ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - MARCH 18: Hasim Rahman and James Toney exchange punches during their WBC Heavyweight Championship fight at Boardwalk Hall on March 18, 2006 in...

Ward, Kessler stay on course

By disposing of Shelby Pudwill, Andre Ward can focus on Mikkel Kessler and the Super Six World Boxing Classic.

September 12, 2009; Temecula, CA; USA; James Toney knocks out Matthew Greer in the second round of their heavyweight bout at Pechanga Resort in...

Headaches at HBO

Your weekly random thoughts … • HBO's boxing executives -- namely Ross Greenburg and Kery Davis -- must have really big headaches rig...

Jones-Hopkins II resurfaces, vanishes again

...ho-hum yet clear unanimous decision against Bernard Hopkins to claim the middleweight belt vacated by James Toney when he moved up to super middleweight. It wasn't a memorable fight, as Jones claimed...

Jones channels old Roy, not an old Roy, ahead of Lacy fight

Jones back to face Lacy Yes, Roy Jones Jr. is still fighting. At 40, and two fights removed from an uncompetitive decision loss to Joe Calzaghe, J...

Urbano's "O" goes against Acosta

Urbano Antillon's undefeated record was bound to be sullied sooner or later, but who would have guessed it would come at the hands of the unheralded Miguel Acosta?

Ortiz falls apart against Maidana

Marcos Maidana didn't have the 100-watt smile. He didn't have the refined style, or the friends in high places. What he did have was resiliency, and as Dan Rafael points out, it was more than enough to seize the day against Victor Ortiz.

Haye's day still to come

Random thoughts for your reading pleasure … • I always figured if David Haye pulled out of his June 20 fight with Wladimir Klitschko ...

WBA has made a mockery of heavyweight title

...of them (it really should be six losses, but the result of his title bout with James Toney became a no contest when Toney tested positive for steroids after the fight) and received a...

Stripping Forrest was right move by WBC

The return of random thoughts … • Maybe hell has actually frozen over. Perhaps, if you look out the window, you'll see pigs flying. ...

Mayweather out to reclaim mantle as boxing's best

Tom Shaw/Getty Images Let's roll: Floyd Mayweather, left, has made it clear that he's in it for the long haul. Mayweather back for the long haul...

Dawson undaunted by Tarver's rep in rematches

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Antonio Tarver, above, has revenge on his mind going into a rematch with Chad Dawson. Dawson tangles with Tarver again Conf...

Even fighters overlooking Bradley-Holt

Will Canadian fight fans come out to see Timothy Bradley take on Kendall Holt while another card takes place across town and they don't have a proverbial dog in the fight? It won't help that the fighters themselves seem to be looking past the bout.

Comebacking heavies converge in L.A.

Eddie Chambers was on the fast track to success -- until he ran into Alexander Povetkin. Chambers can put that road bump behind him with an impressive showing against Samuel Peter on Friday, writes Don Steinberg.