According to WBO interim-lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-02, 9KOs), a gang of thugs tried to ambush him during a morning run. Burns was out jogging in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire and he was confronted with verbal abuse by a group of youths, who chas...
According to undefeated middleweight contender Martin Murray (23-0-1, 10KOs), promoter Lou DiBella needs to offer more money if he wants him to face Irish star Andy Lee (27-1, 19KOs) in Madison Square Garden on March 17th, as part of the undercard to...
According to KVIA, undefeated heavyweight contender David Rodriguez (36-0, 34KOs) was attacked and stabbed at a club last Friday morning in Scotsdale, Arizona. Rodriguez and a friend were attacked as they left the club. Scottsdale police arrived to t...
According to Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, the Nevada State Athletic Commission will not issue Victor Ortiz a license to box in their state - until the former welterweight champion explains a controversial comment which he made in a recent...
Amir Khan's appeal to get a rematch with Lamont Peterson will be heard by the IBF in January. On December 10th, Peterson won a twelve round split decision over Khan to capture the WBA/IBF titles. Khan and his team are appealing the two point deductio...
Junior welterweight contender Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KOs) is currently negotiating a deal to return to the ring in late February or early March of next year. The boxer last appeared in September, winning a twelve round decision over Breidis Prescot...
Super middleweight Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13KOs) makes his return on Friday night against Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10KOs) at the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, California. It will be Dirrell's first fight since suffering an injury in his dis...
Super middleweight Carl Froch (28-2, 20KOs) is not going to suffer in the WBC rankings. On December 17th, Froch lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Andre Ward, who unified the WBC/WBA titles and won the Super Six Boxing Classic. The WBC release...
WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11KOs) is hoping Carl Froch (28-0, 20KOs) moves up to 175-pounds by end of 2012 for a big domestic showdown. Cleverly defends his title on February 25th in Cardiff. No opponent has been set. Comin...
The retired Joe Calzaghe told his personal website, that he would have been too strong and too fast for WBA/WBC Andre Ward - if the fighters would have met in Calzaghe's prime. Calzaghe (46-0, 32KOs), who retired undefeated in 2009, won every major t...
WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1, 15KOs) called it "an honor" to be mentioned as a possible opponent for WBO welterweight king Manny Pacquiao. Peterson recently pulled off the biggest victory of his career, when he came from...
In the last few days, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received a voluminous amount of requests pertaining to any and all information related to Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s three month stay at the Clark County Detention Center. So many request...
The holidays are not bright for heavyweight contender Amir Mansour (16-0), who received a 14-month prison sentence for violating his probation, according to the News Journal. Mansour, 38-years-old, returned to boxing after serving over an eight year...
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum informed the Manila Bulletin that he plans to present three possible options to Manny Pacquiao for a posssible defense of the WBO welterweight title in either April or May. Arum plans to meet with Pacquiao in the first week of...
Lou DiBella, who promotes top welterweight Andre Berto, believes Amir Khan should seriously consider staying at 140-pounds. DiBella watched Khan's recent split decision loss to Lamont Peterson and wasn't impressed with the British star's inability t...