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Failure to put Mikkel Kessler away when you have the chance results in a stiff penalty. The Dane used a monstrous left hook to teach Allan Green that lesson Saturday.

Josesito Lopez will get the opportunity to fight former welterweight titlist Victor Ortiz on June 23 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as the replacement opponent for Andre Berto.

Even if it isn't the fight many of us had hoped to see at 168 pounds -- that would be Andre Ward taking on fellow titlist Lucian Bute -- ESPN.com's Dan Rafael says the May 26 super middleweight tilt between Bute and Carl Froch is likely the next-best...

Former welterweight titleholder Andre Berto has tested positive for a banned substance, and his June 23 rematch with fellow former titlist Victor Ortiz has been canceled, according to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer.

ESPN.com's Dan Rafael took advantage of an aborted boxing bout to take in his first MMA card and came away with a simple but satisfying conclusion: Fighting is fighting.

Long after the Super Six tournament in which they were originally supposed to meet, Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green will climb into the ring Saturday in Denmark with everything to lose.

Ask super middleweight champ and undefeated pound-for-pound star Andre Ward who gave him his toughest fight. He'll tell you it was Sakio Bika. Australia's Bika, who won "The Contender" reality series tournament in 2007, is as rugged as they come. ...

Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday that it has signed two fighters to its growing roster, interim junior welterweight titlist Johan Perez of Venezuela and former amateur standout Julian Ramirez of Alhambra, Calif.

Matchroom Sport's "Prizefighter" series has become a popular attraction on Sky Sports in England. The concept is interesting: Take eight fighters and match them via blind draw in a one-night tournament of three-round fights. The winner gets the bigge...

At 6-foot-8 and 245 pounds, British heavyweight David Price has size (and power) to match that of the Klitschkos, who have him on their radar. Is he a legit threat to the brothers' thrones?

Montreal middleweight David Lemieux will return to the ring in a scheduled eight-rounder on a June 8 undercard at the Bell Centre in Montreal against Jaudiel Zepeda.

On March 31, unheralded lightweight Sergio Thompson of Mexico scored a big upset when he knocked out former two-division titlist Jorge Linares in the second round of a dominant performance. Thompson was supposed to be a tuneup opponent on Linares' wa...

Top Rank announced Tuesday that it has signed amateur standout Toka Kahn-Clary, a junior lightweight from Providence, R.I. Kahn-Clary, 20, who is by trained Peter Manfredo Sr. and managed by Mike Criscio (who guided Chad Dawson to a light heavywei...

Junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson will seek a Nevada boxing license despite his admission that he took a banned substance, which forced the cancellation of his rematch with Amir Khan.

Middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin wants the major fight that he deserves and that he is mandatory for against Germany's Felix Sturm. But I don't think Sturm, the WBA's so-called "super champion" to Golovkin's "regular champion" designation, wa...

What recent changes have been made in boxing's weight-class rankings? Dan Rafael reveals his new world standings.