By Josh Morgan This weekend sees an action packed schedule of boxing. With two world title fights on the line and a title fight eliminator. Fans will be licking their lips at the prospect of an exciting night of boxing that hopefully does not disappoint. The most anticipated fight of the evening will certainly be [...]

At a press conference held today, Holly Holm announced that she will be retiring from boxing in order to devote all her efforts going forward to an MMA career.  The announcement came at a media luncheon held at the Albuquerque International Airport. Holm is scheduled to face Mary McGee on May 11, in a bout [...]

Once again, Kell Brook and Devon Alexander have hit a snag before meeting for their world title fight.  This time, a foot injury has forced Brook to withdraw from the May 18 fight with IBF welterweight champion Alexander. Eddie Hearn, the promoter for Brook is hoping the fight can be scheduled for a date later [...]

Chris John, making another defense against a lackluster foe, saw his bout end in a technical draw Sunday at the Indoor Tennis Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.  A clash of heads between John and Satoshi Hosono resulted in John receiving a nasty gash over his right eye.  The bout was stopped before going the required four [...]

Following the loss of his WBO, Ring Magazine and WBC Diamond Belt super bantamweight championships to Guillermo Rigondeaux on Saturday night in New York City, Nonito Donaire plans to move up in weight for his next fight.  There, he has his eyes on a meeting with former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez to take [...]

105 Wins. 2 Losses. 2 Draws. The combined records of the six combatants tell the story of what a great show it will be on Friday, April 19, 2013, at the ESPN-televised tripleheader entitled “Fortuna vs. Zamudio”, presented by Sampson Boxing at the Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City. Scheduled to air live on [...]

By Nick Bellafatto Two time Cuban Olympic Gold Medalist and WBA titlist Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KO’s) of Miami, Florida would as the superior ring technician dictate terms to unanimously decision pound-for-pound Las Vegas resident and WBO champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (31-2. 20 KO’s). The final tallies before a packed house [...]

By Ian S Palmer Two of the world’s super bantamweight (jr. featherweight) titles will be unified this Saturday April 13 when Nonito Donaire, the Filipino Flash will take on Cuba’s Guillermo Rigondeaux. The 30-year-old Donaire is the WBO titleholder while the 32-year-old Rigondeaux holds the WBA version of the championship. The bout will take place [...]

By Zach Cooper As boxing fans await the soap opera to sort itself out regarding Manny Pacquiao and his inevitable fifth meeting with encounter with Juan Manuel Marquez, other boxers have been pulled into the drama. Brandon Rios, Timothy Bradley and Mike Alvarado also are waiting to see if that fight can be made.  Their [...]

By Nick Bellafatto Appearing to be an encounter of epic proportions taking place inside New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall this Saturday night, Ring Magazine’s 122 pound champion and WBO titlist Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (31-1, 20 KO’s) out of Las Vegas, Nevada, is looking to continue his winning ways against Miami, [...]

By Nick Bellafatto In what many perceive as a clash of little titans, pound-for-pound prizefighter and WBO junior featherweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (31-1, 20 KO’s), now a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, would after a few hitches finally consummate a deal to contest with highly touted Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 [...]

This week on the Jeff Mayweather Show, we welcomed Ryan Martinez, Bellator heavyweight fighter.  Ryan is one of Jeff’s growing stable of MMA fighters.  He trains extensively alongside both Roy Nelson and King Mo, and is quickly making a name for himself in Bellator. Tune in to the Jeff Mayweather Show each week as Jeff, [...]

Mary Yeaman found out in 2006 that she had Parkinson’s disease.  She was barely able to go outside, her muscles had grown weak and she found it hard to deal with her situation. “I’ve always done sports and stuff like that, and it was getting to be too much just sitting and doing nothing,” she [...]

Top Rank & Caribe Promotions  Conference Call Transcript  Tuesday, April 9, 2013  Manhattan  FRED STERNBURG: This is Top Rank’s fourth great boxing event in the span of five weeks. This Saturday it’s 2012 Fighter of the Year and WBO junior featherweight champn Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire taking on undefeated WBA Super Bantamweight Champion and former [...]

April 8, 2013 – I am pleased to announce that according to laboratory results I am not under suspicion of having taken a banned substance in connection with my bout against Lamont Peterson. We have received an email from Dr. David Eichner, Director of the WADA accredited Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory that my results [...]

By Albert Alvarez Saturday, April 13, 2013 Radio City Music Hall, New York City. Live on HBO Nonito Donaire(31-1) vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux(11-0)-  To the naked eye, both fighters are viewed as being very similar counter punching, fast, power punching fighters.  However, I do not see them as such.  Nonito to me has more of an [...]

Carl “The Truth” Williams, best known for his two times challenging for the heavyweight championship of the world, has passed away.  He was just 53, but had been battling oesophageal cancer for a long time, finally losing his fight on April 7. It was his fight with Mike Tyson, who at the time was at [...]

A female fighter in MMA named Fallon Fox recently revealed that she was a transgender, and wished to continue her career, fighting as a woman.  Obviously, the revelation caused a lot of controversy, and debate has raged ever since.  Should a transgender woman be allowed to compete in combat sports?  Are there differences between men [...]

By John-Paul Wolfe When developing a young, ultra-talented fighter, the likes of Adrien Broner, match making is a key element which can make or break a career.  Throw a guy to wolves, and even if he makes it out unbeaten, he may not have developed championship level confidence, or had the chance to showcase his skills [...]

By Jack Sumner With a population of 1.35 billion people and the world’s fastest growing economy, China is often seen by entrepreneurial spirits as the land of opportunity. Ever since Deng Xiaoping opened China to the global market in the late seventies and pledged ‘to get rich is glorious’, the world’s most populous nation has [...]

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97. ‘Mile High’ Mike Alvarado avenged the only loss of his career the other night with a career-best performance that earned him a unanimous decision victory over the highly-rated former world champion Brandon ‘Bam Bam’ Rios. It was an emphatic and impressive victory that could have risen Alvarado’s stock massively. The 32-year [...]