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The heavyweight rematch between Johnathon Banks and Seth Mitchell is still supposed to take place, but it will be put off a little longer because of Banks' injured thumb. Banks scored an upset when he knocked out Mitchell in the second round on No...

When heavyweight Johnathon Banks broke his right thumb in sparring last week, forcing postponement of his rematch against Seth Mitchell on Saturday night, it left HBO and Golden Boy Promotions with a decision to make: Go with just the lightweight tit...

Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko may not be ready to release their death grip on the heavyweight division just yet, but the next generation of contenders appears capable of bringing class back to the big men.

Heavyweight contender Johnathon Banks is bummed out, of course, after breaking his right thumb in a sparring session, which forced his rematch with Seth Mitchell to be postponed. They were supposed to fight Feb. 16 on HBO's Adrien Broner-Gavin Ree...

Heavyweight contender Johnathon Banks broke his right thumb in sparring on Tuesday, forcing postponement of his rematch against Seth Mitchell, Golden Boy promoter Richard Schaefer said.

Most of the televised bouts involving Golden Boy fighters are on Showtime these days, but the promotion is still working with HBO, albeit to a lesser extent. But Adrien Broner, who has been appearing regularly on HBO, is staying on the network. B...

For the past couple of years, Seth Mitchell has been regarded by many as the top American heavyweight prospect. But Mitchell was surprisingly knocked down three times in the second round and stopped by Johnathon Banks in an upset on HBO on Nov. 17. ...

Seth Mitchell was yesterday's news. It was about five minutes after midnight, meaning it was now the day after Mitchell got knocked out in two rounds by 5-1 underdog Johnathon Banks. Mitchell, the man projected just a couple of hours earlier as the b...

Johnathon Banks was supposed to be the next step for heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell on the road to a title fight, but Banks tripped him up in a stirring knockout upset Saturday in Atlantic City, N.J.

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell didn't grow up around boxing like Johnathon Banks, his opponent on Saturday night (HBO, 10 ET/PT) at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., did. Mitchell was a high school football star and then a linebacker at Michigan S...

While training Wladimir Klitschko for his last fight, Banks found the time to prepare for his fight Saturday against Seth Mitchell.

Seth Mitchell wants to become the next American heavyweight champion, but the former college football star knows he has to approach that goal one fight at the time.

Wladimir Klitschko missed longtime trainer Emanuel Steward, who passed away last month, in Saturday's bout with Mariusz Wach. But after learning all his lessons well, the champ stood tall on his own.

After Wladimir Klitschko lost his trainer and friend Emanuel Steward only weeks ago, the heavyweight champ mourns but moves forward with a familiar Steward protégé, Johnathon Banks, for Saturday's fight.

Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko replaced his ailing longtime trainer, Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward, with pro heavyweight and longtime sparring partner Johnathon Banks.

Adrien Broner is living up to his nickname: "The Problem." Broner, a former junior lightweight titlist who was stripped of his belt for not making weight before a July 21 fight with Vicente Escobedo (which Broner won via dominant fifth-round knock...