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This past Friday, 2012 Ukrainian Olympian Ievgen Khytrov arrived in New York to finish up his final preparations for his much anticipated pro debut that will take place on Wednesday night, December 18 at the famed Webster Hall in New York City. Khytrov was greeted by his promoter Dmitry Salita …

Barry Hearn has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The legendary promoter joins fighting stars Joe Calzaghe, Oscar de la Hoya and Felix Trinidad in the list of inductees for 2014 and will attend the 25th Annual Hall of Fame Weekend on June 5-8 in Canastota, New …

Light-middleweight hotshots Erislandy Lara and Austin Trout have traded verbal jabs ahead of their crunch Brooklyn world title showdown to be screened live on BoxNation. The pair were speaking ahead of this weekend’s highly anticipated bill, taking place at the Barclays Center in New York, and headlined by Paulie Malignaggi …

Sonny Upton is looking to the likes of Bernard Hopkins, Juan Manual Marquez and Henry Armstrong for inspiration ahead of his second paid fight. Like the legendary world champions, Upton suffered a setback on his professional debut last month, but he hasn’t let it dent his confidence and is grateful …

BoxNation viewers are in for some festive fistic fun this December, as the ‘Channel of Champions’ brings a bumper year to an end with some explosive Christmas crackers. The world’s only dedicated subscription boxing channel will warm the cold night air this month with blazing bouts featuring the very best …

Venezuelan Liborio Solis defeated Japan’s Daiki Kameda by split decision on Tuesday at Colyseum Bodymaker in Osaka, Japan. The fight was originally scheduled as WBA and IBF super flyweight unification, but Solis failed to make the required weight of 115 pounds so he lost the title on the scales. However, …

Amir Khan, one of boxing’s most popular and exciting fighters, joins the Showtime Championship Boxing announcing team as a guest analyst on Saturday, Dec. 7, live on Showtime at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

This Friday night, AWE is pleased to announce the encore presentation of the most controversial bout of the year that saw Carl Froch retain his IBF/WBA Super Middleweight title with a ninth round stoppage of George Groves. The fight will be replayed in entirety on the special hour-long broadcast this …

Tonight, WBO Jr. Middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade will be honored by his home state for his sensational championship victory over Vanes Martirosyan on November 9 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Andrade, 20-0 will be receiving his recognition at the Rhode Island State house at 4:30 pm eastern.

Tonight at the famed BB King’s in Times Square, New York City, Two of the brightest prospects in the country will be on display as part of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series. Undefeated Middleweight Antoine Douglas (10-0, 6 KO’s) and undefeated Super Middleweight Jerry Odom (5-0, 5 KO’s) will see …

Team Challenge has WBA Super and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (13-1, 8 KO’s) in its corner to help KO Crohn’s & Colitis. Shumenov, who makes his fifth world title defense Saturday, December 14 on Showtime, airing live from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, has been named Honorary …

Thirty six year old Leo Roget is best known for his footballing skills, after carving out a career predominantly at Southend United. Leo was forced to retire early from professional football and he settled into life as a Personal Trainer. However, after discussions with former Commonwealth champion Jason Matthews, Leo …