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Tuneup fights can be a recipe for disaster. Just ask, for example, former heavyweight contender Tommy Morrison. He had a done deal worth $8 million to fight Lennox Lewis but took what was supposed to be an easy tuneup fight against Michael Bentt i...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. not only refuted the notion that he is in decline with Saturday's spectacular decision win but also showed that he has arguably never been better.

Wladimir Klitschko stopped Francesco Pianeta in the sixth round Saturday night to retain the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles.

The names may change, but the result is always the same: A Wladimir Klitschko win. And that dominance could continue against heavy underdog Francesco Pianeta on Saturday.

Want to perk up interest in the heavyweight division? Match two up-and-coming guys against each other and see what happens. There are good fights to be made, even though most guys want to sit around waiting for a shot at one of the Klitschko broth...

Heavyweight Bryant Jennings, one of the fresh faces in the division, will return to action June 14 to face Russia's Andrey Fedosov. Jennings-Fedosov will headline a "Fight Night" tripleheader (NBC Sports Network, 9 p.m. ET) at the Sands Casino Res...

Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and secondary titlist Alexander Povetkin both have bouts scheduled, but the purse bid for their mandatory bout was held Tuesday and Russian promoter Vladimir Hryunov won with an extraordinary bid of $23,333,330.

NEW YORK -- If arrogance was the sole measure of greatness, then heavyweight Tyson Fury would be considered for induction to the International Boxing Hall of Fame right now. The fast-rising contender has 20 professional fights under his belt, all ...

On Saturday, Canelo Alvarez will be fighting for more than a couple of leather belts. He'll be fighting for family pride, and he hopes to reel in a big fish -- specifically, a Trout. Two years ago, Austin Trout won his junior middleweight title wi...

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...

After heavyweight hopeful Robert Helenius polished off former titlist Sergei Liakhovich in a ninth-round knockout win in August 2011, he was red-hot and being discussed as a possible future challenger for either of the heavyweight champion brothers, ...

Wladimir Klitschko will defend his four heavyweight titles against Francesco Pianeta in May.

One thing is clear -- heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will not be fighting on April 6, as was originally planned. With time growing short to promote the event for that date and an opponent still not set, Klitschko is looking to move to May...

Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko's next IBF mandatory challenger was supposed to be the winner of an elimination bout that was ordered between Tomasz Adamek and Kubrat Pulev. The camps had not gotten very far in their discussions to make th...

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...