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The boxers who will fight on a terrific doubleheader on ShoBox: The New Generation tomorrow/Friday, Feb. 22, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, made weight on their first attempts Thursday at Morongo Casino Resort. Main eventers Art “Lionheart” Hovhannisyan (15-0-2, 8 KOs), of Glendale …

The Chilean Carolina “Crespita”Rodriguez and Brazilian Daiane Ribeiro will meet on Friday, February 22, to define who will be the owner of the vacant Fedelatin bantamweight belt. The battle will be staged at the Olympic Training Center gym in Santiago, Chile.

Five of the ten male titles available at The Irish Daily Star sponsored 2013 National Elite Championships Finals Night at Dublin’s National Stadium are guaranteed to change hands on Friday evening (February 22nd). The light-flyweight, bantamweight, lightweight, middleweight and super-heavyweight belts lie vacant and await new owners. Ten male and …

Four-Division and Six-Time World Champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KOs), and pound for pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KOs) are finally going to step in the ring on May 4, 2013. The contracts were signed by both Guerrero and Mayweather after months of anticipation. Both …

2012 Fighter of the Year and WBO junior featherweight champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire and undefeated WBA super bantamweight champion and former two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux will collide on New York’s biggest stage, Radio City Music Hall.

Sergey Rabchenko isn’t letting talk of a world title challenge affect his focus ahead of his clash with Adriano Nicchi. The Belarusian ace defends his European light-middleweight crown against the tough Italian at the Salle des Etoiles venue in Monte Carlo on March 30.

British light middleweight champion Brian ‘The Lion’ Rose will return to Sky Sports on Saturday April 20 when he tops a card at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. The opponent and full bill for Rose’s hometown show will be announced at a press conference in Blackpool next week and promoter Eddie Hearn …

Detroit will be rocking this Saturday night, February 23 when the Masonic Temple Theatre hosts a stacked nine-fight card headlined by the Showtime doubleheader featuring Cornelius “K9” Bundrage’s IBF Junior Middleweight Title defense against Ishe “Sugar Shay” Smith and unbeaten J’Leon Love’s battle against veteran Derrick “Superman” Findley.

Eight-Time World Champion and Mayweather Promotions President Floyd “Money” Mayweather landed in his home state of Michigan today to promote this weekend’s Cornelius “K9” Bundrage vs. Ishe Smith world championship fight taking place at Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit live on Showtime beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the …

Last week saw the announcement of a much anticipated match up at Super Bantamweight between unbeaten Cuban WBA boss Guillermo Rigondeaux agnd WBO Super-Bantam king and four weight world champion Nonito Donaire. The match up, which pits the two best Super-Bantamweight fighters in the world after former WBC king Abner …

The World Boxing Federation continues to enter new territory, and will sanction its first championship fight in Morocco, when Patrick Bois and Serhiy Demchenko fight for the vacant International Light Heavyweight title on Saturday February 23 at the Mazagan Beach Resort in the Atlantic coast city of El Jadida.

Martin Rogan wants to put an end to Audley Harrison’s career this Saturday if the pair clash in the sold-out Prizefighter International Heavyweights III at York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. The Irishman won the first edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man, one night tournament five years ago and …