Pound of pound boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr has announced that he is retiring from boxing.

Mayweather is stepping down undefeated, after winning all of his 39 fights, and therefore his last fight was against Rick Hatton when he retained his WBC welterweight title.

Floyd Mayweather said (read more…)

The current World Boxing Association Welterweight champion, Miguel Cotto, received a visit from the world famous multi millionaire fashion designer, Marc Ecko.

Ecko visited Miguel Cotto in his gym, the Bairoa Gym in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and for two hours Ecko and Cotto (read more…)

Over his career, and indeed over most boxing careers, Manny Pacquiao has mainly had to face right handed opponents.

However Pacman will need to make some changes when he faces Diaz, another left hander.

But Manny Pacquiao’s boxing coach, Freddie Roach, is (read more…)

Even though 55,000 fans will be out to watch Ricky Hatton fight Juan Lazcano in Manchester, Juan Lazcano’s coach, Ronnie Shields, still thinks that his fighter will come out victorious.

What Shields says should be taken seriously. Not only is he a former two-time world light welterweight title challenger himself, but as a boxing coach he has worked with names such as (read more…)

Miguel Cotto, the WBA welterweight champion and Antonio ‘The Tijuana Tornado’ Margarito, the IBF welterweight champion, were both confident at a press conference yesterday.

The excitement is already building for (read more…)

Young British boxing prospect Amir Khan has said he is willing to move to the USA in order to team up with a first rate boxing coach.

Khan split with his old coach Oliver Harrison last month and the 21 year old is apparently looking for a long term replacement (read more…)

A massive fifty five thousand boxing fans are going to be in the City of Manchester Stadium for the great Ricky Hatton’s comeback fight against Juan Lazcano.

Its really good to see a high profile boxer like Hatton rewarding his fans by making tickets for this fight relatively cheap (they cost less than a Manchester City football ticket). It is this attitude that is making Hitman Hatton a hero, up with the likes of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno in the hearts of British boxing fans.

Hatton is going to fight (read more…)

In recent months we have seen two British world boxing champions loses their titles as both Clinton Woods and Junior Witter were defeated in the ring.

Can Witter and Woods make a comeback?

There are probably two main factors (read more…)

Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya won a unanimous points victory over Steve Forbes in a bout that many have said is simply a warm up for a Floyd Mayweather - Oscar De La Hoya fight in September.

Two of the boxing judges gave De La Hoya the fight by 119 points to 109 with the other giving him the verdict 120-108.

What did you think of Oscar De La Hoya? Was Oscar De La Hoya at his best in this fight?

Oscar De La Hoya said (read more…)

We haven’t done a list of who we consider as the top pound for pound boxers in a while, so here’s the update.

Feel free to agree or disagree, and please post any comments you have on the list at the bottom of the article (read more…)