Feb

Anselmo Moreno-Javier Nicolas Chacon on March 22

Longtime WBA bantamweight titleholder Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno will return to the ring on March 22 against Javier Nicolas Chacon in Panama City, Panama, to defend his title for the 12th time.

Feb

HBO to show ‘Road To Chavez-Vera II’ on Feb. 17

by Lem Satterfield

HBO will air a special 15-minute preview of the 168-pound rematch of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s controversial win over Bryan Vera last September.

Feb

Germany to host Wladimir Klitschko-Alex Leapai on April 26

by Lem Satterfield

RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, holder of the IBF, WBA and WBO belts, will defend his titles against Alex Leapai on April 26 in Oberhausen, Germany.

Feb

Floyd Mayweather Jr. asks fans: Amir Khan or Marcos Maidana?

by Lem Satterfield

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has stated on his Twitter account that he will allow his fans to decide whether his next opponent will be England’s Amir Khan or Argentina’s Marcos Maidana.

Jan

Magomed Abdusalamov ‘improving’ after skull surgery

by Lem Satterfield

After having had a portion of his skull replaced at New York’s St. Luke’s Hospital last week, Magomed “Mago” Abdusalamov is expected to soon return to West Haverstraw, N.Y., where he is undergoing rehabilitation.

Jan

Richard Schaefer: ‘I’m fully behind’ Victor Ortiz

by Lem Satterfield

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer expressed his support for Victor Ortiz in the wake of Thursday night’s second-round knockout loss to Luis Collazo, which represented Ortiz’s third straight stoppage defeat.

Jan

Gennady Golovkin, Osumanu Adama weigh 159.2

by Lem Satterfield

Undefeated WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin and Saturday’s challenger, Osumanu Adama, each weighed in at 159.2 pounds for their clash in Monte Carlo.

Jan

BWAA honors Floyd Mayweather Jr. as Fighter of the Year

by Lem Satterfield

The Boxing Writers Assoc. of America voted Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the Fighter of the Year for 2013. The organization also honored Tim Bradley and Ruslan Provodnikov (Fight of the Year), Freddie Roach (Trainer of The Year), and Al Haymon (Manager of the Year).

Jan

Lem’s latest: Adonis Stevenson-Sergey Kovalev on tap?

by Lem Satterfield

The promoters of RING light heavyweight champ Adonis Stevenson and WBO titleholder Sergey Kovalev, the two hardest-hitting fighters in the 175-pound division, could meet in an anticipated showdown at the end of the summer or early fall.

Jan

Beibut Shumenov on near-death, Bernard Hopkins, Sergey Kovalev

by Lem Satterfield

WBA light heavyweight beltholder Beibut Shumenov talks about his near-death experience as an infant, called IBF counterpart Bernard Hopkins “the best champion” in the 175-pound division, and said he was shocked to hear the controversial comments that WBO titleholder Sergey Kovalev recently made about African Americans.