The weights are in for Saturday’s huge super middleweight collision. IBF champion Lucian Bute leaves the comforts of Montreal and defends his title against former two-time WBC champ Carl Froch at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. Both boxers easily made the division limit, with coming in at 11st 13lbs 5oz [167.7-pounds], while Bute came in at 11st 13lbs 12oz [167.1]. For the first time in his career read more ...

Manny Pacquiao is prepared for anything Timothy Bradley will bring to the ring when the pair clash at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on June 9. Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight belt and a 15-bout winning streak when he faces 28-year-old Bradley (28-0 12KOs), the current WBO light-welterweight champion read more ...

BoxingScene.com has been advised that a deal has been finalized for Arthur Abraham (34-3, 27KOs) to challenge WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (42-2, 23KOs) on August 25th at O2 World in Berlin, Germany. ARD will televise in Germany. A deal was reached between Sauerland Event and SES Boxing, who promote Stieglitz. Abraham has won two straight after losing three bouts in the Super Six tournament read more ...

Top Rank will promote a card on June 30 in the Mandalay Bay Events Center at the Mandalay Bay Hotel to be shown on HBO featuring Brandon Rios and Nonito Donaire in seperate bouts. The proposed July 14 PPV extravaganza at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas headlined by Juan Manuel Marquez is a no-go after no opponent could be agreed on for Marquez read more ...

The EBU council has accepted the request of Erol Ceylan, who heads EC Box Promotion and promotes EBU cruiserweight champ Aleksander Alekseev, to stage a rematch between Alekseev and Firat Arslan. The two fought to a draw earlier this month after twelve action-packed rounds that left both camps disappointed read more ...

WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO has opened the door to a world title shot for David Price. Klitschko holds four versions of the world heavyweight title but fancies a defence against the Liverpool bruiser. Price, 28, who defeated Sam Sexton to win the vacant British and Commonwealth titles on Saturday, wants a world title shot within 18 months read more ...

The WBA super bantamweight world champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux continues to train hard for his next fight on June 9th against Teon Kennedy, where the Cuban will defend for his belt for the first time since winning it in January of this year against Rico Ramos in Las Vegas. Rigondeaux-Kennedy is part of the pay-per-view card where Manny Pacquiao will defend his WBO championship against Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas read more ...

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has advised BoxingScene.com that a deal has been reached for Amir Khan (26-2, 18KOs) to challenge WBC junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia (23-0, 14KOs) in an HBO televised main event on July 14th, either from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California or the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas read more ...

Haye, 31, came out of retirement earlier this month and will face Dereck Chisora at Upton Park on July 14. But Bernd Boente, manager of both Klitschko brothers, says Haye had the chance to fight WBC heavyweight champ Vitali. He said: "There was a contract for Haye to fight Vitali in September but he chose to fight Chisora because it’s easier read more ...

Maidana moved up to welterweight for the fight, as did Alexander, and was toyed with. Now back at junior welterweight to defend his belt, Maidana (31-3, 28 KOs), the big puncher from Argentina, has been in Oxnard, Calif., working with new trainer Robert Garcia and looking forward to a return to action later this summer against an opponent to be determined read more ...