Moments ago, the camp of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. informed Team Vanda that Chavez Jr. will not be able to make the contracted weight of 154 pounds for Saturday night's clash. According to Vanda's promoter Tony Grygelko, the new weight will be at 156, plus or minus a pound. Vanda said he agreed to the new weight terms because he didn't want to drain himself and come in at 153 or 154 for a few thousand dollars more just to have Chavez read more ...

Australia's IBF super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs) is confident of defeating the WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (36-3-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday to become unified champion when they clash at the Home Depot Centre, Carson, California. Referee will be Lou Moret and judges Pat Russell, Jack Reiss and Marty Denkin. Darchinyan said "I'm going to show a very good fight. I'm ready for this fight read more ...

After hearing that Alexander Povetkin pulled out and that current WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is looking for a new opponent for his next fight on December 13th, former WBC champion Oleg Maskaev said he'd be interested in the opportunity. Team Maskaev, however, expressed concern on Monday that they could be bypassed for the title shot by the man Maskaev knocked out twice, the second time for the title, former champ Hasim Rahman. 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 ...

The proposed bout between WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) and two-time former champion Hasim Rahman (45-6-2, 36KOs) is getting closer by the day. As previously reported, discussions took place over the weekend after IBF mandatory Alexander Povetkin injured his left foot during a training run last Friday and was forced to withdraw from the scheduled fight with Klitschko read more ...

When the news broke on Saturday that IBF mandatory Alexander Povetkin (16-0, 12KOs) had withdrawn, due to injury, from his Dec. 13 title bout with IBF/WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs), questions were raised as to Klitschko's possible options for the December date. As many already know, WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev is scheduled to return on the working date of December 20 read more ...

Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucien Bute (23-0, 18 KOs) barely made the second defense of his title against #1 ranked challenger Librado Andrade (27-2, 21 KOs) on Friday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Bute battered the iron-jawed Andrade for most the fight, dropping him in round ten. Bute chose to slug it out with Andrade in round twelve and paid the price as Andrade caught him and nearly had Bute out read more ...

While preparing for his showdown with David Haye on November 15 at The O2, Monte ‘Two Gunz’ Barrett has immersed himself in all the research and information he can muster on England’s hard-hitting heavyweight hope. It’s the 21st century and an old-school veteran like Barrett is enjoying all the perks read more ...

The hurdles continue to mount for a potential fight between WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito and former three-division belt winner "Sugar" Shane Mosley. Talks are still ongoing to make the fight happen at the end of January, but there are those in the mix who have serious doubts that HBO will put up enough money to make the fight a reality read more ...

46-year-old four-time former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield says he plans to permanently retire from boxing at the end of 2009 according to his hometown paper the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Evander also mentioned a possible fight with WBA champion Nikolai Valuev and stated that representatives of former champ Lennox Lewis had contacted him earlier this week about a possible fight. Holyfield was in court yesterday resolving a child support dispute with the mother of one of his 11 children. All told, the AJ-C reports that Holyfield's child support payments could run as high as $500,000 annually. read more ...