Mikkel Kessler and Danilo Haussler have voiced their confidence ahead of Saturday´s WBA super-middleweight title fight in Oldenburg, Germany. After both fighters underwent a brief public practice session today, they answered questions from the media in great detail. "I never underestimate my opponents," the Danish champion said. "Danilo Haussler is physically very strong but I have advantages when it comes down read more ...

Speaking with BoxingScene.com’s Jose “OnFire” Aguirre, Bernard Hopkins, at age 43, says that he is finally starting to get tired of fighting. The only thing that can motivate him to fight again is facing the winner of Roy Jones Jr. vs. Joe Calzaghe, scheduled for November 8. The future of another Hopkins fight is riding on the shoulders of Jones. Calzaghe, who won a close decision over Hopkins in April read more ...

Speaking with BoxingScene.com's Bill Emes, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik tried to make sense of what went wrong last Saturday in Atlantic City when he was dominated by Bernard Hopkins over twelve rounds. Pavlik moved up to a catch-weight of 170-pounds. Some felt he looked sluggish when he fought the February rematch with Jermain Taylor at 166, and looked even more sluggish as a light heavyweight read more ...

In a non-title light heavyweight shocker, 43-year-old former middleweight champion and ring legend Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) stunned previously unbeaten, current WBC/WBO world middleweight champion, and 4:1 betting favorite Kelly Pavlick (34-1, 30 KOs) taking a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night before 11,332 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Hopkins looked like the younger read more ...

Kelly Pavlik 169 vs Bernard Hopkins 170 Steve Luevano 126 vs Billy Dib 126 (WBO featherweight title) Marco Antonio Rubio 159 vs Enrique Ornelas 160 (WBC middleweight eliminator) Daniel Jacobs 166 vs Tyrone Watson 163 read more ...

On December 13, IBF mandatory Alexander Povetkin is planning to show the world that IBF/WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko is the past. The battle of Olympic Gold Medal winners will take place at the SAP Arena in Mannheim. Povetkin believes that Klitschko is his big chance to make a statement. "I will snatch the world title from Klitschko," Povetkin said. "Now I am here. I am the future." read more ...

WBC feather champ Oscar Larios (64-6-1, 40 KOs), 126, barely kept his belt as he came off the canvas from a very bad knockdown in the fourth, and withstood shaky moments to be awarded a highly controversial split decision (114-112, 115-111 and 112-114) over previously unbeaten Japanese southpaw Takahiro Aoh (16-1-1, 8 KOs), 126, over twelve heats on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. Aoh looked a winner rather than Larios, so the spectators were stunned by the debatable verdict. read more ...

In a brief but direct, respectful but confident showdown of trainers, Jack Loew, representing Kelly Pavlik, and Nazim Richardson, from the camp of Bernard Hopkins, both predicted wins for their fighters Saturday night in Atlantic City. Fighting at a catchweight of 170, Pavlik will move up from his reign at middleweight to fight the former middleweight king, now campaigning at light-heavyweight read more ...

Enzo Calzaghe, trainer of Joe Calzaghe and other UK fighters, has taken a hefty swing at WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, calling him the worst heavyweight champion that he ever saw. He says that David Haye beating Klitschko would not be an impressive accomplishment. And went as far as to say that he could beef up his son Joe, who would probably beat Klitschko read more ...

WBC heavyweight mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez is well known to WBC champion Vitali Klitschko, who regained the belt Saturday night against Sam Peter. For several years both fought for Universum Box-Promotion in Hamburg. "I have always been the best fighter in the Universum Gym," proclaimed Gomez. "And both Klitschkos knew that. I was WBC International champion before Vitali made his pro debut read more ...