Welterweight Boxing News

All eyes in the UK are currently on Dmitriy Salita, the Jewish boxer from New York who will fight Amir Khan in Newcastle next month for the WBA light-welterweight title.

Cotto, his son Shane Jr. and about his future plans as welterweight champ. Photos by Laura De La Torre / 411mania.com With 'Sugar' Shane Mosley being as vocal as ever about his future, we caught up with the WBA welterweight champ to talk about his possible fight with WBC titlist Andre Berto, the Pacquiao-Cotto fight, his frustrations and Floyd ...

Boxing's number one pound-for-pound fighter, Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao , is set to get back into the ring on Nov.

THE NOV. 14 MEGAFIGHT between WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao is November's must-see event, but there is a wide variety of options for discerning fight fans to choose from this Saturday.

Arturo Gatti looks on against Carlos Baldomir during their WBC/IBA Welterweight Championship fight at Boardwalk Hall July 22, 2006 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

IBF welterweight champion Isaac Hlatshwayo, who recently turned down the chance of a unification bout, is to defend his title in South Africa on December 11.

Mordena s Lenny Daws admits he snubbed the chance to earn a A 32,000 payday by turning down the chance to appear in the next installment of the popular Prizefighter series.

Manny Pacquiao, the recognized No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer today, was named a 2009 Gusi Peace Prize laureate.

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. Unbeaten boxers and former junior national roommates Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley and Lamont Peterson met the media on Tuesday to discuss their World Boxing Organization Jr.

Dmitriy Salita goes face to face with his Arab opponent. Photo courtesy of AP/Associated Press.

London, Oct 25 : WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan, who is being trained in Los Angeles for a year and could make the move permanent, if he is driven out of Britain by rival fans and fighters jealous of his success in boxing ring.

WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan believes he has the secret to ending Dmitriy Salita's unbeaten record in December's title fight in Newcastle.

Trust me, I've had worse debut performances. A few come to mind right away. But that's, ahem, another story.

Photograph: Sean Dempsey/AP Amir Khan and Dmitry Salita came face to face in Newcastle and London today, representatives not only of their respective and conflicting religions but of the higher A traditions of their sometimes sullied sport.

Approximately 500 boxers have died in the ring or as a result of boxing since the Marquis of Queensberry Rules were introduced in 1884.

Cathedral City boxer Timothy Bradley will return home for a second title defense of his WBO junior welterweight title.

Whenever there's a big fight in professional boxing the most sought-after opinion by writers and commentators are from those fighters who have either fought or sparred the participants who are going to fight.

Northern Ireland fighter Paul McCloskey wants a showdown with WBA light-welterweight title holder Amir Khan.

Britain's, Amir Khan, left, throws a punch at Ukraine's Andreas Kotelnik in this file photo.

Britain's Ricky Hatton vowed to become the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world on Thursday after announcing a May 2 clash with Filipino Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas.