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Tonight at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC), Hyannis’ Jesse Barboza (9-1-1, 5 KO’s) and Pennsylvania’s Jesse Oltmanns (10-5, 7 KO’s) will compete for the Northeast Heavyweight Championship. Also on the card, Harwich’s Paul Gonsalves (7-7-1, 3 KO’s) is scheduled to face off in an eight-round light heavyweight fight …

Superstar heavyweight Lennox Lewis, the last undisputed heavyweight champion and a former Olympic gold medallist with an amaeur victory over Riddick Bowe and professional victories over boxing legends such as Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Vitali Klitschko, confirmed Wednesday that he will return to Las Vegas this weekend to attend …

GH3 Promotions is proud to announce the signing of undefeated Jr. Welterweight Keenan Smith to an exclusive promotional contract. Smith of Philadelphia has a record of 7-0 with 2 knockouts after turning pro in 2009 and is regarded as a highly skilled professional. “It’s a pleasure to sign with GH3 …

On Saturday night, August 15, Silverspoon Promotions in conjunction with the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame will present a huge night of boxing at The Playground in Atlantic City. In the 10-round main event, Heavyweight contender Chazz “The Gentleman” Witherspoon will take on Nicholas Guivas (11-2-2, 9 KO’s). Witherspoon …

Dear Sam, I am writing to openly challenge you to defend your titles against me on October 17th. I fully appreciate that you may not want to do this as you know you will lose and will want to pick an easy touch, but man up and at least when …

The best ever? Really? Does a boxer that wishes to be known by that title really pick a former champion, who has been handily defeated by Robert Guerrero and Victor Ortiz as well as stopped by Jesus Soto Karass, to face in his “final” fight? First of all, does anyone …

Accredited media members from around the world came out to the JW Marriott at L.A. Live in Los Angeles Thursday as Floyd “Money” Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) and two-time welterweight champion Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) officially announced their Showtime PPV matchup with taking place Saturday, September 12 from the …

This Saturday, August 8 at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC), the winner of the main event fight between Hyannis’ Jesse Barboza (9-1-1, 5 KO’s) and Pennsylvania’s Jesse Oltmanns (10-5, 7 KO’s) will be crowned Northeast Heavyweight Champion. And while many in the crowd will be looking towards Barboza …

Blue-chip Ukrainian middleweight prospect Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko weighed-in at 159 pounds and former title challenger Elvin “El Lycan” Ayala of New Haven, Conn. measured at 161 pounds during Thursday’s official weigh-in for the main event of this Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, …

Former world champion Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell (27-1-1, 22 KOs) takes on Mexican brawler Marco Antonio “El Veneno” Rubio (59-7-1, 51 KOs) in a 10 round super middleweight showdown on Sunday, September 6 from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas with televised coverage on CBS Sports beginning at …

Ireland’s seven-strong squad arrived in Samokov, Bulgaria earlier this week ahead of the opening bell for the 37-nation European Men’s Elite Championships. Boxing begins at 5pm, Irish time, on Friday. The 41st edition of the tournament is acting as a qualifier for October’s AIBA World Elite Men’s Championships in Doha, …

It’s Fight Week in Hyannis, as this Saturday, August 8, Boston Boxing Promotions brings pro boxing back to Cape Cod for the first time in nearly a decade. While fight week will peak with the actual fights themselves Saturday night at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC), there are …