Welterweight Boxing News

Often compared to the 36-year-old Mayweather due to dominating roughly 300 amateur pugilists, Broner is slated to scrap WBA welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

But in case you haven't, here's a synopsis: Adrien Broner doesn't think much of Paulie Malignaggi as a fighter, and he's not afraid to say so.

NABF super welterweight champion Willie "The Great" Nelson is dedicating his HBO debut fight on June 29, against Argentinian-invader Luciano Leonel "El Principito" Cuello , to the three Cleveland women - Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight - who were kidnapped, abused and held hostage for a decade until they were recently freed.

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

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Junior welterweight contender Karim Mayfield , ranked number two by the WBO and four by the WBA, signed a new promotional deal with Top Rank Boxing .

WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner is open to the idea of facing Marcos Maidana later in the year.

On Friday night, June 28th, Banner Promotions will present ESPN's Friday Night Fights at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.

In a little over a week, two division world champion Adrien Broner will jump up two weight classes when he steps in the ring against Paulie Malignaggi in Brooklyn, NY.

LOS ANGELES, June 12 - Two of Mexico's top super lightweights will collide at the Tabasco Park Nave 1 in Villahermosa, Mexico on when undefeated WBC Super Lightweight Silver Champion Roberto "Massa" Ortiz of Torreon faces Culiacan's Jorge "Koki" Romero in a 12-round WBC Silver Championship bout that will be televised live on FOX Deportes in the ... (more)

Page was a solid welterweight in the mid-to-late 1990s who held the WBA title for a while from 1998 until he was stripped in 2000.

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, Night Fights show, the first solo promotion by SMS Promotions, is an exciting 10-round clash between undefeated North American ... (more)

Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi shouldn't beat Adrien "The Problem" Broner on June 22, but he is the type of fighter that a rising star like Broner needs to face on his way up the ladder.

Adrien "The Problem'' Broner is brash, bold and undefeated. He's a confident, smack-talking showman, always aiming to entertain.

WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi is just ten days away from defending his title against Adrien Broner on June 22nd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Born and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, light welterweight prospect Danny "Bhoy" O'Connor has always been a proud Bostonian and avid sports fan of local clubs like the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, New England Patriots and New England Revolution.

HER professional boxing career consists of just two fights, but Taree boxer Arlene 'Angerfist' Blencowe will fight 'Diamond' Daniella Smith for the world light welterweight title in Auckland tomorrow night.

The Washington DC southpaw caused one of boxing's biggest upsets of 2012 in February stopping the 6ft 8in scouser inside two rounds back in February.

James Page, who once held the WBA welterweight title, was arrested Monday morning for allegedly robbing eight banks over the past three months in his native San Francisco Bay Area.

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.