Bernard Hopkins

Challenger Chad Dawson wants to deliver a career-defining knockout over RING and WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins on Saturday night.

Bernard Hopkins implied that Saturday night's clash with Chad Dawson could represent his final professional fight, comparing his career achievements to those of Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. 

Will 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins remain RING light heavyweight champion and successfully defend his WBC title against Chad Dawson on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City?

Former 122-pound titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon will face Eduardo Lazcano on May 4 on Fox Deportes, the first show of a new monthly output deal between Golden Boy Promotions and the Fox network.

Will the young wolf, Abner Mares, out-gun the old fox, Eric Morel, when they meet in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday night for the vacant WBC 122-pound crown? Boxing insiders give their picks.

American heavyweight title hopeful, Seth Mitchell, held an open workout on Wednesday in Clinton, Md., in advance of his clash with Chazz Witherspoon on April 28.

Bernard Hopkins: "I believe I am the most underrated fighter who has walked on the planet earth. I believe that I'm the most underrated fighter that has ever laced a pair of gloves on."

Richard Schaefer has signed a long-term deal to remain CEO at Golden Boy Promotions and Golden Boy Enterprises.

Lateef Kayode's cruiserweight bout with former light heavyweight titleholder Antonio Tarver is to headline a Showtime-televised, quadruple-header from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on June 2.

Former RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal "is 100 percent" on board to fight IBF titleholder Tavoris Cloud, according to his promoter.

Tavoris Cloud says that he's done his part to make the fight happen, and now he's ready to defend his IBF light heavyweight belt against former champ Jean Pascal.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be profiled on HBO's "Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out" in April in advance of his May 5 showdown with Miguel Cotto.

Undefeated light heavyweight beltholder Tavoris Cloud says a deal is close for him to defend his IBF title against former RING/WBC champ Jean Pascal this year.

Golden Boy and the United Kingdom's BoxNation will team up to broadcast the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto fight and others to British fans, starting in April.

Abner Mares and Eric Morel will face each other for the WBC's junior featherweight belt vacated by Toshiaki Nishioka, and Robert Guerrero will meet Selcuk Aydin for the organization's interim welterweight title.

Fighting in his hometown for the first time in his professional career, Zab Judah believes that his big-fight experience will be too much for young Vernon Paris, and that "Super" will be wearing a belt again after March 24.

Vicente Escobedo, two bouts into his junior lightweight campaign, is trying to maneuver himself into a title shot against WBO 130-pound beltholder Adrien Broner. 

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell will pursue his 23rd consecutive victory against Chazz Witherspoon on the undercard of the rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Chazz Witherspoon on April 28.

Tim Bradley's prediction that Devon Alexander would dominate Marcos Maidana turned out to be true, and now Alexander's trainer, Kevin Cunningham, is offering his own prediction: that Bradley will defeat Manny Pacquiao.

Ken Hershman ran down an HBO lineup that includes fights such as Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley, Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson II, Lamont Peterson-Amir Khan II, Sergio Martinez-Matthew Macklin, and Brandon Rios-Yuriorkis Gamboa.

Chad Dawson: "I'm going into this fight to prove a point. I'm going to show everybody that in the last fight, Bernard Hopkins found a way out of the fight so that he didn't have to fight me."

Tavoris Cloud: "I had a bad night. So maybe this fight right here with Gabriel Campillo will make guys actually come out and start to fight Tavoris Cloud."

Nobuhiro Ishida looks to shock the world again by defeating Paul Williams on Feb. 18, while Williams is eager to make the most of his long-awaited return to the ring.

Philadelphia-based cruiserweight Steve Cunningham, who is promoted by a German company, is better known in Germany than he is in America. He will fight Yoan Pablo Hernandez in Germany on Saturday in a rematch with THE RING's vacant title on the line.

RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Bernard Hopkins will fight Chad Dawson on April 28 in Atlantic City, N.J., in a rematch of their controversial first bout in that took place last October.

Floyd Mayweather on his telephone conversation with Manny Pacquiao: "He asked about a 50/50 split and I told him no, that can’t happen, but what can happen is you can make more money fighting me than you have made in your career."

Tavoris Cloud: "Promoters don't want their fighters to fight me because we're in a recession, and their fighter could be hospitalized...they could get stuck with a huge hospital bill."

Bernard Hopkins: "We are losing boxing in the black community and that’s something to be seriously concerned about."

Chad Dawson's promoter, Gary Shaw, said that he expects to begin negotiations for a rematch with Bernard Hopkins this week.

Bernard Hopkins: "I don't want my next fight to be just a fight. It has to be historic. If I fight just a fight, then I would probably lose... I want at least one or two more fights. Then, I want to exit out of this game."

Matthew Macklin wil try to end Britain's losing streak when he meets RING middleweight champ Sergio Martinez on March 17.

Steve Cunningham: "I just want to start the year off with an explosive nuclear bang and snatch this belt back."

Although Andre Ward's mother said that she was "very offended" by Carl Froch's fans at the pre-fight weigh in, she said her son made Froch pay for it.

Andre Ward weighed in at 168-even, half a pound more than Saturday night's rival Carl Froch, at Friday's pre-fight weighin.

Pat Russell's report breaks down why he changed his mind about his original ruling that Chad Dawson had scored a TKO over Bernard Hopkins.

The WBC has ordered a rematch between RING/WBC light heavyweight champ Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, as well as a fight between WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and RING champ Sergio Martinez.

Andre Ward's trainer, Virgil Hunter, calls Steve Smoger "a throwback" who "allows the fighters to fight."

Andre Ward puts his perfect record on the line against once-beaten Carl Froch in the Super Six final bout. Who's going to win? 

While HBO's Larry Merchant was "shocked" by the California State Athletic Commision's ruling Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson a no-contest, ESPN's Dan Rafael called it "the right decision."

Washington, D.C., Boxing and Wrestling Commssion Chairman Scottie Irving addressed the issues surrounding Saturday night's Lamont Peterson-Amir Khan fight.

Bernard Hopkins says he will "never fight Andre Ward," who he considers an understudy of sorts. Ward faces fellow 168-pound titleholder Carl Froch in Super Six World Boxing Classic final on Saturday.

HBO's ringside scorer Harold Lederman: "What I'm saying to you is that the three judges are really good. I don't see any problems. They're experienced. They're all good guys and all good judges."

Recent Hall of Fame electees Freddie Roach, Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson and ring announcer Michael Buffer will be on hand for Saturday's Amir Khan-Lamont Peterson fight.

After landing in Washington, D.C., Amir Khan hopes to land his 27th career victory over Lamont Peterson on Saturday.

The boxing world remembers 'Smokin' Joe Frazier -- the fighter, the legend, and the man. 

"I'm going to go into the ring and I'm going to use my fists until I win," said Glen Johnson of fight with IBF super middleweight beltholder Lucian Bute on Saturday. The 42-year-old vet adds that retirement is not on his mind.

Lucian Bute and Glen Johnson are both friends and familiar foes, having sparred for nearly 100 rounds two years ago in preparation for separate title bouts.

A majority of WBC board members disagree with the fight result, thus the organization will continue to recognize Bernard Hopkins as its light heavyweight champ.

Bernard Hopkins believes his tactical skills are feared inside the ring, but that his reputation as a tough guy is sometimes used against him outside.

Roy Jones Jr. returns to the ring on Dec. 10 against cruiserweight Max Alexander.