TELECAST NOTE: 2008 Olympian Gary Russell, Jr., takes on Alvaro Muro in a four-round featherweight bout Friday night before the SHOWTIME telecast begins. Between the two featured fights, highlights will … Read more

By P.H. Burbridge – Truly great fights nourish fans and make it possible for us to survive the long and sometimes unforgiving seasons between great match ups. The last fight … Read more

By Vivek Wallace: From the very beginning of its relevance the British sector has given the world of boxing some of its most amazing talent. As recent as Joe Calzaghe … Read more

PROVIDENCE (April 31, 2009) – Legendary boxers James “Buddy” McGirt, Sr. and “Irish” Micky Ward began a friendship in 1986 that continues today. They will reunite May 22nd at “Rage … Read more

WBC super-middleweight champion Carl Froch has told talkSPORT, the UK’s only national commercial speech radio station, that the recently retired Joe Calzaghe should STAY retired as the Nottingham fighter feels … Read more

By Vivek Wallace: In a sport consisting of 17 separate weight classes and hundreds of contenders contained within each, earning the most coveted status in the game comes with far … Read more

YERINGTON, NV (April 30, 2009) Super middleweight contender Jesse Brinkley has added former world champion Jermain Taylor to his “hit list” for a showdown this year. Taylor is coming off … Read more

iBN Sports announced that its Al Bernstein Boxing Channel (ABBC) will provide “up to the minute” weigh-in along with pre and post fight coverage of the May 2nd event, Manny … Read more

By Coach Tim Walker – It was only a short time ago that I contributed an article to Eastsideboxing.com titled “Jermain Taylor: World Class, Sure, All-Time Great, Not Quite.” The … Read more

After months of back and forth trash talking, Star Boxing’s WBA#5, WBC #10, and IBF #13 world rated heavyweight contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (21-0-1, 8KO) will face off against two-time … Read more