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With multiple belts on the line in a weekend of fights, Koki Kameda and Rocky Martinez hung on to their straps while Brian Viloria lost a pair of titles -- all in separate barn-burner battles.

In what amounted to an impressive and entertaining night of boxing Saturday in Macau, here are five things we learned: 1. Zou is worthy of hype as exciting attraction If basing the pro debut of two-time Chinese Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming ...

When three-time Olympic medalist Zou Shiming makes his pro debut Saturday in Macau, he'll open doors (and coffers) in his home country of China and help realize one man's improbable dream.

Hall of Fame broadcaster Larry Merchant, a ringside staple of HBO broadcasts since the 1970s, retired at the end of 2012. Former heavyweight champ George Foreman was one of his longtime broadcast partners on HBO before leaving the network several yea...

Hernan "Tyson" Marquez is ready for his comeback. Zanfer Promotions announced that the former flyweight titlist will fight an opponent to be determined on March 23 in Hermosillo, Mexico. The 24-year-old Marquez (34-3, 25 KOs) will be fighting for ...

Over the course of two meetings, one on Dec. 1 in New York on the day the Austin Trout-Miguel Cotto fight and one on Dec. 8 in Las Vegas on the day of the Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao IV, members of the Boxing Writers Association of America met...

It took Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez four meetings to finally win the ESPN's fight of the year award.

Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. proved that, in boxing, it's never over 'til it's over -- and in the process authored ESPN.com's 2012 round of the year.

Nonito Donaire won four fights against strong competition in 2012 -- sometimes in spectacular fashion -- and did so while proving himself clean in a sport rife with PED issues. For that, he earns ESPN.com's boxer of the year award.

Ever since the fight was made, it really annoyed me that premium cable networks HBO and Showtime made no effort whatsoever to buy one of the best little fights in boxing. That would be the flyweight unification bout between Brian Viloria and Herna...

A few fights here and there have been added to the upcoming TV schedule. Here's a look: • WealthTV announced that it has picked up the American rights to a pair of interesting fights. On Nov. 3, it will air live coverage of former supe...

In the aftermath of the worst showing by a U.S. boxing team in Olympic history, Dan Rafael proposes a Dream scenario -- inviting pros into the ring -- and offers his own version of a new American boxing powerhouse.

With the Olympics in full swing in London, the memories of past Olympians have come flooding back. I checked in with a few boxing Olympians to see what sorts of memories they had from their experience at the Games. Sugar Ray Leonard (1976 Montrea...

Six long years after the trilogy began, hard-hitting Hawaiian Brian Viloria finally put his rivalry with Omar Nino to rest with a ninth-round surge Saturday.

Few fighters have had more of a roller-coaster career of late than Brian Viloria. In August 2006, Viloria -- a Hawaiian of Filipino descent -- had a 108-pound belt, an undefeated record through 19 fights, a strong and growing fan base, an exciting st...

No big fights this weekend, you say? Fine, how about a great "little" fight? ESPN.com's Dan Rafael says Saturday's flyweight title match between Filipino-American Brian Viloria and Mexico's Omar Nino carries on one of the best national and individual...