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Matchmaker and New York character extraordinaire Johnny Bos died May 11. Traditionally in our business, we will write about someone's death and then, a few days after, run one or two follow-ups about that person, if he or she was newsworthy. I've nev...

Super middleweight titlist Carl Froch of England certainly has 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 in 20...

There is nothing quite so fascinating as a boxer who has game-changing hands, true weapons that can render a foe slumped and twitching in a blink. The fight game hasn't had an excess of those natural-born lobotomizers in recent years, as the top t...

Middleweight titlist Daniel Geale, the No. 1 active fighter in Australia, is coming stateside to make his fifth defense when he faces England's Darren Barker on Aug. 17.

A little of this and a little of that from the boxing world: • Middleweight contender Andy Lee (29-2, 20 KOs), 28, of Ireland, gets back in action May 15 on promoter Lou DiBella's Broadway Boxing card at B.B. King Blues Club in New Yor...

Super middleweight titlist Mikkel Kessler of Denmark, training for his much-anticipated rematch with fellow titleholder Carl Froch of England on May 25 (HBO) at London's 02 Arena, has an impressive lineup of sparring partners working with him. Kes...

LAS VEGAS -- After years of simmering turmoil that came to a boil with an emotional argument in front of HBO cameras in 2011, Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Jr. are -- for now at least -- reconciled, with Mayweather pere returning to his son's corner for t...

Who will junior middleweight Willie Nelson fight on June 29? Good question. Promoter Lou DiBella and HBO continue to search for an opponent to face Nelson in the opener of a tripleheader that will be topped by Gennady Golovkin's middleweight title...

Middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin will make defense No. 8 against former two-time title challenger Matthew Macklin.

Three notes from the fistic world: • Interim junior lightweight titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa is supposed to fight June 8, but it has not been easy for promoter Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and HBO to finalize the opponent. Gamboa is supposed to...

If you didn't know any better, you would think this whole HBO-versus-Showtime boxing thing had devolved into the old Monday night wrestling wars between WWE and WCW. The latest development came Tuesday when Showtime, in unveiling a slew of program...

Lightweight titlist Adrien Broner was arrested outside a Miami Beach hotel nightclub early Monday, charged with battery and released on $1,500 bail.

HBO, the leader in televised boxing in the United States for decades, on Monday made the stunning announcement that it was severing ties for the foreseeable future with Golden Boy Promotions, the company with the deepest stable of talent in the sport.

Bernardo Pilatti highlights five keys to victory for Timothy Bradley Jr. against Ruslan Provodnikov on Saturday.

Bernardo Pilatti highlights five keys to victory for Ruslan Provodnikov against Timothy Bradley Jr. on Saturday.

Top Rank still hopes to make a featherweight title defense for Mikey Garcia against former titlist Juan Manuel Lopez, but the scheduling of the bout is unclear as the promotional company works with HBO for Garcia's next date. Top Rank had hoped for h...