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Hyping fights is part of the game. We all get that. But pure delusion is another matter altogether. No offense, Lucas Browne. Browne (15-0, 14 KOs), for those who don't know who he is -- and that's probably most of you -- he's a 34-year-old Au...

Keith Thurman didn't get the KO he is accustomed to, but dominated all 12 rounds on Saturday night to get a unanimous decision win over Jan Zaveck.

Junior featherweight titleholder Nonito Donaire will meet Guillermo Rigondeaux April 13 in the main event of HBO's "World Championship Boxing".

Former super middleweight titlist Mikkel Kessler has won a piece of the 168-pound title three separate times. He will try to do it for a fourth time by beating "regular" titlist Brian Magee on Saturday night, which could set Kessler up for something ...

In October, Amir Khan's newly formed Super Fight Promotions announced that it had signed its second fighter: Ireland's John Joe Nevin, the 23-year-old who won the bantamweight silver medal in the 2012 London Olympics (beating Top Rank prospect Oscar ...

Despite routinely beating top competition in multiple divisions, Nonito Donaire is criticized for not winning handily enough. Saturday's strong finish of Toshiaki Nishioka should nip the nitpicking in the bud.

Gennady Golovkin, 30, already has accomplished more in boxing than most can ever aspire to, yet he still has unmet goals. The first step to knocking off the next item on his to-do list -- achieving U.S. stardom -- comes against Grzegorz Proksa in Verona, N.Y., on Saturday.

Talented junior lightweight titlist Adrien Broner is more-than confident about his abilities. Saturday's bout against mandatory challenger Vicente Escobedo is expected to be Broner's final fight contested at 130 pounds.

Miguel Cotto's beating in their first fight and Antonio Margarito's ensuing hand-wrap scandal are the focal points during the buildup to their Dec. 3 rematch, which has fueled a hotcake-like ticket-selling spree.

Yuriorkis Gamboa wants to regain the belt that was stripped from him, but he's less concerned with hardware than he is with beating the best, starting with former titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon on Saturday.

Matthew Hatton brought a ton of heart and not much else in absorbing a beating at the hands of the ultra-talented, younger, faster, stronger (did we say ultra-talented?) Saul Alvarez.

Timothy Bradley Jr. and Amir Khan could be facing off July 23 in Las Vegas, according to their promoters.

LAS VEGAS -- If Juan Manuel Marquez retains the lightweight title by beating Juan Diaz again in their rematch of the 2009 fight of the year on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay, there's a good chance Marquez will step up to junior welterweight for ...

By beating Bernabe Concepcion, Juan Manuel Lopez proved he's ready for a featherweight showdown with Rafael Marquez.

British imports like Amir Khan have a knack for making a name for themselves in the States by beating up on New York City fighters. Paulie Malignaggi isn't going to stand for it anymore.

Just getting to the ring was an accomplishment in itself, but Kelly Pavlik wasn't done there. Pavlik mauled Miguel Espino in front of his Youngstown fans to get his career back on track.