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Cridstobal Arreola has been considered the best American heavyweight for a long time, but the Mexican-American fighter is still looking for his first world title.

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...

The book hasn't been written yet on Seth Mitchell or his prospects as a heavyweight contender, but his November loss to Johnathan Banks is a significant chapter. Mitchell is betting that it isn't the end of his story.

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...

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.

Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer has been working on the schedule for the company's major cards in the first half of 2013 and walked me through it this week. Here's what Golden Boy is working on: • On Jan. 19 on Sh...

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...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Thanks to each of the seven fights on Saturday night's Golden Boy Promotions card at Boardwalk Hall ending in a knockout, Golden Boy, company president Oscar De La Hoya and Caesars Atlantic City will donate $44,292 to the Boys ...

Adrien Broner not only has the hustle of a Floyd Mayweather Jr., but now has proved he's got the flow. Broner showed impressive grit and skill in whipping Antonio DeMarco for a lightweight title.

Adrien Broner stopped Antonio DeMarco in the eighth round to take the WBC lightweight championship Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall.

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.

Our century-long search for the Great White Hope is over. We found him. Two of him, in fact. And we can't wait to be rid of him. The pronouns in play here could probably use some clarification. The "our" of the first sentence refers to a racially ...

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...