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© Jeff Fusco It’s official. Boxing superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather will return to the ring, step up in weight and challenge Four-Time, Three-Division World Champion Miguel Cotto for his WBA Super Welterweight title in what will be an electrifying bout between two renowned ring kings. The event will take place …

Light heavyweight prospect Joe Smith Jr. knew something was wrong during his bout against hard-hitting Eddie Caminero in August of 2010. He just had no idea how serious it was. “The pain just started to take over,” recalled the 22-year-old Long Island native. “I couldn’t close my mouth. I couldn’t …

Boxing fans can expect many happy returns this tax season. Former world lightweight champion Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios and former featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa will collide in a battle of the undefeated for the vacant WBA lightweight championship, Saturday, April 14, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Super-featherweight prospect “El Negro Mexicano” Lonnie Smith (14-2-2, 10 KOs) will face off against former world title challenger Vicente Escobedo (24-3, 14 KOs) on March 3rd in Woodland, CA for the WBO NABO Jr. Lightweight Title. The Smith vs. Escobedo bout is scheduled for ten rounds and will headline Telefutura’s …

Less than two months into 2012, we probably already have the fight of the year locked down after fellow Mexicans Juan Jose Montes and Oscar Ibara traded non-stop bombs Saturday night in Guadalajara in their fight for the vacant World Boxing Federation Super Flyweight title.

Stephen Foster Jr will be ringside to challenge the winner of next month’s British super-featherweight title fight between Gary Buckland and Paul Truscott. The Salford boxer had the world at his feet just a year ago, but was stunned when Ermano Fegatilli snatched his European crown.

In the main event of a Peltz Promotions seven bout card held on Saturday night, February 26, 2012, at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, rising welterweight prospect Ronald Cruz went to 16-0 with a ten round unanimous decision over Allen ‘The Dream Shatterer’ Conyers. Cruz sealed …

In the ESPN2 main event of a fight card held at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino in Dover, Delaware, on Friday, February 24, 2012, Juan Carlos Burgos won the WBC Silver Super Featherweight title with a questionable ten round unanimous decision over former IBF World Featherweight champion Cristobal Cruz. EPSN2 …

Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Last night at Oldham Sports Centre, England, Steve Wood / VIP Promotions hosted a seven fight Bill entitled ‘Time to Shine’ – which headlined the Cruiserweight British Masters International Title between Martyn ‘Grid’ Grainger and Carl Wilson. Grainger dominated, but …

One of Boxing’s best lighter weight fighters was in action last night at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO, as Adrien Broner retained his WBO super feather crown in a show of force against challenger Eloy Perez. After an uneventful first round, Broner stepped it up in the second …

WBC heavyweight titlist Alexander Povetkin was nearly KO’d on several occasions by WBO cruiser champion Marco Huck during their thrilling contest last night at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. While Huck gave away 20 pounds to the larger Povetkin, he more than made up for it with a very big …

WBO light heavyweight boss Nathan Cleverly enjoyed a successful homecoming last night, posting a wide points verdict over challenger Tommy Karpency at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. Karpency came into the bout as the clear underdog and was engaging in his first world title defense after a career to date …