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All eight fighters participating in Saturday’s blockbuster Mexican Independence Day weekend world championship event on Showtime Championship Boxing arrived in grand fashion at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Incredibly popular and undefeated superstar Canelo Alvarez will defend his WBC Super Welterweight Championship against breakout star Josesito Lopez on …

The highly anticipated world title clash between middleweight stars Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is to be screened live and exclusive in the UK and Ireland on Primetime, Channel 480 on Sky and Virgin on Demand. Matthew Macklin will be looking to get back that winning feeling against …

Tony Bellew will provide the chief support for Carl Froch’s IBF super middleweight title defence against Yusaf Mack in ‘True Brit’ at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham on November 17, live on Sky Sports. The Liverpool star confirmed his status as a World level performer on Saturday night, stopping …

This week’s Méxican Independence Day weekend World Middleweight Championship event between undefeated WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, (46-0-1, 32 KOs), of Culiacán, México, and two-division world champion and pound for pound kingpin, Sergio Martinez, (49-2-2, 28 KOs), of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, sold its last remaining tickets today …

WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux is expected to defend his title this Saturday evening against Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15 KOs), on the Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. HBO Pay-Per-View event, live from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

WBC No. 1-ranked cruiserweight Francisco “The Wizard” Palacios will receive his long-awaited rematch against Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk when they square off on Sept. 22 in Wroclaw, Poland. Palacios (21-1, 13 KOs), a proud Puerto Rican puncher who was raised in Bayamon and now lives in Orlando, made his first appearance …

After Andre Ward unexpectedly ran through the field of Showtime’s Super Six Super Middleweight tournament, there didn’t seem to be many stiff challenges left on the horizon for the undefeated 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist. A division north, the outlook was similar for fellow American, Chad Dawson, who had no marquee …

Heavyweight Manuel Charr came into his challenge of WBC champion Vitali Klitschko by talking a very good game during the pre-fight build up but once the bell rang Saturday night at the Olympiyskiy in Moscow, the German based Lebanese boxer was never competitive. As he has on so many previous …

“The Latvian Hammer” Valerijs Mikalauskas comes to London next Saturday to face Essex’s Lee Markham in a mouth watering clash. “The Hammer” promises UK fans a treat and says Markham will go the way of all his other four opponents and be despatched in the first round.

Hamburg based middleweight contender Hamid Rahimi has been working for two years on a project he calls “Fight 4 Peace”: the first ever professional boxing show in his home country Afghanistan. Now Rahimi finally has the clearance and support not only from the government and president Kasai but also from …

Fans of German heavyweight boxing should take a close look at Halle/Saale this Friday, September 14th, or follow the action live on Eurosport starting at 21.00h / 9pm Central European time. Ring veteran Timo Hoffmann, aka the “German Oak“, takes on local rival and former amateur standout Steffen Kretschmann in …

Tony Bellew cemented his place on the World stage with an impressive stoppage win over Edison Miranda in a knockout night at ‘London Calling’ at the Alexandra Palace, north London live on Sky Sports. Bellew stuck to his game plan and ignored the experienced Colombian’s showmanship to step on the …