesn’t it. In February, Hopkins achieved his goal of twenty successful title defenses against Howard Eastman with a points win. Taylor on the other hand is unbeaten in twenty-three professional fights and was a bronze medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games in …

World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman said Monday the WBC has sanctioned an Aug. 13 Ricardo Mayorga-Michele Piccirillo bout at the United Center as a super-welterweight title fight. Sulaiman also told the Tribune in a phone interview that the sanctioning body hopes to decide by Friday whether WBC heavyweight champion …

Fremont, CA: It has be confirmed that “The Punisher” Jose Perez Jr the former 5 time National Amateur Champion will start off his summer with the biggest fight of his professional career. The fight is scheduled for July 23 at the San Jose State Events Center, San Jose, CA, Jose …

Thursday night’s New England Ringside Radio Show will be broadcast live from MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the site of Saturday evening’s PPV show between undisputed middleweight champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins (46-2-1, 32 KOs) and unbeaten middleweight title contender Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor (23-0, 17 KOs). New England Ringside …

“I haven’t watched Karmazin but once the bell rings, I’ll make things happen and it’ll go how I want the fight to go.”–Kassim “The Dream” Ouma. Kassim Ouma is one of the special types of fighters that simply ooze confidence. Many boxers are confident, cocky, arrogant or even delusional, but …

It’s astounding to see a fighter earn fifty wins, and Oscar Larios is five wins over the fifty-win milestone. The WBC super bantamweight champion since 2001 is right back at it, displaying a champion’s heart by entering a rematch title fight with a tougher than average fighter in Wayne McCullough. …

Hello again fight fans and welcome to the “TKO Boxing Show.” This week, we are proud to be able to bring you none other than legendary trainer Emanuel Steward straight from the cauldron that is the famed Kronk gym. We are so fortunate that “Manny” decided to spare some of …

“I respect Larios 100% as a fighter and for giving me this opportunity.”–Wayne McCullough battles Oscar Larios in a rematch on July 16. Many people tried to tell Wayne McCullough that at the age of thirty-five, his career was over. Many thought after his fight with Scott Harrison that Wayne …

“Life is a learning experience and we can only get better for our mistakes. Harris will also learn from this fight and will be back even better. We will be back and Vivian will be a champion again, and soon.”–Emanuel Steward intends to guide Vivian Harris back to the top. …

Carl “The Cobra” Froch was the star of the show tonight in Nottingham Emgland but Southampton’s Matthew Barney made the home fighter work for his win. In what ended up as a very competitive fight, Froch could not assert himself in the way he would have liked and was unable …

Tonight in Nottingham England, Bradford based light welterweight Junior “The Hitter” Witter put on a sluggish performance to keep hold of his European light welterweight championship. Ukrainian challenger Andreas Kotelnik pushed Witter and gave the Briton all he could handle en route to a decision loss that many thought was …