WBO orders purse bid for Peter Quillin-Mat Korobov ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reported Thursday afternoon that the WBO has ordered negotiations to begin pitting their middleweight champion Peter Quillin against Mat Korobov. That’s all fine and dandy, but Quillin (31-0, 22 knockouts) is promoted (not on paper) by Golden Boy Promotions and Korobov (24-0, 14

Billy Joe Saunders focused on Blandamura; Peter Quillin can wait Billy Joe Saunders says he’s only got eyes for Emanuele Blandamura in the build up to his fight with the undefeated Italian. The Hatfield star aims to add the Vacant European title to his British and Commonwealth belts, but says he is not distracted by

Adonis Stevenson survives scare to decision Andrzej Fonfara Adonis Stevenson retained his RING Magazine and WBC light heavyweight title, climbing off the canvas late in the fight to win a unanimous decision over Andrzej Fonfara. Stevenson dominated the first half of the fight, but Fonfara hung in there and took his lumps. When Stevenson tired

Billy Joe Saunders seeks to destroy Blandamura, targets Peter Quillin Middleweight star Billy Joe Saunders says he cut through unbeaten Emanuele Blandamura for the European title and then he wants WBO king Peter Quillin. Hatfield ace Saunders, the British, Commonwealth and WBO International Champion, faces Italian Blandamura at Manchester’s Phones 4 U Arena on Saturday

Bernard Hopkins dominates Beibut Shumenov, Shawn Porter stops Paul Malignaggi WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 20, 2014) - Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs), at 49-years-old, made history once again on Saturday night.  He is now the oldest man to unify a boxing world championship and the oldest fighter to defend a world title-besting his own record-as he defeated Beibut

SHAWN PORTER, PAULIE MALIGNAGGI, PETER QUILLIN AND LUKAS KONECNY MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT   Click HERE To Download An MP3 Of This Call   Kelly Swanson          Today we have a great conference call to discuss an unbelievable undercard that will be on the “Hopkins vs. Shumenov” fight card at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 19.

Garcia slips by Herrera in majority decision; Wilder stops Scott in one It was tougher than expected, but in the end, Danny Garcia retained his multiple junior welterweight titles by majority decision against the always tough Mauricio Herrera on Saturday night in a “homecoming” of sorts in Caguas, Puerto Rico atop a Showtime doubleheader. Garcia

Hopkins-Shumenov presser quotes WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 11, 2014) – IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Bernard Hopkins and WBA World Champion Beibut Shumenov held a press conference on Tuesday at The W Hotel in Washington, D.C., to formally announce their world championship unification on Saturday, April 19, live on SHOWTIME®from the DC Armory. At 49-years-old, “The

Q&A with Joe Gallagher: Part Two Here is the second part of Martin Perry’s interview with British boxing trainer Joe Gallagher. You can read part one here. Anthony Crolla has had to pull out from the John Simpson fight on March 1 due to a cut suffered in sparring. Would you potentially like to see

Do or die for Stevens on NBC Sports this Friday   Middleweight contender Curtis Stevens was praised for his gameness last November as he endured more rounds against budding superstar Gennady Golovkin than any fighter dating back to 2011, when Kassim Ouma took Golovkin into the tenth. For Stevens (25-4, 18 knockouts) to capitalize on