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Superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr is adamant that his fight with Andre Berto this weekend will be his last. The pound-for-pound king is set to hang up the gloves after his 49th fight, live and exclusive on BoxNation, admitting that he wants to get out of the sport while he has …

Wales’ most successful amateur boxer Andrew Selby has turned professional, signing a management deal with UK manger Chris Sanigar. Andrew enjoyed a thrilling amateur career where he was crowned double European champion in 2011 and 2013. He also claimed a silver medal at the 2011 World Championships and represented Great …

Gary Cornish says he’ll do his talking in the ring and end Anthony Joshua’s rise in the Heavyweight division when they clash for the vacant Commonwealth title at The O2 in London on Saturday, September 12, live on Sky Sports. Cornish has kept a close counsel in the build-up to …

It was a very one-sided weekend across the globe with four world titles on the line and only one of those was a test for the defensing champion. We kick things off at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, USA where WBA champion Jamie McDonnell bid farewell to the …

The new season gets off to a less than thunderous bang this weekend but there are a few good fight cards happening today and tomorrow in a few select areas. Our first stop is the Energie-Verbund Arena in Dresden, Germany where WBA “regular” light heavyweight champ Juergen Braehmer, 46-2 (34), …

As announced on ‘Bunce’s Boxing Hour’, one of this year’s most exciting fights has landed on BoxNation with knockout artists Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux set to produce a spectacular showdown on October 17. The two world champions meet head-to-head in one of the most eagerly anticipated unification clashes in …

Matchroom Boxing former World Middleweight champion Darren Barker is to publish his autobiography. A Dazzling Darkness: The Darren Barker Story will be available in bookshops and on Amazon from September 16. It tells the remarkable story of how Darren recovered from the tragedy of losing his talented boxing brother Gary …

Nearly 150 people turned out for last Sunday’s fifth annual Ring 8 Family Picnic at Brady Park in Massapequa Reserve, Nassau on Long Island, New York. Hamburgers, chicken, hot dogs, corn-on-the-cob, macaroni and potato salads were consumed along with a wide variety of beverages and desserts. The most popular children …

Boxcino 2014 champion Petr “Zar” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO’s) will fight undefeated Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO’s) in a WBO Lightweight elimination bout on October 10 in Manchester, England. The winner of the fight will be the mandatory challenger for the winner of the WBO Lightweight title bout between Terry …

Former world champion Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs) will return to the ring near his Washington D.C. home as he takes on 2008 Olympic Gold medalist from the Dominican Republic Felix Diaz Jr. (17-0, 8 KOs) in a 12-round bout on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC on Saturday, October …

Chinese sports marketing/management company SECA has started a new Chinese professional boxing venture with Las Vegas-based boxing promotion company Top Rank. A new professional boxing league, League of Fists, will officially launch on September 4. “League of Fists is aiming to build a league that consists of high level boxing …

Bradford’s Tasif Khan is just over a week away from the biggest fight of his career to date, when he faces two time Commonwealth title challenger, Ghana’s Isaac Quaye, for the WBF International Super Flyweight Championship, on the Stephen Vaughan promoted “Legend” event, at the Aintree Equestrian Centre on Saturday …