Light Heavyweight Boxing News

Carl Froch has made it clear that he should be next in line to take on Andre Ward.

Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Amir Khan has almost got his hands back on one of the two belts he lost to Lamont Peterson last December, and is likely to go into his 14 July fight with the rising Philadelphian star, Danny GarcA a, as the World Boxing Association light-welterweight champion.

Training camp continues in full steam for the talented and confident boxers who'll be fighting on "Four Warned" - the highly anticipated quadrupleheader featuring a pair of boxing legends in dangerous assignments and two world championship fights on Saturday , June 2 , live on SHOWTIMEA from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Dawson would come down 168 to meet Ward for the WBC/WBA titles. Goossen and Dawson's promoter, Gary Shaw, are still working out the details for the venue and location - with Oakland, Los Angeles and Atlantic City in the running.

Following the big victory, Kessler's promoter, Kalle Sauerland, ran down a list of potential future opponents.

Mikkel Kessler proved that he still has some pop, but he had to shrug off a scare from Allan Green while taking the vacant WBC silver light heavyweight crown in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday.

Mikkel Kessler, hampered by an eye problem, withdrew from the tournament following a scintillating second round decision over Carl Froch in April 2010.

Vs. Karim MayfieldA 139lb ____________________________ Middleweights 8 Rounds Jason Escalera 160lb Vs.

Unable to secure a unification title fight against the other 175-pound world champions, World Boxing Association Light Heavyweight World Champion Beibut Shumenov returns on June 2 to make his fourth title defense against former super middleweight world title challenger Enrique Ornelas at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

Marcus Browne, a three-time Daily News Golden Gloves champion, drops in on Daily News President & CEO Bill Holiber to celebrate making the U.S. Olympic boxing team that will take the fight to London this summer.

Championship hardware will be on display when Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena has its first boxing show of the year Friday night.

ALBANY, NY Undefeated junior welterweights Ray "Tito" Serrano and Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield wasted no time at today's press conference in Albany, New York getting in each other's face just two days ahead of their Ranked # 9 by the WBA with an undefeated record of 18-0-0 with eight stoppages, Philadelphia's Serrano challenges San Francisco's ... (more)

What looked like a giant opening for Edwin Rodriguez on the world championship front a few days ago is now threatening to close in his face, but it still could result in Worcester's undefeated USBA/USNBC champ inching closer to the WBC super middleweight title.

Since then, Mundine has moved to light middleweight where his career has reached a standstill with him unwilling to take less money to fight in United States and prove his boasts that he belongs in the same ring as the biggest earning fighters on the planet - Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto.

On Thursday, June 14, DiBella Entertainment's Broadway Boxing series returns to New York City's famed Roseland Ballroom for its third installment of 2012.

Ulrich, a former European champion and a long-time division's fringe contender, started the bout good outboxing relatively slow Dirks with his still potent jab.

World Boxing Association Light Heavyweight World Champion Beibut Shumenov returns on June 2 to make his fourth title defense against former super middleweight world title challenger Enrique Ornelas at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

The sun appears to finally be setting on the remarkable career of Bernard Hopkins, but it's still rising for another late-blooming fighter who was on the undercard of the Hopkins-Chad Dawson card last Saturday in Atlantic City.

CEFN Fforest fighter Nathan Cleverly is set to make his return in early July, but his next opponent is a contentious issue.

A moment to remember the late Junior Seau, who was found dead this morning. Regardless of the cause, a 43-year old man passing well before his time after struggling with issues leaving behind children is extremely sad.