Featherweight Boxing News

Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero will look to claim a title for the third time in his career Aug.

After much deliberation, staff at the BBC Sport website have come up with their top-10 British fighters, pound-for-pound. Ignoring weight, this subjective list takes into account fighters' recent results, their skills, resilience and punching power.

Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is showcasing another round of Filipino punching prowess when Nonito Donaire and Bernabe Concepcion take on touted rivals on August 15 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.

One of the best pure punchers of my generation was Alexis Arguello. He was aptly nicknamed "The Explosive Thin Man." He was tall and rail thin, but his punch could stop an opponent dead in his tracks.

With the recent passing of former featherweight, junior lightweight and lightweight champ Alexis Arguello, it's the right time to examine and detail exactly what certifies him as being one of boxing's all-time great pound-for-pound champions and fighters.

Nicaraguan boxing legend Alexis Arguello committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart early on Wednesday, local press reports said.

Some fighters just have that special look, right from the beginning. Cassius Clay had it.

WBA Featherweight champ Chris John has reportedly withdrawn from a rematch with American boxer Rocky Juarez because of an unidentified blood problem.

Canada's Steve Molitor secured the No. 2 ranking in the IBF junior featherweight division with his split decision win on Friday.

What's with all the fights getting cancelled/postponed/rescheduled due to health issues? WBA featherweight champion Chris John is the latest sidelined fighter , pulling out of his June 27 rematch with Rocky Juarez due to an "unspecified blood problem" that caused him to faint while training.

Molitor regains his swagger Steve Molitor, seen landing a punch against Celestina Caballero in their title fight last November, returns to the ring Friday night.

On Thursday interim WBA featherweight champion, Yuriokis Gamboa will be at the El Paseo Inn on historic Olvera Street in Los Angeles for the press conference in preparation of his June 24th world title defense.

SCOTLAND'S newest professional lightweight contender, Alex Arthur, was once the European, British and Commonwealth super-featherweight champion before his brief abortive reign as WBO champion at that weight.

The TVS Television Network, the fourth oldest commercial TV network in the USA, will produce a series of six Boxing Illustrated championship fights in North Dakota beginning September 24th.

CAPITAL boxer Alex Arthur kept opponent Mohamed Benbiou waiting for five minutes before entering the ring a ' four times as long as the 92 seconds it then took him to brutally destroy the Frenchman.

British welterweight champion Kell Brook and super-featherweight Kevin Mitchell have been added to Amir Khan's undercard at Manchester's MEN Arena.

Former WBO world super-featherweight champion Alex Arthur has warned Amir Khan he is in for a tough night's work against Andreas Kotelnik - and he is speaking from first-hand experience.

1990: The opening game of the soccer World Cup in Italy produced a shock for defending champions Argentina, who were beaten 1-0 by Cameroon in front of 73,780 fans in Milan.

Sat, Jun 13, 2009 Former world champion Clarence Adams stopped Alex Baba in the eighth round of their super featherweight fight Friday night at the Palms Casino Resort.

FORMER world title contender Sam Soliman is eyeing the world title held by his old adversary, Anthony Mundine, but doesn't anticipate a fourth showdown with "The Man". Soliman , who lost his three previous fights to Mundine, will fight unbeaten Ghanaian Osumana Odama in Melbourne on July 30.