Rising Mexican phenom Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (33-0-1, 25 KOs) who squares off against former World Champion Carlos “Tata” Baldomir (45-12-6, 14 KOs) and top junior welterweight contender “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (27-2-1, 21 KOs) who will face former World Champion “Vicious” Vivian Harris (29-4-1, 19 KOs) on September 18 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles which will be televised live on pay-per-view read more ...

Justice will be served. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that all three of the men responsible for the July 25 robbery/murder of former champion Vernon Forrest will face the death penalty. The Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard informed the paper that all three of the men will be indicted on Tuesday. Charmon Sinkfield, 30, Jquante Crews, 25, and DeMario Ware, 20, are all going face the ultimate price for read more ...

According to reports coming out of Altanta, Georgia, the third and final suspect in the robbery/murder of former champion Vernon Forrest, has been caught by police. Charmon Sinkfield, 30, was arrested by U.S. Marshalls on Wednesday night. He was caught during a traffic stop and is currently being questioned at Atlanta Police headquarters read more ...

Atlanta police have caught and charged 20-year-old Demario Ware in the murder of Vernon Forrest, which took place on July 25 near a gas station. Ware was charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery. Police told reporters that Ware is responsible for the robbery but he was not the triggerman who shot Forrest several times in the back read more ...

Detectives working the murder case of Vernon Forrest believe they will catch the killers responsible. Last Saturday in Atlanta, Forrest was shot seven to eight times in the back during a robbery near a gas station. While it was originally thought that two men were responsible, the police now say that three to four men could be involved. Forrest, also armed read more ...

Additional details have surfaced with respect to the murder of Vernon Forrest. The fighter was shot to death on Saturday night when two men robbed him in Atlanta, Georgia. There were several conflicting reports in the media but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution seems to have patched the entire story together read more ...

Recent WBC junior middleweight champion and 1992 U.S. Olympian Vernon Forrest was shot and killed Saturday night during an attempted carjacking, WSB Radio in Atlanta has reported, citing a police spokesman read more ...

The WBC has named interim champion Sergio Martinez as the full WBC super welterweight champion of the world, replacing Vernon Forrest, who has sustained an injury which is preventing him from defending his belt read more ...

BoxingScene.com has received confirmation that rumors of a possible clash between WBC junior middleweight champion Vernon Forrest and Arthur Abraham, the IBF middleweight champion - are indeed true. Sauerland Event, who promote Abraham, have reached out to Gary Shaw to make the fight happen. If the fight can be finalized, it would happen in the summer on Showtime. Abraham would travel to America for the fight. read more ...

Promoter Lou DiBella has told BoxingScene.com that he plans to push for Sergio Martinez to get his title shot at WBC junior middleweight champion Vernon Forrest. Martinez fought to a lackluster majority draw with Kermit Cintron on Saturday night in Sunrise, Florida. Most ringside observers felt Martinez was well ahead on points and should have won the fight. read more ...