Super lightweight contender Lucas Martin Matthysse (30-2, 28 KOs) was victorious when Angel «Arcangel» Martinez (13-2-1, 9 KOs) didn’t come out for round six on Friday night at the Gimnasio Municipal #1 in Trelew, Chubut, Argentina. With the win, Matthysse is now ready for a possible May 19 world title showdown with Humberto «Zorrita» Soto at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas read more ...

WBC junior middleweight champion Saul «Canelo» Alvarez (39-0-1, 29KOs) confirmed BoxingScene.com’s report from Friday night, that a deal was reached to defend his title against former three-time world champion «Sugar» Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39KOs). Alvarez-Mosley will be the co-featured contest on the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto pay-per-view on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas read more ...

BoxingScene.com has been advised that an agreement was reached «in principle» for WBC junior middleweight champion Saul «Canelo» Alvarez (39-0-1, 29KOs) to defend his title against former three division champion «Sugar» Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39KOs) on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Alvarez-Mosley will be the co-feature bout to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto pay-per-view read more ...

Ryan Rhodes put the disappointment of last June’s 2011 light-middleweight world title loss to Mexico’s Saul Alvarez to one side when beating Siarhei Khomitski on points over eight-threes in November. Rhodes’s win over Khomitski has led to a tilt at the vacant EBU 154lb title against Sergey Rabchenko at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena on March 24th read more ...

WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12KOs) has officially signed his contract to face Manny Pacquiao, the WBO’s champion at 147-pounds, on June 9 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Bradley is going to make around $5 million dollars for the fight, according to Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who promotes both fighters read more ...

According to Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KOs), WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) has accepted a rematch offer from Golden Boy Promotions, and the fight will take place on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Top Rank had offered Peterson a lucrative two-fight package, which included a July 14th title bout with Juan Manuel Marquez at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas read more ...

Marco Huck’s moment of truth is approaching very quickly. On the 25th of February, the WBO cruiserweight champion will attempt to make history at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany — when he challenges Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16KOs) for the WBA «regular» heavyweight title read more ...

For those of you who were thrilled to see Andre Berto get back into the ring against Victor Ortiz for the second time, and then let down by the new of Berto’s injury causing the fight cancellation, don’t you worry, the fight is on for June 30, at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas read more ...

Manny Pacquiao doesn’t expect Timothy Bradley to engage and go toe-to-toe when they meet on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Truth is Pacquiao thinks Bradley will use the size of the ring to the hilt. «Tatakbo ‘yan (He will run),» said Pacquiao yesterday at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club where he played a round with Filipino golf star Frankie Miñoza read more ...

WBA #9 light welterweight Mendoza (33-7-2, 21 KOs) came in to fight and was giving the Russian fits for the first four rounds. Later on, Khabib began to dominate in power exchanges and finally put him down in the sixth with a straight left hand to the head. Mendoza got up but never recovered, and the fight was stopped at 0:27 of the seventh by referee Alexander Kalinkin read more ...