Native New Yorkers Dmitriy Salita and Luis Collazo thrilled a packed house that included former world champions Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi and Iran “The Blade” Barkley at the Oceana Hall in Coney Island, Brooklyn in separate bouts on Wednesday night, each scoring decisive victories over their opponents read more ...

Dmitry Salita 149 vs. Ronnie Warrior, Jr., 148 Also on the card: former WBA welterweight title-holder Luis Collazo and former Golden Gloves champion Rafael Vasquez. Tickets ranging from $125 to $40 can be purchased at dsalita.com read more ...

Former #1 super lightweight contender Dmitriy Salita (30-1-1, 16 KOs) announced today that his next fight will be on September 1st at Oceana Hall in Brooklyn, New York. Dmitriy will be playing dual roles on September 1 as both fighter and promoter. “Oceana was the first venue that I fought in NY, I thought it would be great to come back to my neighborhood and do the first card as a promoter in my community,” he said read more ...

BoxingScene.com has heard some serious talk going around the industry that Amir Khan will vacate the junior welterweight title if the WBA forces him to fight Marcos Maidana next. Back in June, Maidana stopped Victor Ortiz in June to pick up the WBA' interim-title at 140-pounds read more ...

WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KOs) destroyed previously unbeaten Dmitiry Salita (30-1-1, 16 KOs) in the first round on Saturday night at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England. Khan decked Salita immediately with a right hand, and Salita was sent down again from a barrage of punches. The fight was finally stopped by referee Luis Pabon after the third knockdown. The fight lasted 76 seconds read more ...

The weights are in for tomorrow's big junior welterweight clash at the Metro Centre in Newscastle, England. WBA champion Amir Khan was half a pound under the limit at 139.5, while mandatory challenger Dimitriy Salita had to strip naked to make the division limit of 140-pounds. According to Khan, there are reports that Salita struggled to make weight and may be a bit drained coming into tomorrow's bout read more ...

Over the last few months, WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has been involved in a domestic back and forth war of words with WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch. There appears to be a lot of tension between the two. Froch has taken some direct shots at Khan over his performances and stature. Khan believes the feud has to do with jealousy on the part of Froch read more ...

Trainer Freddie Roach says WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan can easily move up to welterweight and beyond, and win titles in multiple divisions like Manny Pacquiao. Roach trains both fighters and has them spar often during training camp. Khan defends his title against undefeated Dimitry Salita in Newcastle on December 5 read more ...

Dmitriy Salita has stoked up the pressure ahead of his crunch clash with Amir Khan by branding the British boxer as ‘chinny’. Salita, 27 and the holder of a 30-0-1 (16) record, told The Jewish Community online that Amir’s chin won’t be able to pass the power test come December the 5th read more ...

WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has compared the style of his next opponent, unbeaten Dmitriy Salita, to ex-champ Andreas Kotelnik. Khan defends against Salita on December 5 in Newcastle. Khan says the style of Salita is going to hurt him due to a suspect defense. Khan says Salita will provide him with the perfect fight to showcase his skills read more ...