Alexiev Beats Licina in Dominant but Mechanical Fashion for the EBU ...EastsideBoxing.comby Pavel Yakovlev: Alexander Alexiev won the vacant EBU cruiserweight title by outpointing Enad Licina in Frankfurt, Germany. The scores favored Alexiev unanimously by margins of 118-110, 116-112, and 118-112. Alexiev (WBC #10, WBA #12, WBO #6) enjoyed ...and more&n... [read more]

Gutnecht Edges Uzelkov in EBU Lightheavy Title DefenseEastsideBoxing.comby Pavel Yakovlev: In defense of his EBU light heavyweight title, Eduard Gutnecht won a close, hard fought decision over Vyacheslav Uzelkov. The scorecards were unanimous at 115-114, 116-112, and 117-111. As a result of the win, Gutnecht improves to ...and more » [read more]

Cleverly impressed with Volderman; Spivey vs. Vazquez, Witherspoon vs ...EastsideBoxing.comBoxing brainbox Nathan Cleverly met his match when he came head-to-head with former Countdown queen Carol Vorderman in the ring. The Cardiff University Maths graduate, who's preparing for his homecoming WBO World Light-Heavywight title defence on ...and more&n... [read more]

Four Reasons Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will Defeat Miguel CottoYahoo! SportsHe has written for boxing websites such as boxingnews24.com, eastsideboxing.com and pinoygreats.com. You can find more of his writing at the site www.lorenrobinson.com or you can follow him on Twitter, @BestWriter_InPA.and more »

Veteran Richard Hall In The Frame For Shot At Denis LebedevEastsideBoxing.comBy James Slater: According to a news article that went out on RIA Novosti in Russia, 40-year-old Richard Hall could be one win away from facing World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight titlist Denis Lebedev in April. Hall will face Grigory Drozd in ... [read more]

Ovill McKenzie Too Strong For Tony Dodson, Scores 3rd-round TKO; Retains ...EastsideBoxing.comBy James Slater: Last night in Manchester, reigning Commonwealth light-heavyweight champ Ovill McKenzie scored a crushing 3rd-round stoppage over former British super-middleweight ruler Tony Dodson. As his team had said beforehand, 32-year-old McKenzie ...and m... [read more]

Heavyweight Prospect Magomed Abdusalamov Scores Easy Win In FNF Debut, Needs ...EastsideBoxing.comBy James Slater: Unbeaten Russian big man Magomed “Magoâ€� Abdusalamov has been getting a fair amount of ink just lately, and fans were anxious to see the 6'3â€� southpaw's Friday Night Fights debut last night on ESPN. Magomed won, improving his p... [read more]

The sports of Boxing: A sad and sorry State of AffairsEastsideBoxing.comBy Joss Goosman: The heavyweight division is the arena where past kings of the ring were ordained. Where the strongest and the biggest of men were pitted against each other, much like the gladiators of the past. Nothing can elicit the primal instinct ...and more » [read more]

Cotto vs. Mayweather: I can't wait to see Miguel knock the smug smile off ...EastsideBoxing.comBy Peter de Lange: My first reaction was "they got it wrong again" when I heard that Miguel Cotto would be Floyd Mayweather's next opponent. Everybody knows that the biggest fight out there is Mayweather against manny Pacquiao and the powers... [read more]

Arum rumors: Donaire vs. ArceEastsideBoxing.comBy Vitali Shaposhnikov: Nonito Donaire's (27-1-0) stock has been on a very sharp and aggressive rise ever since his demolition of Vic Darchinyan (37-4-1) in 2007. Then, after many great performances, Donaire was able to claim yet another tremendous and ...and more » [read more]