Lightweight Boxing News

Don Chargin Productions and Golden Boy Promotions will help kick off the Summer of 2012 this Saturday night when TeleFutura's "Solo Boxeo Tecate" broadcasts a hard-hitting card featuring two intriguing headline matchups from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The representatives of both boxers are rumoured to be negotiating a meeting between Mitchell, 33-1 , and the three weight world champion, who holds a 67-7 record.

Boxing champion Amir Khan of Britain has his hand taped by trainer Freddy Roach before working out in Washington December 6, 2011.

The doubleheader, according to Arum, will take place at the end of June or early July.

Argentinean lightweight contender Israel "Cachito" Perez has signed a managerial agreement with middleweight champion Sergio Martinez's Maravilla Box and a long-term promotional agreement with promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing.

The best roster in boxing added to its luster this week with Golden Boy Promotions' signing of current WBA Interim Super Lightweight World Champion Johan Perez and unbeaten former amateur standout Julian Ramirez to multi-year promotional agreements.

Floyd Mayweather is more known nowadays for his ring-smarts, speedy counter-punching and business savvy than he is for his devastating knockouts, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any.

33-year-old Perez, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a former WBA Fedelatin Super Featherweight Champion, and as an amateur, represented Argentina at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Former lightweight world champion Nate Campbell is visiting Brownsville as a guest of Teens Helping Kids, an organization holding its fifth annual Sports Celebrity Dinner on Thursday at Amigoland Event Center.

According to an ESPN.com report, the fallout from Lamont Peterson's failed drug test is having a trickle down effect that might result in a big fight card June 30 at Fantasy Springs Casino.

Possessing a 38-11-2 record with 26 knockouts, Salido's road towards championship glory has definitely had its share of twists and turns along the way.

Receiving awards and being the center of attention are nothing new to former lightweight boxing champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini.

With the Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson ll bout officially canceled, Khan will be looking for a new opponent as early as June 30, according to Khan via his Twitter account.

Katie Taylor is one of three Irish Boxers taking part in the Women's World Amateur Championships in China today.

The heavily anticipated rematch between Britain's Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson, scheduled for May 19, has been cancelled after the American tested positive for a banned substance.

May 9 - The heavily anticipated rematch between Britain's Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson, scheduled for May 19, has been cancelled after the American tested positive for a banned substance, organisers said on Wednesday.

News of Peterson's positive test, which took place in March, comes less than two weeks before his scheduled rematch with Amir Khan in Las Vegas, where Peterson was set to put his World Boxing Association super lightweight and International Boxing Federation junior welterweight belts on the line on May 19 at Mandalay Bay.

In the co-feature, Alexander Povetkin will defend his WBA "regular" heavyweight title against mandatory challenger Hasim Rahman .

WBC flyweight world champion Mariana "Barbie" Juarez meets former flyweight titleholder Arely Mucino on Saturday, May 12.

It was another high-profile fight and another impressive victory for Weslaco lightweight Omar "Panterita" Figueroa .