...Ukrainian light heavyweight champion Yuri Barash'yan, 16-2-(11), rated No. 15 by the EBU, tangles with the upset-minded Jesus Ruiz, 18-4-(16) in an entertaining 10-round... ...Russian born, Israeli raised heavyweight prospect Roman Greenberg, 18-0-(13) fights Saturday night in Las Vegas for the second time in his young career and certainly appreciates the significance... read more ...

WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (36-0) of Denmark retained the championship against Anthony Mundine (23-3) at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia tonight by unanimous twelve round decison. Scores were 116-112 Hubert Earle of Canada, 120-108 Hank Miers of the Netherlands and 117-113 Takeshi Shimakawa of Japan. Mundine surprised the champion by standing his ground in round one and exchanging solid combinations against the power punching Kessler... read more ...

Tyson’s opponent, Ireland’s 1992 super heavyweight Olympic representative, was respectful of Tyson and the opportunity being given to him. “I told my father before he passed away that I’d love to fight Mike Tyson,” McBride recalled. “He said ‘that if you dream about it enough, believe in it enough and train hard enough, it will happen.’” McBride guaranteed that he was in the best shape of his life and has never trained harder for a fight... read more ...

German heavyweight contender Timo Hoffmann (32-3-1; 18KOs) will find a different opponent than scheduled in the opposite corner on June 11, in Kempten, Germany. The current IBF I/C champ Hoffmann was supposed to duke it out versus former British king Michael Sprott, with the vacant Euro crown at stake, but Sprott pulled out yesterday due to a sudden illness. After a frantic research, Sauerland Event... read more ...

Former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine is in for the toughest fight of his career when he challenges Mikkel Kessler WBA super middleweight champion Wednesday night at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia. Mundine stated. "Kessler will definitely be my strongest opponent. I'm predicting a victory. I'll do whatever is necessary..." read more ...

- Before you refused to fight Klitschko in Germany you came on the record and said that Monte Barrett was more deserving of a title shot than Wladimir Klitschko was. Do you feel that Lyakhovich is more deserving of the shot than little brother? Chris Byrd: "It don't matter to me. His last win was Dominick Guinn when he just had the one loss to Barrett. He was coming back and they thought he was going to blow Lyakhovich away. So in reality, he's more deserving because who has Klitschko fought? You can't go by Castillo and say he's more deserving. Like I said, it don't matter to me. Whoever they put in front of me, as long as it makes sense financially, let's do it..." read more ...

Johnny Lewis: "After the ninth round I told Kostya that he had to win the last three. In the 10th he took a couple of big shots and I told him that if he got hit with any more that I would stop the fight rather than see him hurt. After the 11th I asked him again if he was OK and he said 'yes' but I told him I was stopping the fight because he was getting hit too much and he didn't respond..." read more ...

Showtime chief Jay Larkin on whether claims Ricky Hatton was pound-for-pound number one were wrong: "Nonsense! Kostya Tszyu was the undisputed light-welterweight champion of the world coming into this fight. He was stripped of the belts because of politics. He was regarded as the best by everyone in this room but now the number one is sitting right there”... read more ...

WBA super lightweight champion Vivian Harris took time out from his hectic training schedule to congratulate fellow 140lb champion Ricky "Hitman" Hatton on his big win over Kostya Tszyu. "What can I say? Ricky fought very well he kept the pressure on and showed he's a great fighter. I am fully focusing on my June 25th fight, but I definitely would love to fight Hatton in a unification bout... read more ...

Scott Harrison emerged triumphant from a 'battle of Britain' this Friday night as he retained his WBO Featherweight title via a fourth round knockout of the ever brave Michael Brodie in the challenger's backyard at the MEN Arena, Manchester. This was Brodie's fourth attempt at a 'world' title as he gunned for Scott... read more ...