After reading several of the pieces involving the verbal battle between Lou DiBella, promoter of top middleweight star Sergio Martinez, and Russias Kirill Pchelnikov, the co-promoter and financial supporter of WBO middleweight beltholder Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs), BoxingScene.com reached out to another member of Team Pirog to get his opinion on several topics read more ...

World title belt or no, Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KOs) once again showed why he is regarded as one of the top three pound for pound fighters on the planet on Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, fighting through a possibly broken nose to knock out undefeated challenger Darren Barker (23-1, 14 KOs) to retain his titles in round eleven of a closely contested bout read more ...

WBC diamond belt middleweight champion Sergio «Maravilla» Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KOs) scored an eleventh round KO over previously undefeated European champion «Dazzling» Darren Barker (23-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Barker crowded Martinez and fight defensively, but Sergio adjusted to broke Barker down over the long hall and finished him with a right hook. Time was 1:29 read more ...

The WBC’s Diamond champion at middleweight, Sergio Martinez, confirmed an earlier story by BoxingScene.com’s Miguel Rivera, who was advised by WBC president Jose Sulaiman that middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was granted permission to make a voluntary defense, but has to face Martinez in his next fight. Sulaiman also explained that Marco Antonio Rubio is not the mandatory challenger because his April fight with David Lemieux was never sanctioned as a final eliminator read more ...

Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, the 2010 consensus fighter of the year, will make his third title defense against England’s Darren Barker on Oct. 1, promoter Lou DiBella told ESPN.com on Monday. DiBella and Barker promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport had a quick negotiation on Monday for the fight, which DiBella said likely will take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., Las Vegas or in the Dallas-Forth Worth area of Texas read more ...