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Light heavyweight titlist Bernard Hopkins was ordered on Monday to face new mandatory challenger Sergey Kovalev in his next fight.

Light heavyweight titlist Bernard Hopkins, slated to make a mandatory title defense at age 48, is going to grow a little older waiting for the opportunity.

Heavyweight prospect Bryant Jennings and light heavyweight contender Sergey Kovalev are two of the more interesting fighters around. Jennings has been in some entertaining fights and his name has come up as a potential future challenger for champi...

For unified super middleweight titlist Carl Froch, the question isn't who to fight next, it's how to choose. With Froch in the driver's seat and quality opponents lining up, the Englishman has options.

I didn't want to be rude, or a know-it-all, like one of these pundits who signs off on all boxing matches and comes off as if they think they know better than the promoters, the matchmakers and sometimes the fighters themselves. But I had to admit to...

After losing badly against super middleweight champion Andre Ward, Chad Dawson is back at his normal weight to defend his light heavyweight title against Adonis Stevenson.

There was a time when Carl Froch's mouth did as much talking for his career as his performances inside the ring. Beginning with his first fight on American soil -- a 2009 come-from-behind TKO of Jermain Taylor in the 12th round that put him on the...

Super middleweight titlist Carl Froch of England will certainly have his hands full when he faces fellow titleholder Mikkel Kessler of Denmark in a rematch on Saturday (HBO, 6 p.m. ET) at the sold-out O2 Arena in London. Froch lost the first fight...

Some news and notes from the boxing world: • Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer said Thursday that the post-fight drug tests for Floyd Mayweather Jr., Robert Guerrero, Abner Mares and Daniel Ponce De Leon al...

With apologies to Bernard Hopkins, Richard Alpert, and the girls of Lee High School, everybody gets old. The notion of an athlete growing old "overnight" is mostly a myth; it almost always occurs gradually. In the case of boxers, sure, one punch can ...

LAS VEGAS -- It was not exactly shaping up to be the most electrifying media conference of all time. Sponsors, promoters and broadcasters all took their turn at the podium, and the assembled media fidgeted and tweeted and waited for something interes...

Bernard Hopkins' first defense, which will come against mandatory challenger Karo Murat of Germany, will take place July 13 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

If the Saturday clash between WBA and WBC 140-pound champion Danny Garcia and ex-junior welter and welter titlist Zab Judah contains half the drama that the buildup to the fight has provided, then fans at Barclays Center and watching on Showtime will...

After light heavyweight titlist Nathan Cleverly of Wales rolled to a near-shutout decision win against mandatory challenger Robin Krasniqi of Germany on Saturday in London, he beat the drum yet again for a showdown with fellow titleholder Bernard Hop...

NEW YORK -- Heavyweight Tyson Fury promised to call it quits if he failed to look impressive Saturday against Steve Cunningham in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Fury can continue fighting. He knocked out a game, but much smaller, Cunningham...

Light heavyweight titlist Nathan Cleverly waited through a five-week delay to face mandatory challenger Robin Krasniqi and is ready to go. The fight was originally scheduled for March 16, but the entire card was postponed because promoter Frank Wa...