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On Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall, the house that Arturo Gatti built in Atlantic City, flashy Cincinnati native Adrien Broner displayed why he is widely regarded as one of the brightest young talents in the sport today with a fifth round stoppage over a tough and durable Gavin Rees …

Adrien Broner and Gavin Rees spoke with the media after Broner defeated Rees in defense of the WBC Lightweight Championship last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Adrien Broner, WBC Lightweight Champion: “I knew he [Rees] was going to come to fight. He’s a world-class fighter. He …

In front of a packed electric crowd, former world title challenger Delvin Rodriguez put the deeply talented junior middleweight division on notice Friday night with a dominating performance over game George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah culminating in a sixth round stoppage. Fighting in front of a packed house of loud and …

The penultimate weekend of the Irish Daily Star sponsored Elite National Championships yielded a third successive Joe Ward versus Ken Egan light-heavyweight final. Egan, who was beaten by Ward in the 2011 and 2012 deciders, beat Davey Joe Joyce 13-7 last night to book his ticket into an unprecedented 13th …

Fight fans in San Antonio, Texas will be treated to an explosive night of boxing action featuring Texas’ top prospects on Saturday, March 2, when Weslaco’s Omar “Panterita” Figueroa steps into the ring for the first time in 2013 against Colombia’s Henry Aurad in the eight-round junior welterweight main event …

Claus Bertino, Timo Hoffmann, Derric Rossy and Albert Sosnowski are the final four names added to the line-up for the sold out Prizefighter International Heavyweights III, live on Sky Sports from the York Hall, Bethnal Green on February 23. The quartet join London fighter Ian Lewison (6-1-1), American KO king …

The vacant WBA Lightweight Championship between Richar Abril and Sharif “The Lion” Bogere has been elevated to the main event on Saturday, March 2 and will now be held at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas live on Showtime at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on …

Darren Barker will fight Italian champion Simone Rotolo for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental middleweight title at the top of the bill of the ‘London’s Finest’ show at Wembley Arena on March 9, live on Sky Sports. Rotolo (35-3), who hasn’t tasted defeat since a 2007 European title fight against former …

Top Rank and Zanfer Promotions announced the signing of undefeated Top-Five middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez today. Ramírez (24-0, 19 KOs), from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, captured the WBC Youth middleweight title in 2010 and has successfully defended it six times throughout his three-year reign.

When Gavin Rees takes on Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner this Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he really will have a hard night’s work ahead of him. Rees, 37-1-1 with 18 KO’s, is older, by nine years at 32. He is slower than Broner, both of hand and foot, the …

This Saturday night at the Gran Arena in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, undefeated Super Bantamweight prospect Juan “Baby Tito” Dominguez will compete for his professional title when he takes on Geyci Lorenzo for the WBA Fedecentro championship. The scheduled nine round bout will be part of a big …

Adrien Broner, WBC Lightweight Champion “It’s not a gimmick. It’s not fake. It’s not a game. I don’t put on a show for the cameras. You might take it as an act, but this is just me. “Antonio DeMarco is a hell of a guy. He has a nice spirit. …