Bute-Pascal slated fo Jan. 18
Former light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal and ex-super middleweight titleholder Lucian Bute will fight on Jan. 18 at Bell Centre in Montreal. Their fight, a mega-bout in Canada, was originally scheduled for May 25 before a hand injury to Bute pushed it back.
read moreHopkins-Murat moved to Oct. 26
IBF light heavyweight titleholder Bernard Hopkins will make the first defense of his belt against Karo Murat on Oct. 26.
read moreQ&A Stevenson: Steward ‘believed in me’
RING light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson on Emanuel Steward: “When he saw me, he said, ‘You’re going to be a superstar in boxing.’ He told me, ‘You have amazing power.'”
read moreStevenson wants Hopkins, Ward after Cloud, Bellew
RING light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson is focused on Tavoris Cloud and Tony Bellew, even as he mulls the idea of eventually facing Bernard Hopkins or Andre Ward.
read moreHopkins-Murat slated for Oct. 19 in Atlantic City
IBF light heavyweight titleholder Bernard Hopkins is slated to make the first defense of his belt against Karo Murat on Oct. 19 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
read moreLem’s latest: Broner-Malignaggi a big draw
Adrien Broner’s split-decision victory over Paulie Malignaggi drew 1.3 million viewers, Showtime has reported.
read moreWill Froch get revenge versus Kessler? The experts weigh-in
IBF super middleweight beltholder and THE RING’s No. 1-rated 168 pounder Carl Froch has the home advantage on Saturday against THE RING’s No. 2-rated super middleweight Mikkel Kessler, who win their first clash by unanimous decision.
read moreLampley mulls Kessler-Froch II
Going into the anticipated HBO-televised Mikkel Kessler-Carl Froch rematch this Saturday, HBO commentator Jim Lampley considers Froch the better fighter and Kessler the better boxer.
read moreHopkins calls Murat ‘dangerous’
“I keep saying ‘I’m different’ because it is true and I’m going to prove it once again on July 13,” said 48-year-old Bernard Hopkins, referring to his upcoming fight with Karo Murat, who is 19 years younger.
read moreWard discusses Mayweather, Hopkins, Rigondeaux
Andre Ward said Bernard Hopkins “took a young fighter to school” in Tavoris Cloud, that Guillermo Rigondeaux “boxed beautifully” against Nonito Donaire, and that Floyd Mayweather Jr. “re-invented himself” against Robert Guerrero.
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