On Wednesday afternoon, boxing legends Mike Tyson and Roberto Duran were present at the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The two Hall of Fame boxers sat back and watched light heavyweights Edison Miranda (34-5, 29KOs) and Yordanis Despaigne (8-1, 4KOs) trade words during the final press conference read more ...

The 2011 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductions saw the biggest crowds in years witness the greatest class in years this weekend in Canastoa, New York as crowds enjoyed mild temperatures and braved a last second bout of early morning showers on Induction Sunday. Living inductees Ignacio «Nacho» Beristain, Kostya Tszyu, Joe Cortez, Julio Cesar Chavez, Sylvester Stallone and Mike Tyson all received their induction certificates read more ...

My knowledge of pigeons pretty much boils down to two things: They make an awful mess on my fire escape, and Mike Tyson has always been fascinated by them. That second item, like virtually everything else in America, has now given birth to a reality TV series, Taking on Tyson, in which various pigeon-racing enthusiasts will pit their flocks against Iron Mikes read more ...

Danish paper BT reports that the battle between old-timers Brian Nielsen and Evander Holyfield will go ahead on March 5 of next year in either Herning or Copenhagen. Nielsen is still in rehab training after knee surgery and not even he himself is certain the knee will hold up once the serious training begins read more ...

All of them are expected to appear on the TV channel UKRAINE, and its TV show The Contender. Well known boxing promoter and partner of the project Vadym Bukhkalov told that recently the contracts with the famous boxers Nikolai Valuev and Roy Jones Jr. had been signed read more ...

John Murray will defend his EBU lightweight title here in Manchester on Saturday the 25th of September against the Ukraine’s Andriy Kudriavtsev. Boxingscene’s sources claim that the fight will be promoted by Matchroom, who promoted Murray’s European title win over Gary Buckland back in May read more ...

IBF, WBO and IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KOs) will defend his titles against Russian Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KOs) on September 11. Venue will be the Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt, Germany, which will have a capacity of 54,000 on fight night. The Commerzbank-Arena is the home of German soccer team Eintracht Frankfurt. Alexander Povetkin, 2004 Olympic Champion in Athens, Greece, is rated #1 in the IBF and WBO rankings and the mandatory IBF challenger of Klitschko read more ...

Danny Williams has withdrawn from his British Heavyweight title defense against Derek Chisora at Wembley Arena on February 13 citing that he has a viral infection. Promoter Frank is now in talks with two boxers who hold wins over Williams to face Chisora instead on the huge Night of the Champions show read more ...

The prosectors' office in Los Angeles announced on Thursday that former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson would not face any charges for a scuffle that took place on November 11 at Los Angeles International Airport. Our friends at TMZ.com sent word that the City Attorney officially rejected the case citing "insufficient evidence." read more ...

Police are investigating conflicting accounts of an airport scuffle between Mike Tyson and photographer that resulted in both men being booked and released on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. The former heavyweight boxing champion and photographer Tony Echevarria, 50, want to press charges of misdemeanor battery against each other, police said read more ...