Following his successful return to the ring last December, former WBC super middleweight champion Éric Lucas (39-7-3, 15 KOs.) will be looking to add a 40th win to his outstanding pro record on Friday, May 28th in Quebec City. Considered a Quebec boxing hero, Lucas will be lacing up the gloves against the ever popular Librado Andrade (28-3-0, 21 KO) 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 an IBF super middleweight title elimination bout, Librado Andrade (28-2, 21 KOs) was too strong for #2 Vitali Tsypko (22-3, 12 KOs), winning a twelve round unanimous decision. Andrade dropped Tsypko with a right hand in round two, put him down again with an uppercut in the seventh, and mostly punished Tsypko who, although outgunned, showed great heart. Scores were 117-109, 117-109, 120-106. With the win read more ...

Timothy Bradley 138.6 vs. Kendall Holt 139.9 Librado Andrade 167.1 vs. Vitali Tsypko 167.3 Adrian Diaconu 186.1 vs. David Whittom 186.5 Sebastien Gauthier 132.8 vs. Martin Huppe 129.6 Paul Clavette 162.3 vs. Jacques Lemaire 163.5 Pier-Olivier Côté 131.7 vs. Luis Acevedo 133.5 read more ...

Andrade (27-2, 21 KOs) is ranked No. 3 in the International Boxing Federation super middleweight division and figures to be a favorite when he meets Ukriane’s Vitali Tsypko (22-2, 12 KOs), who is ranked a notch above him at No. 2. The winner becomes the No. 1 contender and Bute’s mandatory challenger. Saturday’s elimination bout will air on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING live at a special time 10:45 p.m. ET/PT read more ...

CHOKO Boxing in association with Gillett Entertainment Group, Top Rank and Gary Shaw Productions are thrilled to present the first world championship unification bout ever staged in Montreal! On April 4th in today’s boxing most exciting weight division, witness two of the world’s best boxers in the fight of their lives. WBC light welterweight champion Tim "Desert Storm" Bradley will face WBO light welterweight champion read more ...

The IBF has scheduled new three purse bids: On December 16, a purse bid will be held for an IBF middleweight eliminator for #1 between Giovanni Lorenzo and Dionisio Miranda. On December 23, a purse bid will be held for Cassius Baloyi's IBF jr. lightweight mandatory defense against Malcolm Klassen. And, on January 6, a purse bid will be held for an IBF super read more ...

After the victory of IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (22-0, 18 KOs) against Librado Andrade (27-2, 21 KOs) last Friday in Montreal, Canada, the search for a new mandatory challenger has begun. First in line is IBF #2 Vitali Tsypko (22-2, 12 KOs). But now the 32-year-old fighter is waiting for an opponent. IBF #3 Robert Stieglitz (32-2, 20 KOs) could be the man who will take this chance. "A fight against Robert Stieglitz would be great," explained Tsypko. "In fact I should have fought read more ...

In an important super middleweight bout WBC #9/WBA #9/IBF #11 ranked Vitali Tsypko (21-2, 11 KOs) won a unanimous twelve round decision over WBC #10/IBF #10 David Gogiya (18-3, 4 KOs). Scores were 117-111, 117-111 and 117-111. read more ...

Nikolai Valuev 320.7 vs Jean-Francois Bergeron 229.5 Vitali Tsypko 167.1 vs David Gogiya 167.9 Alexander Frenkel 195.9 vs Michael Alexander 196.2 Francesco Pianeta 249.5 vs Colin Wilson 258.1 Mario Preskar 221.5 vs Miyan Solomons 232.5 read more ...