Featherweight Boxing News

At the Minneapolis Convention Center Rances Barthelemy vs. Fahsai Sakkreerin, Thailand, 12, IBF super featherweight title eliminator; Caleb Truax vs. Don George, 10, middleweights.

Sit at a fight for a minute or two of less-than-Hagler/Hearns action and you're likely to hear boos begin raining from the impatient rafters.

One day after losing his WBO Featherweight belt on the scales after missing weight by two pounds, 25-year old Mikey Garcia of Oxnard, California, laid four rounds of beating on 29-year old former 122 and 126 lb.

This weekend, the rivalry continues between Mexico and Puerto Rico, as Ring Magazine and WBO Featherweight titlist Mikey Garcia , battles Juan Manuel Lopez on HBO .

To circle right means to circle into the southpaw's power punch. Then you've got the headbutts.

IBF lightweight champion Miguel "El Titere" Vazquez hasn't had a chance to watch Yuriorkis Gamboa's victory Saturday night over Darleys Perez yet but says that he is very interested in facing the former featherweight champion who picked up a WBA interim lightweight title on Saturday.

Famed rapper and new boxing promoter Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson held a press conference today in Hartford to announce that his company, SMS Promotions, will present the "50 Cent's Birthday Bash" professional boxing event, July 5 live on ESPN Friday Night Fights , at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.

Sorry if you get bored with the conceit, but yet again, I've come across a kid who has latched on to boxing, and found the sport has given him a purpose in life and a platform to express himself and his talents, and an alternative to the streets.

At Sands Casino Resort, Bethlehem, Pa. , Sergey Kovalev vs. Cornelius White, 12, light heavyweights; Bryant Jennings vs. Andrey Fedosov, 10, heavyweights; Ronald Cruz vs. Ray Narh, 10, welterweights.

WBA Pan African super bantamweight champion Tshifiwe 'Atomic Spider' Munyai has been replaced by Evans Mbamba in the headline bout on the Chesanyama bill on Saturday, 29 June, at Graceland Casino, Secunda.

Yuriorkis Gamboa won the interim WBA lightweight title with a unanimous decision over Darleys Perez in a bout that left Bell Centre fans booing on Saturday night.

World-rated Chonlatarn Piriyapiyo , the Thai featherweight who lost a landslide unanimous decision to WBA world super champion Chris John last year in Singapore, successfully retained his WBA Pan-Asian 126-pound title by scoring an eighth round technical knockout win over brave but hugely unheralded Jovill Marayan in a televised boxing/muay thai ... (more)

WBA Pan African junior featherweight champion Tshifhiwa Munyai retained his title when he stopped Emmanuel Quartey of Ghana on a controversial ninth round stoppage at the Katikati Hall in Cathcart, Eastern Cape on Saturday.

The interim WBA lightweight championship will be on the line this Saturday night from the Bell Centre in Montreal, as two undefeated Latin American fighters seek to add to their resumes.

Undefeated World Boxing Organization featherweight champion MIKEY GARCIA will make his first title defense, against former two-division world champion JUAN MANUEL " JUANMA " LOPEZ, SATURDAY, JUNE 15 , at the American Airlines Center .

With his expanding thrust in Asia, particularly Macau and soon Singapore, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is targeting promising Filipino fighters to include in his upcoming fight cards.

WBO featherweight titleholder Mikey Garcia will host a public workout at the UFC Gym in Yorba Linda on Saturday, June 1. The session begins at 11 a.m. The gym is located at 23701 La Palma Ave.

After Carl Froch's thrilling win over Mikkel Kessler on Saturday night, Sportsmail's Jeff Powell lists his top 10 British fighters since the War.

In January, in his second title attempt, Burgos came up short on the scorecards , which allowed Martinez to retain his WBO super-featherweight title.

On Friday, June 14, Vito Mielnicki of GH3 Promotions and Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions , in association with First Round Promotions, will proudly present an exciting night of world-class professional boxing, live from the Richard J. Codey Arena at South Mountain in West Orange, New Jersey and broadcast worldwide on ESPN Friday Night Fights.