Ireland won three bouts from four on the opening day of the 39th Chemistry Cup in Halle, Germany today. London 2012 Olympian Darren O’Neill, Adam Nolan and Joe Ward advanced to Thursday’s quarter-finals.

Donald Trump took time out from his busy schedule while in Chicago on Wednesday afternoon to meet with and express best wishes to world ranked light heavyweight professional boxer Andrzej “The Polish Prince” Fonfara.

The circuitous journey for Charlie Ota (19-1, 13 KOs), aka Charles Bellamy, comes full circle Saturday night in New York City as the 30-year-old junior middleweight makes his American debut, ironically, in the city in which he was born, nearly 6,800 miles from where he lives in Tokyo.

Team Kovalev blames Square Ring for a verbally agreed upon NABF title fight between unbeaten light heavyweights, challenger Sergey Kovalev and defending champion Ismayl Sillakh, to fall apart due to a contractal dispute. Sillakh-Kovalev, according to Kovalev’s manager Egis Klimas, had been approved as the main event for a proposed April 27tht ESPN Friday Night…

Contrary to popular belief, the heavyweight division is alive and well in professional boxing, and Classic Entertainment & Sports is ready to showcase one of the best and brightest on March 24.

Team Pierson recently announced they will be giving away a pair of boxing gloves signed by super middleweight prospect Richard Pierson to a randomly drawn winner.

Undefeated middleweight prospect Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira (17-0, 12 KOs) has been selected as the winner of the Brazilian International Press Award’s Outstanding Brazilian Athlete in the United States winner for the third straight year.

The most feared puncher in boxing, IBF No. 2 ranked Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, takes on WBC No. 2-rated Noe “El Carbonero” Gonzalez, April 20 on ESPN Friday Night Fights in a unification fight, as part of another installment of the popular Fast and Furious Series, live from the famed Bell Centre in Montreal.

Three-time world champion Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria always feels at home fighting in the Philippines. He’s looking forward to avenging his first pro loss and completing the Omar Nino Romero trilogy there March 31, headlining the “Island Assault 4: The Battle” pay-per-view-event, live from Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Four years of planning, hard work and dedication culminates Saturday night for Team Rodriguez as undefeated super middleweight Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez makes his HBO debut against Donovan George at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Ricky Hatton has appointed Mike Jackson as his full-time assistant trainer. Jackson has 12 years training experience working under one of Britain’s greatest ever coaches – Brian Hughes.