On what the mayor has since termed a dark day for the city of St. Petersburg, two police officers died and a federal marshal was injured in a shootout with a violent fugitive sex offender. According to Chief Chuck Harmon, the officers and deputy U.S. Marshal went to the home in the 3700 block of 28th Avenue S to serve a warrant for aggravated battery read more ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW by G. Leon GL: It's always a pleasure to get a phone call from Jeff Lacy. To what do we owe the honor of this call? «I just want to extend my challenge to Jesse Brinkley. He looked good in his win in the elimination fight against Curtis Stevens» read more ...

Former EBU (European) super middleweight champion Vitali Tsypko is still recovering from his shoulder injury and doesn’t know when he will step into a ring again and whether it will happen in 2009 read more ...

In a clash of former world champions known for their left hooks, Roy “Captain Hook” Jones, Jr. (54-5, 40 KOs) schooled Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy (25-3, 17 KOs) over ten one-sided rounds on Saturday night at the MS Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. An extremely sharp Jones methodically battered Lacy, becoming more dominant as the bout progressed. Over the last few rounds Jones landed almost at will read more ...

Roy Jones 174 vs. Jeff Lacy 172 Danny Green 179.5 vs Julio Cesar Dominguez 181.5 BJ Flores 200 vs. Epifanio Mendoza 199 Verquan Kimbrough 135 vs. Jason Litzau 135.5 read more ...

Former WBA light heavyweight champion Danny” The Green Machine” Green (26-3, 23 KO’s) departed Sydney airport today bound for the USA and will challenge for the vacant IBO cruiserweight title against Julio Cesar Dominguez (20-4-1, 14 KOs) at the Gulf Coast Arena in Biloxi, Mississippi on August 15 read more ...

Two of the best left hook punchers in boxing, 8 time world boxing champion Roy Jones, Jr. (53-5, 39 KOs) and former 2 time super middleweight title holder Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy (25-2, 17 KOs), will square off August 15th in the 12 round main event to determine whom the better “hooker” really is today, headlining the “Hook City” pay-per-view show live from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Jones defends his NABO light heavyweight title against Lacy read more ...

Former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy is on board to face Roy Jones Jr. “Jeff Lacy has signed to fight Roy,” John Wirt, Square Ring CEO, confirmed to exclusively to Fightnews.com. “It’s going to be a pay-per-view event for August 22. We are hoping to have the event in New Orleans.” read more ...

According to former super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy, a fight with light heavyweight Roy Jones Jr. is "90% done" and he expects the deal to be finalized in a few days. The fight would take place in August and likely at a weight closer to 175-pounds. It's a natural for the two Florida-based boxers to stage the fight in their common hometown read more ...

Light heavyweight contender Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy (25-2, 17 KOs) won a close ten round majority decision over Otis Griffin (19-5-2, 7 KOs) on Friday night at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. It was a competitive fight throughout with former IBF super middleweight champion Lacy winning by scores of 95-95, 96-94, 97-93. After the bout, Lacy called out Roy Jones Jr., who was in attendance read more ...