IBO President Ed Levine has commented on the controversial 29 second fight between IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green and comebacking Paul Briggs, who was rated #45 by the IBO at light heavyweight. “I intend to formally request that the Western Australia Commission conduct a complete inquiry and investigation into the outcome of the fight,” Levine told Fightnews.com read more ...

At Challenge Stadium in Perth, Western Australia, IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (30-3, 27KOs) destroyed Paul Briggs (26-4) in the first round. Briggs, even with the added weight, was too far gone after a three year layoff. Green didn't even appear to hit him flush. Objects were thrown in the ring from unhappy fans that were upset with the performance of Briggs. The official time announced was 29-seconds of the first round read more ...

After four rounds, challenger Monte Barrett was ahead on one card and even on another against WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev. However, after that it was all Valuev as the seven-foot, 328-pounder moved out to a 98-92, 96-93, 98-91 lead on the official cards before knocking out Barrett in the eleventh read more ...

"I feel that Adamek is the best in the division so it will be amazing to win the WBC light heavyweight championship. Yes, there are other guys in the division that some people feel are better. Tarver? He has the heart of a peach pit. When he knocked Roy Jones out, his eyes were closed. I saw it. I was in the sixth row. I don*t think anything of Tarver. Yes, I know there will be 6,000 Polish fans in the arena screaming for Adamek read more ...

Undefeated WBC light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek, who was noticeably absent during Don King’s press conference on Chicago last Thursday announcing Valuev vs. Barrett and Adamek vs. Briggs II at Allstate Arena on Oct. 7, has dropped his lawsuit against King paving the way for the highly anticipated rematch with Australian slugger Paul “Hurricane” Briggs read more ...

Brewster answered some of his critics by commenting on his fight with Wladimir Klitschko "That was the style I had to pick in order to win the fight. It didn't look good but that's what I had to do." With regards to the Kali Meehan fight, he said, "I gave it my best but I learned I do have a weakness, like Superman and Kryptonite, my weakness is that I can't fight a friend....other than that, I plan on knocking everyone else out!.." read more ...

WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster made quick work of Andrew Golota on Saturday night, scoring a technical knockout 53 seconds into their scheduled 12-round bout at the United Center. Brewster knocked down Golota three times with thunderous left hooks, the first coming 13 seconds into the bout. After Golota got up, Brewster continued to attack and knocked the challenger between the second and third ropes. Then, Brewster (32-2, 28 knockouts) landed a series... ...``Of course, I thought I won,'' Briggs said. ``But that's the way it goes. It was a fair decision.'' Also on the undercard, Alejandro Garcia became the WBA's interim super welterweight champion... read more ...