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Carl Frampton Confirms Promise With 7th Round TKO, The Rest of the Euro Action

By Geoff Poundes Ulsterman Carl Frampton, now 12-0, 8 KO’s, despatched his Scottish challenger Kris Hughes this evening after seven rounds of one-sided action in which the self-styled “Jackal” confirmed his early promise as Irish boxing’s next big thing. Frampton’s Commonwealth super-bantamweight crown remains firmly on the 24 year old’s head, but will surely be [...]

Provodnikov Wins In Six On Great Fight Night: FNF Recap

By Fox Doucette Russian prospect Ruslan Provodnikov (21-1, 14 KOs) continued his climb through the ranks on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, winning a minor WBO trinket at junior welterweight in a 6th round KO of severely overmatched local journeyman David Torres (21-3-2, 13 KOs), who has only one win in his last six fights. In [...]

Rigondeaux a Shining Example of “You play to win the game!”

Last weekend Cuban boxing star Guillermo Rigondeaux turned his undefeated opponent Rico Ramos into the proverbial deer in the headlights.  El Chacal did a pretty spot-on Floyd Mayweather impression, completely dominating without being forced to take many risks.  A masterful performance like the one we saw from Rigondeaux, now with nine victories in as many [...]

Teddy Atlas, Man of Integrity: The Southpaw

By Fox Doucette Michael Woods of ESPN and the Boxing Tribune’s own Kelsey McCarson have reported that Teddy Atlas is ending his trainer relationship with Alexander Povetkin, the best heavyweight not named Klitschko. Said Atlas: “Our agreement from the beginning has been that I would go to Russia to train Sasha when Friday Night Fights [...]

Anywhere, Anytime, Anyplace: Dhafir Smith’s Throwback Boxing Journey

Photos and story by Gary Purfield How many fighters today have records of 15-0 or 20-0?  How many of them are truly that good and how many of them are products of careful matchmaking and soft opposition?  On the flipside of the coin is the question, how many fighters out there are far better than [...]

Povetkin and Atlas Parting Ways

Michael Woods of ESPN.com is reporting that heavyweight Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16 KOs) and longtime trainer Teddy Atlas are parting ways– at least for his next fight and quite possibly forever. Povetkin, who currently holds something called the WBA “regular” heavyweight title, is scheduled to face top-ranked cruiserweight Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs) on February 25th in [...]

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  • Rakhim Chakhkiev vs. Alexander Kotlobay in a Cruiserweight matchup, Saturday January 28th

    Rakhim Chakhkiev vs. Alexander Kotlobay in a Cruiserweight matchup, Saturday January 28th

    Russian fighters Rakhim Chakhkiev (11-0, 9KOs) and Alexander Kotlobay (21-2-1, 15KOs) will face each other on Saturday, January 28th.  The fight will take place at the Elysee Grand Hotel in Hamburg, Germany. Chakhkiev is an undefeated southpaw who, at the age of twenty-nine, takes a half-step forward in his professional career with this bout.  His [...]

  • WBO Promotes Ricky Burns to World Champion as Marquez Steps Down

    WBO Promotes Ricky Burns to World Champion as Marquez Steps Down

    In a statement on their website, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) has officially removed Juan Manuel Marquez as its lightweight World Champion and promoted Scotland’s Ricky Burns from Interim Champion to World Champion. Marquez, who won the vacant title (along with the vacant WBA lightweight title) against Juan Diaz in 2009, agreed to vacate his [...]

  • Hopkins and Dawson Reach an Agreement on Rematch

    Hopkins and Dawson Reach an Agreement on Rematch

    An agreement has been reached for WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KOs) to defend his title against Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KOs) in a rematch of last October’s controversial two-round fight. The rematch is scheduled to take place on April 28th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The first [...]

  • Gennady Golovkin — Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam Ordered by WBA, Purse Bid on February 2

    Gennady Golovkin — Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam Ordered by WBA, Purse Bid on February 2

    The WBA, after going through 15 months with a “Super,” “Regular,” and “Interim” at 160 lbs., has finally ordered two of the three belts to be unified in an intriguing battle of unproven, but interesting young fighters– Gennady Golovkin (22-0, 19 KOs) and Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (26-0, 17 KOs).

  • Salgado to defend IBF title against Honorio in April

    Salgado to defend IBF title against Honorio in April

    Juan Carlos Salgado (24-1-1, 16 KOs) will put his IBF jr. lightweight crown on the line against top-rated Martin Honorio (32-6-1, 16 KOs) in April, according to numerous sources. A venue has yet to be determined. Salgado is a two-time world titlist, having first won gold with a shocking first-round KO victory over a heavily-favored [...]

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