By Joe Koizimi Reckless ex-OPBF super-bantam champ, WBC#14 Hiromasa Ohashi (24-9-3, 15 KOs), 121.5, regained the OPBF belt when he barely pounded out a split decision over OPBF#2 Filipino national titlist Jhunriel Ramonal (9-3-1, 6 KOs), 121.75, over twelve hard-fought rounds on Sunday in Kariya, Japan. Scored: scoring referee Wansoo …

Jorge Solis was in way over his head when he stepped in the ring with Yuriorkis Gamboa, the Cuban born hitter who possesses possibly the fastest hands in the business today. That head was aching from power shots which sent Solis to the mat twice in the second of the …

By Rick Scharmberg and Kurt Wolfheimer at ringside WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) dropped Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KOs) five times in four rounds on Saturday night in front of a 3000+ sold out Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Solis was down twice in round …

Yuriorkis Gamboa stopped Jorge Solis in the fourth round Saturday night to defend his WBA and IBF featherweight titles. Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) delivered a sensational performance before a sellout crowd of 2,913 at Boardwalk Hall’s Adrian Phillips Ballroom. The Cuban defector who now lives in Miami knocked down Solis …

International Masters Light Middleweight Champion Yassine El Maachi is set for the toughest fight of his career to date, when he comes face to face with Argentinian and South American Light Middleweight Champion Ulises David Lopez, at the Steve Goodwin Promoted quadruple headlined ‘Essex Eruption’ super show at Goresbrook Leisure …

Unbeaten Olympic heavyweight silver medalist Vyacheslav Glazkov (9-0, 6 KOs) busted up and outpointed formerly world ranked Denis Bakhtov (33-6, 22 KOs) over eight rounds. Scores were 80-72 on all cards. Olympic gold medalist and unbeaten welterweight prospect Felix Diaz (9-0, 6 KOs) stopped previously unbeaten Andrey Berdyshev (5-1, 1 …

ONTARIO-It was work as usual for Efrain Esquivias despite missing his famed trainer and a demolition job for Riverside’s Artemio Reyes Jr. on Friday.Esquivias (13-0, 9 KOs) was missing trainer Freddie Roach who is in the Philippines with Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, but the ace trainer wasn’t needed as …

Stephane Jamoye 117 vs. Leo Santa Cruz 117 (WBC Youth bantamweight title) Jose Salgado 115 vs. Everth Briceno 115 (NABF super flyweight title) Marco Antonio Periban 167.6 vs. Edgar Ruiz ?? Fidel Maldonado 141 vs. Gerardo Chavez 142.7 Jose Manuel Osorio 129.3 vs. Erick Perez 129.3 Mikail Arreola 121.8 vs. …

SAO PAULO, Brazil (March 25, 2011) – Somebody’s “O” had to go in tonight’s Brazilian-Argentinean showdown between unbeaten prospects, as Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira’s rising popularity in his native country continued to grow with his 10-round unanimous decision victory against a game Abel Nicolas “El Principito” Adriel, headlining the …

Joseph BourellyFormer lightweight champion Paul Spadafora (45-0, 19 KOs) is a live dog in the Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KOs) sweepstakes as his next possible opponent in 2011; this as reported earlier today according to Boxingscene.com&nbsp…March 26, 2011

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By Ray Wheatley–World of Boxing Photo: Milo Lekovic WBO #15 Ryan Waters (21-3-2, 12 KOs) captured the WBA Pan African 154 pound title when he outscored former IBF world champion Gairy St. Clair (42-10-2, 18 KOs) over twelve rounds at the Cronulla Leagues club in Sydney, NSW, Australia on Friday. …

By Ray Wheatley–World of Boxing Photo: Milo Lekovic WBO #15 Ryan Waters (21-3-2, 12 KOs) captured the WBA Pan African 154 pound title when he outscored former IBF world champion Gairy St. Clair (42-10-2, 18 KOs) over twelve rounds at the Cronulla Leagues club in Sydney, NSW, Australia on Friday. …

Wondering why we’re not seeing Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Juan Manuel Lopez? Blame a recent fight that flopped.

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Wondering why we’re not seeing Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Juan Manuel Lopez? Blame a recent fight that flopped.

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Marv Dumon[ Soccer's sexiest fan: Larissa Riquelme ]Boxing - Floyd Mayweather Jr (41-0) is planning on a worldwide boxing training tour, the boxer stated this past Sunday. "That's what we're working on…March 25, 2011

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By Pepe Rodriguez/WBC Photo: Pepe Rodriguez Mexican boxing promoter Salvador Briman is in negotiations for the WBC light flyweight championship between Gilberto “Baby” Keb Bass and Adrian “El Confesor” Hernandez, and soon he will disclose the date and place for the bout. Briman, representative of Adrian Hernandez, is a passionate …

Saul Alvarez is certainly a work in progress; in fact assuming his winning ways continue he has the potential to be one of boxing’s biggest superstars. A moniker like “Canelo” due to his skin tone and reddish hair color along with his Mexican heritage is enough to attract some attention …

Weights & photo by Chris Cozzone From the Cosmopolitan’s Boulevard Pool Deck in Las Vegas for tomorrow night’s ESPN2′s Friday Night Fights card promoted by Warrior Boxing: Erislandy Lara  153 vs.  Carlos Molina 152 Yudel Jhnoson 153 vs. Richard Gutiérrez 156 Rances Barthemly 131 vs. James Hope 139 Hylon Williams …

In his battle with terminal cancer, beloved boxing announcer Nick Charles is proving one can face the end on their own terms.

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TOMASZ ADAMEK QUOTES FROM HIS MEDIA WORKOUT3/24/11 Fernwood Resort, Bushkill, PA “Fighting Kevin McBride is a good test for me. We had a good camp. I am in the ring with Roger every day. I am six, seven weeks training very hard. As you know, Roger changed me a …

Dennis 'D Sourc…Follow 'dSource' on Twitter @itsDSourceBaby and on FacebookAbner Mares (21-0-1) is one tough hombre. So tough, he doesn't need a nickname to back it up. Whether he's tough enough…March 24, 2011

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Sauerland Event has found a quick replacement opponent for WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck. “Kapt’n Huck” will now face unbeaten Ran Nakash (25-0, 18 KOs) in April 2 in Halle/Westfalen, Germany. Nakash steps in for Giacobbe Fragomeni, who had to pull out with a cut. Nakash is rated by both …

The Marvelous One, Iron Mike and the Liberal Lion of Fightwriters, Kimball, at the 1986 Boxing Writers Association dinner. Kimball won the Fleischer award for excellence at the craft on this evening. (photo by Angie Carlino)
At The Fights, the critically-acclaimed Library of America anthology edited by TSS columnist George …

Super Middleweight Prospect Marcus “Too Much” Johnson joins us for an In Depth Interview. Marcus who is 20-0(15Ko) has a big fight coming up versus Dyan Davis on the Showtime’s prospect series “Showbox:The New Generation” on April 8th. Fellow Prospect and friend of the show Donyil Livingston checks in to …