Photos by Big Joe Miranda Yesterday Saul Alvarez had center stage, today was European welterwight champion Matthew Hatton’s turn to show his stuff to the press. Hatton, along with brother Ricky Hatton and promoter Oscar de la Hoya were on hand Wednesday at the Wild Card Gym. Also in attendance were undefeated prospect Adrien Broner [...]

By Gabriel F. Cordero The Puerto Rico Professional Boxing Commission of Puerto Rico along with WBA Gilberto Mendoza recognized the best of 2010 in the town of Santurce, Puerto Rico. One of the highlights was an emotional Mendoza presenting at a time with much emotion, presented super featherweight champion Samuel Serrano to replace one he [...]

Undefeated WBC number one cruiserweight contender, Francisco ‘The Wizard’ Palacios ( 20-0,13KO’s ) weighed exactly 210 pounds during the 30 day pre-weigh ceremony for his upcoming fight against current WBC champion, Krzysztof ‘Diablo’ Wlodarczyk ( 44-2, 32 KO’s ) on April 2, 2011 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. “I have to thank God for giving me the [...]

Hall of Fame promoters Bob Arum and Don King recently had dinner together at “Morton’s The Steakhouse” in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Listening to these two giants of the fight game (and legendary rivals) talk business and reminisce for the better part of two hours was pure gold. Here’s a short video clip that captured a [...]

Looks like former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs) will return against unbeaten, but unknown Texan Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KOs) on the undercard of the May 7 Pacquiao-Mosley PPV clash in Las Vegas. Pavlik’s trainer Jack Lowe confirmed to the Youngstown Vindicator that Kelly’s handlers have approved Lopez to be his first foe [...]

By Mariano A. Agmi On facing Sergei Dzinziruk: “I don’t want easy fights – this year I want to be recognized as the best fighter pound for pound and since Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao won’t face me, Sergei Dzinziruk is the best challenge for me right now. Dzinziruk is a gifted technical fighter. He’s [...]

Official weigh-in results for Thursday’s UFC on VERSUS: Sanchez vs. Kampmann event, headlined by the welterweight bout between Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann, and the middleweight showdown between Mark Munoz and CB Dollaway. UFC: Sanchez vs. Kampmann will air live on VERSUS from the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, beginning at 9pm ET / [...]