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Interim junior welterweight titlist Lucas Matthysse made his claim for being the best fighter at 140 pounds with his demolition of Lamont Peterson on Saturday in Atlantic City, N.J.

If a random reader strolled into my office this afternoon, looked me up and down, then said I should hit the bricks because I'm no good at my job anymore, you can imagine where I'd tell him to go. (And then I'd wonder how the guy got in the building ...

Guillermo Jones of Panama regained the WBA cruiserweight title in his first fight since 2011, stopping local favorite Denis Lebedev in the 11th round Friday night.

Cruiserweight titlist Denis Lebedev of Russia will make his second defense against Guillermo Jones of Panama on May 17 at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, promoter Don King announced Tuesday.

First, the caveat: Purely from the perspective of its immediate importance in the world of boxing rankings, what Bernard Hopkins did at age 48 to Tavoris Cloud in New York on Saturday night was of less significance than what he meted out to Jean P...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. certainly knows how to make the most of social media. He doesn't just post random tweets of betting slips; he knows how to use 140 characters to stir things up. One day, he's proclaiming that he's likely to fight Devon Alexan...

Cruiserweight titleholder Denis Lebedev of Russia is supposed to make a mandatory defense against so-called "champion in recess" Guillermo Jones of Panama, a fight that Don King won a recent purse bid for. Will the fight ever take place? I have my...

From Muhammad Ali to Floyd Mayweather Jr., the evolution of the boxing diva has changed what is considered acceptable behavior for modern athletes.

ESPN.com's Dan Rafael addresses the questions asked of him most frequently in his weekly chats for posterity's sake.

What if Roy Jones Jr. had remained a heavyweight after beating John Ruiz for a title in 2003? Might his superhuman reputation have held up in the division and changed how we remember him today?

The Boxing Hall of Fame recently lost its heart and soul, Carmen Basilio, but this underdog Hall isn't about to throw in the towel. In ESPN The Magazine's Hall of Fame issue, executive director Ed Brophy tells Chris Jones about the museum's future plans.

The decision was one that nobody at HBO wanted to have to make, but it was necessary in the wake of Emanuel Steward's death last month. Besides training fighters, Steward worked as an analyst on HBO telecasts for about a decade, calling fights on ...

For British boxing fans, Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn has a big card in store for Dec. 8 in London. Even for non-Brits, it's a good looking card. The main event could be, as the Brits say, a cracker -- former junior welterweight world titl...

Devon Alexander wasn't spectacular, but he didn't need to be against the gun-shy Randall Bailey, who lost his welterweight belt in his first defense Saturday in Brooklyn, N.Y.

There will be four world titles on the line on Saturday night (Showtime, 8 ET/PT) when the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., hosts its first boxing show. The title fights will be the first world title bouts to take place in the borough since 1...

England's Kell Brook is one win away from a mandatory shot at welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey (or Devon Alexander, if Alexander wins the title from Bailey next month). All that stands between Brook and the opportunity is Argentina's Hector...