Boxing 247 - Mayweather Marquez

I have occasionally followed the world of male boxers. There are games that are on when I turn on the television and I have sat down and watched them. But I have never really been too interested in the field of female boxing until Laila Ali made her appearance on a very popular live reality show. She was fascinating to watch and the talk was always about her boxing... Read More

If you love boxing, you want your boxing news as quickly as possible. You don't want some "it had to be written, then edited, then go to the proof-readers, then go to graphics, then go to press" publication that can take weeks to get to your home. After all, there's no quick way to get boxing news from a magazine (it's more like "boxing monthly delayed" than current... Read More

Here's some big boxing news: the World Boxing Council (WBC) has large plans to establish its own boxing television network, like ESPN boxing. The WBC announced its boxing news Tuesday night in Manilla, the capital of the Phillipines. According to the statement released to the press, WBC stated: " 'If the NFL (National Football League), NBA (National Basketball... Read More

David Haye is a boxer more commonly seen in European boxing news for his many accolades. Now he can put that he won the Cruiserweight title fight for the World Title; not a bad thing to add to the resume Haye. The title fight took place in Paris, France to a crowd that thought he was nothing more than a pretty face that had talent but not enough to win a title fight... Read More with Video

Jack Johnson is justifiably a boxing legend. As the first black champion he made boxing news and infuriated racists all over America in the early years of the 20th Century. In a story that was posted by Stephanie Reitz, an Associated Press writer, less than 12 hours ago, it has been learned that a forgotten memoir by Johnson has surfaced and will be published in English... Read More

This bout is already heating up between these welter weights. Miguel Cotto and Shane Mosley are not new to boxing news. Cotto has the title of WBA welterweight champion and Mosley has held this title in the past, three times. Do not look for this bout on HBO boxing, it will only be available on pay-per view. The fight is scheduled for Saturday in the famed Madison Square... Read More

My dad used to be a boxer and according to the statistics back in the 1950's he was a pretty good athlete for the time. He regularly made the boxing news and was listed on the boxing monthly reviews as winning numerous fights. Unfortunately for him, he only had daughters and none of us took up the sport, but when my son was in high school he decided to try the sport that... Read More

Well, I used to follow boxing all the time. I'd watch boxing matches whenever they'd come on TV--I even watched pay for view boxing. I read the articles in magazines and newspapers, and I'd even head over to the local boxing club to watch the new hopefuls have at it. But, you know what? It took tons and tons of time, precious time that I no longer have available. These... Read More

Here is an interesting story I found from ESPN Boxing. Three Romanian boxers were banned from the World Boxing Championships after it was discovered that they had been caught shoplifting at Nordstrom's last week during the night. Marius Dinu, Ronald Gavril and Gabriel Stan were all caught at the same time in Chicago after they had all already out of the WBC because of... Read More

Did you know that women's boxing was banned after the death of a malefighter in October of 1997. It's true, in one of the most remarkable bits of boxing news, the Italian Boxing Federation banned women's boxing after the death of a male fighter. The Italians even stopped a televised WIBF flyweight fight that was scheduled to take place in Milan. In other boxing news from... Read More