Super Welterweight Boxing News

Manny Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum , told The Times early today that he is preparing to open talks with his super-welterweight champion Yuri Foreman in response to faltering negotiations with Floyd Mayweather Jr .

Nobuhiro Ishida retained his WBA interim super-welterweight title Tuesday by defeating challenger Oney Valdez of Colombia by unanimous decision.

Lorissa Rivas...off Trinidad and Tobago parentage. Lorissa Rivas who is of Trinidad and Tobago parentage, living in Las Vegas and who created a big impression on the Trinidad and Tobago boxing fans when she knocked out Leslie Lubaczewski on a card tributed to Jizelle Salandy last March, would be fighting in the same weight class as Salandy did on ...

Manny has his pick of the opponents The Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather saga is still playing out.

Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 3:58 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 3:58 a.m. WINTER HAVEN Despite 25 professional fights, this one is different for Winter Haven native Andre Berto.

On December 5, in Newcastle, England, Dmitriy "Star of David" Salita - born in Ukraine but raised, coached and tutored in Talmud in Brooklyn - stepped into the ring to fight Amir Khan, the Muslim "Pride of Bolton," for the WBA light-welterweight title.

Boxing's an unforgiving sport - both physically, mentally and, at times, personally.

Lucian Bute celebrtaes his win over Librado Andrade during the IBF Super Middleweight Championship fight in Montreal Oct.

In recent weeks wea TMve had the prospect of watching not one but two undefeated, observant Jewish boxers in title fights.

Yuri Foreman, the new super welterweight world champion, is currently working hard for a shot at the rabbinate.

Yuri Foreman winning the super-welterweight boxing title while being called a rabbinical student has sparked a debate of whether it is permitted to box, considering the inevitable damage done to the body, or not.

The death of a local boxing champion is saving lives. Francisco Rodriguez died after an opponent knocked him out.

Paul "The Punisher" Williams wants a fight with pound-for-pound king Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao and is even willing to go down to catchweight of 145 pounds.

Or how bad a man he is. It turns out Ward is very good and very bad. A heavy underdog, Ward defeated Denmark's Mikkel Kessler in a fight stopped on cuts during the 11th round to claim his first world title, the WBA's super-middleweight championship.

Manny Pacquiao's desire to take on Floyd Mayweather may not be enough to persuade the American to climb into the ring for a dream fight against the Filipino, promoter Bob Arum said on Thursday.

At the tender age of 29, Yuri Foreman has already fulfilled his childhood dream.

Filipino Manny Pacquiao made boxing history by becoming the first fighter to win seven world titles in as many weight classes.

Yuri Foreman, the fighting rabbi-to-be, remained undefeated and made history Saturday night when he became the first Israeli to hold a major boxing belt, defeating Daniel Santos by unanimous decision for the WBA super welterweight title at the MGM Grand Arena.

Reporting from Las Vegas - Yuri Foreman isn't the first boxer to find religion in the ring.

Who will Bob Arum look to at 154 to challege Manny Pacquiao? Top Rank, Inc. Everyone following Pacquiao vs.