Floyd Mayweather Sr., the father and former trainer of WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs), spoke to BoxingScene.com about his son’s upcoming fight with WBA junior middleweight king Miguel Cotto (37-0, 32KOs), which takes place on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas read more ...

Former champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18KOs) is giving WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1, 15KOs) «two to three days» to accept a lucrative rematch offer. If Peterson rejects the offer of $1.5 million dollars, with a 50/50 split on the worldwide revenues, Khan will move forward with a new championship campaign at 147-pounds read more ...

WBC #6, WBA #13, and WBO #14-rated light heavyweight Isaac «Golden Boy» Chilemba (19-1-1, 9 KOs) scored a bloody ten round unanimous decision over Edison «Pantera» Miranda (35-7, 30 KOs) on Friday night at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas. Miranda was hampered by a cut on the side of the left eye that bled profusely after an unintentional headbutt in round three. Scores were 97-91, 96-92, 96-92 read more ...

The first HBO boxing card of 2012 is officially upon us as all participants made weight Friday afternoon for Saturday televised doubleheader live from the Alamodome in San Antonio read more ...

The weights are in for Saturday’s big event in Frankfurt, Germany. In the main event of the card being staged by Sauerland Event, Yoan Pable Hernandez defends his IBF cruiserweight title in a rematch with Steve Cunningham. In the co-feature, more cruiserweight action with Enad Licina taking on Alexander Akseev read more ...

According to figosport, Sebastian Zbik has an offer to fight WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm in April. The offer is claimed to be acceptable and that Zbik, currently in the United States, will sign the contract once he comes home. Earlier this week, Zbik relinquished earlier his position as mandatory challenger to EBU ruler Grzegorz Proksa, a fight that was set for March 2 and was to be promoted by Sturm Box Promotion read more ...

There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday party. The genial trainer got to see his old friend, and reminisce about good times. It was almost as if they were together in their prime again, and what a time that was read more ...

Grant Sawyer State Building, Las Vegas — The opponent is set for May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. During a hearing to obtain his boxing license in the state of Nevada, WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs) announced his next opponent, WBA junior middleweight king Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs), to the members of the Nevada State Athletic Commission read more ...

There’ll be a fighter. He’ll have an adversary. And together they’ll engage in a fight — or a series of fights — that’ll galvanize the boxing public and draw in the casual sports fan read more ...

The WBC has rejected Marco Antonio Rubio’s demand to replace Saturday’s referee, Lupe Garcia of Mexico. Rubio (53-5-1, 46KOs) challenges WMC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31KOs) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas read more ...