Chad Dawson vs Adonis Stevenson Preview June 8

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By Ian S Palmer The Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada will host the WBC light heavyweight Championship showdown this Saturday June 8 when champion Chad Dawson of America takes on challenger Adonis Stevenson of Canada. The 35-year-old Stevenson is a southpaw who carries an impressive record of 20-1 with 17 Kos while the 30-year-old Dawson [...]

Marco Huck vs Ola Afolabi Preview June 8

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By Ian S Palmer Marco Huck of Serbia and Ola Afolabi of Britain will be meeting in the ring for the third time this weekend when they square off against each other in Berlin, Germany on Saturday June 8. Huck will once again be putting his WBO Cruiserweight title on the line. The champion will [...]

Maidana-Lopez, Lara-Angulo, a last look

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By Nick Bellafatto Live from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California this Saturday night, to be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing, Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) of Buenos Aires, Argentina will in the main event defend his WBA Intercontinental Championship against Riverside, California’s own Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18 KO’s). And in what [...]

Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi preview

Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi preview

By John-Paul Wolfe Welterweight champion, Paulie ‘the magic man’ Malignaggi will defend his WBA title against twenty three year old, undefeated Adrian Broner, on June 22nd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn NY. The experienced boxer, Malignaggi, will have his hands full with the speed and power possessed by the young challenger, and although Broner is [...]

Jeff Mayweather on Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo, haters, more

Jeff Mayweather on Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo, haters, more

The most anticipated fight in boxing has now been agreed to, and almost everyone has given their thoughts on the September 14 clash between Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez.  It’s only natural to get the thoughts of those closest to the fighters, and here we spent a few minutes with boxing trainer, and uncle of [...]

Kevin Newman II eager to get back to work following medical clearance

Kevin Newman II eager to get back to work following medical clearance

While Jeff Mayweather gets a lot of attention for the high profile fighters he works with in both boxing and MMA, it is some of his amateur fighters that get him the most excited when he goes to work every day. One of these fighters is Kevin Newman II, an impressive amateur Jeff has worked [...]

Tony Bellew vs Isaac Chilemba Preview May 25

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By Ian S Palmer The O2 Arena in London, England will host the rematch between light heavyweights Tony Bellew and Isaac Chilemba this Saturday May 25. This will be a 12-round elimination bout with the winner supposedly getting a shot at the WBC world title, which is held by Chad Dawson of America. These two [...]

George Groves vs Noe Gonzalez Alcoba Preview May 2

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By Ian S palmer Super middleweight contender George Groves of England will be taking on Noe Gonzalez Alcoba of Uruguay at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday May 25. This 12-round but will be for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental Championship. The unbeaten Groves carries a record of 18-0 with him with 14 Kos while the veteran [...]

One on One with Paulie Malignaggi

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By Albert Alvarez Paulie Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner is for the WBA welterweight championship, set for June 22nd at Barclays Center on Showtime. AA- Alright, let’s start this off by talking about your next opponent, Adrien Broner. You have mentioned that he has looked good mostly due to the fighters that have been hand picked [...]

More than just boxers train at the Mayweather Boxing Club

More than just boxers train at the Mayweather Boxing Club

The Mayweather Boxing Club has become somewhat of a Mecca for boxing fans. Tourists from all over the world who visit Las Vegas, often make the short trip from The Strip into Chinatown to catch a glimpse of the gym where Floyd Mayweather prepares for his fights, along with dozens of other fighters at various stages in their [...]

Devon Alexander vs Lee Purdy Prediction

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By Ian S Palmer Devon Alexander vs Lee Purdy Preview May 18 IBF Welterweight Champion Devon Alexander of the U.S. will be attempting to hold onto his title when he meets Britain’s Lee Purdy at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday May 18. Alexander will climb through the ring ropes with a record [...]

Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Matthysse Prediction

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By Ian S Palmer Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Matthysse Preview May 18 The Lamont Peterson vs Lucas Matthysse bout At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on May 18 should be quite a battle even though neither of the boxers are putting their titles on the line. The American Peterson is the IBF Junior Welterweight [...]

Matthysse vs. Peterson, a stellar non-title affair

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By Nick Bellafatto In what first appears as slight of hand by the IBF in wanting to allow its current 140-pound champion Lamont “Havoc” Peterson (31-1-1, 16 KO’s) to retain his belt, this by way of not coming to terms with Argentinian opponent Lucas Martin Matthysse (33-2, 31 KO’s), rather this weekends much anticipated showdown [...]

Maricela Cornejo receives nasty email courtesy of Holly Lawson

Maricela Cornejo receives nasty email courtesy of Holly Lawson

By Michele Emrick In a sport that is largely lacking in stars, and losing the few they have to other endeavors such as MMA, Maricela Cornejo thinks she has what it takes to make it to the top of her profession.  And so far, so good.  Her 2-0 record certainly doesn’t give a lot to [...]

Jessica Rakoczy looking for recognition in MMA

Jessica Rakoczy looking for recognition in MMA

Despite a fantastic career as a boxer, in which she has won multiple world titles and beaten some of the sport’s biggest names, Jessica Rakoczy remains almost completely unknown.  Other than the few who follow the women closely, her talents as a fighter have gone unrecognized.  So, like many female fighters who have gone under [...]

The Jeff Mayweather Show w/ James “Bonecrusher” Smith

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This week on the Jeff Mayweather Show, former heavyweight champion James “Bonecrusher” Smith stopped by to talk about his amazing career, as well as his post-fight endeavors. During his lengthy career, Smith had more than his share of ups and downs.  The first heavyweight champion to have a college degree, he was also the first [...]

Ricardo Mayorga has win overturned

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The strange trip of former boxing star, Ricardo Mayorga, into the world of MMA took yet another strange twist when his May 3 win over Wesley Tiffer was changed to a no-contest by the Nicaraguan MMA commission. Prior to the contest, Mayorga tipped the scales at 175.9 pounds, well over the lightweight limit, for the [...]

10 Random Questions: Jeff, Roger & Floyd Mayweather

10 Random Questions: Jeff, Roger & Floyd Mayweather

In this special edition of 10 Random Questions, we got all three of the Mayweather brothers together! Find out who each of them would have liked to train, what they think of Ruben Guerrero’s wardrobe, and their answers to a variety of other questions.

Lanell Bellows got things started for The Money Team in impressive fashion

Lanell Bellows got things started for The Money Team in impressive fashion

The Money Team completed an impressive 6-0 run on Saturday night, when in the main event, Floyd Mayweather cruised to an easy decision over Robert Guerrero.  Prior to that, fans were witness to impressive performances by fighters like Badou Jack and Luis Arias, as well as a much closer fight when J’Leon Love took a [...]

J’Leon Love and Gabe Rosado have different takes on their fight

J’Leon Love and Gabe Rosado have different takes on their fight

On Saturday night, middleweight J’Leon Love captured his first title when he claimed the NABF strap with a close, many say controversial, decision over Gabe Rosado.  When the split decision verdict was announced, a loud chorus of “Boo’s” were heard throughout the MGM Grand Garden Arena.  Particularly disturbing for many was the 97-92 score given [...]

Jeff Mayweather discusses Floyd’s performance against Guerrero

Jeff Mayweather discusses Floyd’s performance against Guerrero

While his brothers Floyd and Roger worked the corner of Floyd Mayweather Jr. this past weekend, Jeff Mayweather sat just a few rows from the ring watching with the thousands of other spectators at the MGM Grand Areana in Las Vegas, as his nephew won a unanimous decision against Robert Guerrero.  Just like nearly all [...]