BoxingScene.com spoke to heavweight contender Cedric Boswell (31-1) about a possible fight with Shannon Briggs (48-5). Boswell loves the idea. «I would love to fight Shannon Briggs again. He has unfinished business with me. I beat him in the amateurs and I will beat him again read more ...

Heavyweight Konstantin Airich (13-2-1, 10 KOs) scored an eight round unanimous decision over Cisse Salif (23-17-2, 21 KOs) on Saturday at the Kugelbake Halle in Cuxhaven, Germany. The bout seemed closer than the scores of 79-73, 79-75, 78-74 indiacated. Airich was a late sub for Arena stablemate Steffen Kretschmann read more ...

Heavyweight James Toney (71-6-3, 43 KOs) won a tactical twelve round split decision over Fres Oquendo (29-4, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Camazon, California. Toney prevailed on two cards 115-112, 114-113, while Oquendo was up 116-111 on the third card. Oquendo, who closed the bout stronger, was deducted a point in round eight for a low blow that cost him a draw read more ...

Unbeaten Olympian heavyweight gold medalist Odlanier Solis will now face Cisse Salif on March 14th at the Kulturhalle Zenith in Munich. Solis was originally slated to face former world champion Bruce Seldon. however Seldon is currently not allowed out of the country. "This is a very awkward opponent that will stretch Solis to the limit," said promoter Ahmet Öner. "But only these types of fights bring Odlanier forward." read more ...

In the co-feature, Taras Bidenko defeated Cisse Salif by unanimous decision over twelve one-sided rounds. Bidenko was in control throughout the fight, landing crisp and clear combinations nearly at will. Salif seemingly waited for counter opportunities but rarely took them. He was looking to end the bout with one big punch. However, Bidenko was too quick and his defense was too good for the slow Salif, who, overall read more ...

Former world heavyweight title challenger David Tua shook the cobwebs in his second fight back after a long layoff, going to what was scored as a 10 round split decision to sparring partner to the stars Cisse Salif in the main event of Cedric Kushner's PPV event from Hollywood, Florida Friday.The unambitious Salif did not deserve to be adjudged the winner on the third card (96-94) but the 'Tuaman' was far from impressive either. read more ...

The fighters were mostly in "good behavior mode" at Wednesday's press conference for "Rumble at the Rock" featuring David Tua vs Cisse Salif on Friday night. Tua (43-3-1, 25 KOs) and Salif (17-4-2, 16 KOs) were very respectful toward each other and simply said they're looking forward to the fight. Tua appeared to be in very good condition. read more ...

On Saturday night, heavyweights Samuel Peter and Wladimir Klitschko fought in the main event on HBO's "Boxing after Dark." Earlier in the day at Caesars Palace in Atlantic City, promoter Bob Arum held a press conference to promote the upcoming title fight between Wladimir's brother, Vitali and former champion Hasim Rahman. And in between all of this promoter Cedric Kushner announced his second pay-per-view card read more ...