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DiBella Entertainment’s Ike “Bazooka” Quartey has arrived in the United States from his native Accra, Ghana, to complete his training camp and make final preparations for his fight against Verno Phillips which will be televised live on HBO on Saturday, June 18, from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN. Quartey …

We British know our boxing, we love our boxing and so it is no surprise that IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu received an enthusiastic welcome from the British fight community. After all, Tszyu’s reputation stretches far beyond that of a world champion, the man is a boxing legend and …

Last night, as part of the main event televised on Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo” boxing series, undefeated bantamweight contender “Sweet” Jose Miguel Aguiniga (28-0-0 with 14 KOs), from Oxnard, California, stated his case of challenging for a world title by stopping the tough and rugged Mexican, Hugo “Rambo” Ramirez (20-4-0 with …

Scott Harrison overcame initial difficulty to bang out challenger Michael Brodie within four rounds last night at Manchester’s Evening News Arena. The two featherweights went at it from the start and there were no punches thrown that didn’t carry fight ending intentions. Harrison attacked the body of Brodie in Click …

It’s rare when every bout on a major a pay-per-view broadcast brings interest and excitement on its own, but the undercard of the highly-anticipated undisputed middleweight championship clash between Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor does just that. The July 16th telecast will feature two world championship matches and the return …

Rodney Toney, Boston, MA WKO5 (1:27) Jameel Wilson, Philadelphia, PA. SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS – Jose Medina, Tilton, NH WDEC6 (60-54, 59-55, 59-55) James Shedrick, Philadelphia, PA; John Paul Keane, Dorchester, MA WDEC4 (40-36, 40-36, 40-36) Tito Berrocales, Manchester, NH. SUPER WELTERWEIGHTS — Luis Hernandez, Ibarra, Ecuador WDEC6 (60-54, 59-55, 59-55) Darien …

In the first of back-to-back world title fight nights on SHOWTIME, World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Scott Harrison successfully defended his title for the fifth-straight time by knocking Michael Brodie out in the fourth round Friday. In the “ShoBox: The New Generation” co-feature, unbeaten Michael Jennings stopped Gavin Down …

IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu was hit by the less than ideal circumstance of having to shed weight today ahead of his clash with Ricky Hatton in the early hours of Sunday morning in England. Tszyu, a Russian born and naturalized Australian was a full three ounces above the …

British fight promoter Frank Warren, at the head of this weekend’s huge light welterweight fight in Manchester between his man Ricky Hatton and champion Kostya Tszyu, revealed his feelings to the media that the fight is the biggest one he has been associated with in Britain in twenty-five years of …

Ahead of his IBF light welterweight title challenge to champion Kostya Tszyu, undefeated Manchester fighter Ricky Hatton admitted recently that he is experiencing nerves as never before. And with good reason. Tszyu is one of boxing’s most lethal punchers and perhaps the most dominant light welterweight champion of the past …

It is rumored that in the wake of the Javier Castillejo-Fernando Vargas-WBC mix-up, Castillejo’s former title will be contested by former welterweight world champion Ricardo Mayorga and unheralded Italian Michele Piccirillo. No official word is available but the assignment would seem a curious one being that Mayorga’s last fight was …

Don King is planning yet another blockbuster card to be held at Chicago’s United Center, the site of his most recent fight card of which the main event saw Lamon brewster defend his WBO heavyweight championship against Andrew Golota. On that card, undisputed welterweight champion of the world Zab Judah …