Posts by Staff

NEW YORK (July 21, 2009)—SHOWTIME Sports® Super Six World Boxing Classic, the groundbreaking six-man super middleweight tournament announced last week, will debut with two Group Stage 1 matchups on Saturday,…

Los Angeles, CA July, 17 2009—WBA Welterweight Super Champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley announced today that he is ready to go after Manny Pacquiao’s IBO Junior Welterweight Championship belt and for…

LOS ANGELES (July 19, 2009) -- Undefeated Top-Five super welterweight contender and The Son of The Legend, JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ, Jr., has been forced off the card for the upcoming…

Skating beauty has admiration for the sweet science Oksana Baiul's challenging life as an up and coming figure skater could resemble that of many striving prizefighters. Her mother died of…

Though the biggest fight in boxing is looking like a pipe dream at the moment - primarily due to Mayweather's lack of interest to compete against a dangerous and prime…

(Aston, PA)— The opponent has been named and Sugar Ray Jr. has alot to say. Actor Joe Parkinson from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania has stepped up for this challenge. Sugar Ray…

The long-awaited epic showdown between two of the most accomplished heavyweight Mixed Martial Arts warriors has another unique angle: Soon-to-be arch rivals Fedor Emelianenko and Josh Barnett are close friends,…

BILOXI, Miss. (July 15, 2009) – Two of the best left-hook punchers in boxing, 8-time world boxing champion Roy Jones, Jr. (53-5, 39 KOs) and former 2-time super middleweight title-holder…

Roy "Captain Hook" Jones Jr. Ready for Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy on August 15 Jones dressed as "Captain Hook" for Wednesday's press conference at Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS Photos…

The World Boxing Council joins the family of Arturo Gatti during these difficult times of sorrow for the senseless passing away of a boxing hero and one of the most…

LAS VEGAS (July 15, 2009) –The two greatest pound-for-pound boxers today, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr., lead a group of six active champions in “The World’s Greatest Ever Boxers”…

From WBC President José Sulaimán: On behalf of all the members of the World Boxing Council, representing 164 countries in the world, I would like to express our deepest congratulations…

TOKYO—Don King’s top featherweight, Elio “The Kid” Rojas, scored a convincing unanimous-decision win today in Tokyo to take the World Boxing Council championship held by Takahiro Aoh. Rojas (21-1,13 KOs),…

The staff of Main Events was shocked and deeply saddened by the news of Arturo Gatti’s death. Kathy Duva, Main Events CEO, shared her thoughts on Arturo, “There will never…

Gatti retired in 2007 with a career record of 40-9 and 31 knockouts. Known for his straightforward punching and granitelike chin, Gatti captured the super featherweight title in 1995, when…