Former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy will be out of action for 9-12 months, reports the St. Pete Times. Lacy suffered a torn rotator cuff in his left shoulder during his bout in Tampa Saturday night against Vitali Tsypko and is expected to have surgery in the next few days read more ...

It was a typical Winky Wright performance during Wright's homecoming in front of a big crowd in Tampa after a 14 year hiatus. Wright (51-3-1, 25 KOs) completely dominated Ike Quartey (37-4-1, 31 KOs) over twelve rounds at the St Pete Times Forum. Wright was credited with knockdowns in rounds two and seven, but the first seemed to be a slip and the second was simply a blown call. Scores were 117-110, 117-110, 117-109 read more ...

Oscar De La Hoya hosted the final press event before “The Heat Is On” headlined by Winky Wright against Ike Quartey this Saturday night in Tampa, Florida. De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, along with Winky Productions and DiBella Entertainment, is promoting the event. Both Wright and Quartey seemed to be relaxed at the press conference, but Jeff Lacy, fighting in the co-main event against Vitali Tsypko, was all business read more ...

Winky Wright has informed Boxingtalk.com that former super middleweight champion Jeff "Left-Hook" Lacy will face Vitali Tsypko in a rematch of their 2004 no-contest. Lacy-Tsypko II will be the televised co-feature to Wright-Quartey and will be shown live on HBO World Championship Boxing read more ...