Amid great fanfare, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KOs) announced his first title defense against Ronald Hearns (26-2, 20 KOs) on September 17 at the Palenque de Culiacán. Accompanied by his father, the legendary member of the Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez, Chavez Jr. welcomed Ronald, son of the legendary Tommy Hearns read more ...

On September 17, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will make the first defense of his WBC middleweight championship against contender Ronald Hearns, and the fight will be held at Palenque de Culiacán in Sinaloa and televised by TV Azteca. Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KOs) and Hearns (26-2-0, 20 KOs) have Hall of Fame fathers, but want to prove themselves in next month’s fight. Chavez is also scheduled to fight on November 19th in Texas against Peter Manfredo Jr read more ...

Middleweight contender Ronald Hearns has not yet been contacted about a fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Earlier this week, Hearns and Japanese boxer Nobuhiro Ishida, were mentioned as possible opponents for the Mexican boxer’s first defense of the WBC middleweight title, which is tenative for September 24 in Mexico read more ...

WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KOs) scored an impressive seventh round TKO over Ronald Hearns (26-2, 20 KOs) on Saturday night at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. Sturm was in command the first two rounds, but Hearns, the son of ring legend Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns, picked up the pace in round three read more ...

WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (L) poses with challenger Ronald Hearns of the United States during the weigh-in at the Palazzo in Stuttgart, Germany. Sturm will defend his WBA title against Hearns at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart. Both fighters were shredded on the scale. Sturm (34-2, 14KOs) was 159.2-pounds, while Hearns (26-1, 20KOs) was 159.1. read more ...

BoxingScene.com was advised by promoter Lou DiBella that a deal has been reached for Ronald The Chosen One Hearns (26-1, 20KOs) to challenge WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (34-2-1, 14KOs) on February 19 at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgartin Germany. Sturm is the WBAs super champion at 160, with Gennady Golovkin read more ...

Junior middleweight contenders “Lightning” Harry Joe Yorgey (22-0-1, 10 KOs) and Alfredo “Perro” Angulo (16-1, 13 KOs) will meet in the co-feature on the big Chad Dawson-Glenn Johnson II card in Hartford, Connecticut, on November 7. Both bouts will be televised on read more ...