Light Heavyweight Boxing News

Any confusion as to the rightful tenant to the WBA World Cruiserweight throne should get straightened out this evening when reigning incumbent Denis Lebedev squares off with 'champion in recess' Guillermo Jones of Panama at the 7,000 Crocus City Hall in Myakinino, Moscow.

Hard-hitting Ray Narh steps in against Ronald Cruz in a scheduled 10-round welterweight fight on Friday evening, June 14, at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem.

Mentioning Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. as a potential opponent, The Ring, WBA, WBC and super middleweight champ Andre Ward plans to return as a 168-pounder in September.

Veteran Hopkins has been in Cleverly's sights for sometime now, especially since he took Tavoris Cloud's IBF light-heavyweight title in March.

In an intriguing youth-versus-experience matchup, undefeated Medzhid Bektemirov faces the toughest test by far of his career against Randy Griffin in a 10-round light heavyweight bout on May 9 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas.

As BoxingScene.com first reported earlier today, Lucian Bute badly injured his left hand and as a result he withdrew from his scheduled Canadian super-fight against Jean Pascal .

PARIS: Viking Warrior Mikkel Kessler is preparing for his May 25 unification title bout with Briton Carl Froch by employing a pair of insiders.

American veteran Hopkins - who became the oldest person to win a major title when he defeated Tavoris Cloud for the IBF light-heavyweight crown in March - must face mandatory challenger Karo Murat first.

At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. , Devon Alexander vs. Lee Purdy, 12, for Alexander's IBF welterweight title; Lamont Peterson vs.

BoxingScene.com recently caught up with WBA interim-super feather weight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa who faces Darley Perez on June 8th in Montreal as part of a HBO televised doubleheader that will be headlined by WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson facing Adonis Stevenson.

Light heavyweight Erik Skoglund, 16-0 and newly crowned WBC Youth champion, is heading for Copenhagen on Sunday for two weeks of sparring with WBA regular super middleweight king Mikkel Kessler, who is in final preparations for the showdown against Carl Froch on May 25 in London.

In addition to promoting professional fights in Atlanta, Ga., New Bedford native Paul Delgado is also staging amateur boxing shows at different venues throughout the Greater Atlanta area.

The Cefn Fforest WBO light heavyweight world champion is targeting legendary American Bernard Hopkins as he bids to unify the division.

TOPEKA, Kan. __From Idaho to Las Vegas, to Topeka, Kansas, Mayetta boxer Marcus Oliveira has been punching his way through the light heavyweight boxing ranks When Marcus Oliveira enters the ring against WBA champion Beibut Shumenov he'll be fulfilling a dream.

European light heavyweight beltholder and former WBO champion Juergen Braehmer saved the show for Sauerland Event by impressively annihilating his French counterpart Tony Averlant in the second round.

Fans can look forward to a big night of fist fighting on April 27! The contestants of the two main attractions and their teams exude optimism before their respective fights at the Sporthalle Hamburg, Germany this Saturday.

Nathan Cleverly has declared 2013 as the year he will unify the light-heavyweight division after polishing away the ring-rust against outclassed Robin Krasniqi at Wembley Arena on Saturday night.

LONDON: Nathan Cleverly outlined his plan to win two of the other four world light-heavyweight titles by the end of 2013 after his unanimous points win over Robin Krasniqi on Saturday.

The loss ended a streak of 38 straight wins for Krasniqi after losing twice in his first three starts.

WBO light-heavyweight king Nathan Cleverly begins his 2013 campaign tonight aware that it could conclude with him recognised as the world's premier 175lb fighting man.