Former triple world champion Humberto «Zorrita» Soto of Mexico has promised to do everything possible to defeat Argentine puncher Lucas Matthysse (30-2-0-1, 28 KOs) on June 23rd at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Soto is training hard in camp and being pushed to the limit by his team, which is headed by Bobby Quirarte, on the technical side, and Charles «Brody» Valdez on the physical end read more ...

Less than three weeks before Antonio Tarver steps into the ring to continue his campaign at cruiserweight by taking on the unbeaten power puncher Lateef Kayode, the «Magic Man» held an open workout on Tuesday before a packed house of his hometown media at Calta’s 24/7 Fitness read more ...

Early last month, news broke that WBA junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana was the latest high-profile fighter considering joining the talented stable of trainer Robert Garcia down in Oxnard, California. Already having spent time working with the likes of Brandon Rios, Antonio Margarito, Nonito Donaire, and Kelly Pavlik, amongst others, Garcia seemed open to adding Maidana to the mix but was unsure when the rugged Argentinean was going to be making his way to camp read more ...

Ice Palace «Terminal», Brovari, Ukraine — Sergio Gabriel Martinez is universally recognized as the best middleweight in the world. But the question still remains, who is the most dangerous player at 160-pounds? Former amateur megastar and presently the WBA/IBO middleweight king Gennady Golovkin (23-0, 20 KOs) gave his version of the answer by continuing his reign of terror. Golovkin used less than three rounds read more ...

In a very important cruiserweight match-up, the younger and fresher Alexander Alekseev (23-2-1, 20 KOs) barely retained his European title with a majority draw against comebacking former world champion Firat Arslan (32-5-2, 21 KOs) in a very grueling fight. The start was all for Alekseev, whose power was well felt by the 41-year old Turkish pride of Germany read more ...

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum who was at the Wild Card Gym on Monday to watch pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao on his first day of workouts since arriving from Manila over the weekend said «he was fine but a little jet-lagged.» read more ...

As previously reported, David Haye vowed to inflict a «slow, concussive beating» on Dereck Chisora after their controversial all-British grudge match was confirmed. Chisora’s manager Frank Warren announced on Tuesday afternoon that West Ham’s Upton Park ground would host a fight between the two British heavyweights on July 14 read more ...

IBF/IBO/WBO/WBA world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko ® faces opponent Tony Thompson of the United States in front of a Swiss flag during a press conference on in Bern ahead of their boxing fight on July 7 at the Stade de Suisse stadium. Klitschko (57-3, 50KOs) previously knocked out Thompson (36-2, 24KOs) out in the eleventh round in 2008. Thompson later became the IBF’s mandatory challenger, which allowed him to force the rematch read more ...

Junior welterweight Lamont Peterson has reportedly tested positive for synthetic testosterone, according to Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Peterson’s upcoming HBO televised defense of his WBA/IBF titles, against Amir Khan on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, is now in jeopardy. Khan and Peterson had agreed, as part of their rematch terms, to take part in a random drug testing protocol read more ...

Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr (43-0, 26 KOs) dethroned WBA super welterweight world champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs) by twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. A good competitive fight. Floyd had the edge in most rounds over the first six rounds, but Cotto had his moments. Cotto was determined to take the fight to Mayweather and bloodied his nose early on read more ...