Junior welterweight Lamont Peterson has reportedly tested positive for synthetic testosterone, according to Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Peterson’s upcoming HBO televised defense of his WBA/IBF titles, against Amir Khan on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, is now in jeopardy. Khan and Peterson had agreed, as part of their rematch terms, to take part in a random drug testing protocol read more ...

Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr (43-0, 26 KOs) dethroned WBA super welterweight world champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs) by twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. A good competitive fight. Floyd had the edge in most rounds over the first six rounds, but Cotto had his moments. Cotto was determined to take the fight to Mayweather and bloodied his nose early on read more ...

Unbeaten heavyweight Kubrat Pulev (16-0, 8 KOs) claimed the vacant European title with an eleventh round KO over 6’7 Alexander Dimitrenko (32-2, 21 KOs). Pulov outworked Dimitrenko, who seemed to lose his confidence as the bout progressed. The end came in the eleventh when Pulev put Dimitrenko down for the count with a jab. Time was 2:59 read more ...

The stage is set for Saturday night. In the HBO pay-per-view main event, for the WBA junior middleweight title, champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs) came in at 154-pounds at the limit. Floyd «Money» Mayweather (42-0, 26KOs) weighed 151-pounds. Youth vs. Experience — WBC junior middleweight champion Saul «Canelo» Alvarez weighed in at 154-pounds at the limit read more ...

Hassan N’Dam N’Jikan re-entered the alphabet title fray with a 12-round decision win over Max Bursak in their middleweight fight Friday evening at Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France. The battle of unbeaten middleweights was awkward at times, with frequent clinching and grappling. N’Dam N’Jikan even found himself read more ...

In the main event of the evening WBO World middleweight Champion Dmitry Pirog (Russia) kept his boxing record flawless and defended his title in good style against former WBA «regular» World light middleweight belt-holder Nobuhiro Ishida (Japan). During twelve action-package rounds Pirog completely outthinking and outlandind tough challenger. Ishida showed great chin and tried to change course of fight till the final bell read more ...

Narvaez controlled the action throughout by coming forward, crowding Cabrera, and smothering him with flurries. Cabrera tried to land the heavier shots but struggled to hit the quicker Narvaez read more ...

Unbeaten former bantamweight world champion Abner Mares (24-0-1, 13 KOs) hammered out a twelve round unanimous decision over former two-time world champion Eric «Little Hands of Steel» Morel (46-3, 23 KOs) to claim the vacant WBC super bantamweight belt on Saturday night at UTEP’s Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. Mares was faster and busier as he piled up the rounds en route to a 120-107, 119-109, 119-109 read more ...

Former World Champion Victor Ortiz, Former Three-Division World Champion Humberto Soto, President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De la Hoya and former World Champion Andre Berto pose on April 16, 2012 in Los Angeles, California at the press conference to officially announce Ortiz’s and Berto’s June 23, 2012 rematch at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and Soto’s fight against top rated super lightweight contender Lucas Matthysse in the co-feature, both of which will be televised live on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing read more ...

Super middleweight George Groves (14-0, 11KOs) has announced that he suffered an injury in training, which didn’t heal in time, and he’s been forced to withdraw from his upcoming fight with WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23KOs), scheduled to take place on Sauerland Event’s big show on May 5th in Germany. Groves previously suffered an injury which forced him to withdraw from read more ...