Undefeated Adrien Broner (20-0, 16 KOs) will fight Jason Litzau (28-2, 12 KOs) at a site to be determined in June, according to Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Broner's promoter ... Amir Khan's fight against Paul McCloskey in Manchester, England, on April 16 has been moved from pay-per-view to Sky Sports 3, an adjustment made after separate undercard bouts featuring Tyson Fury-Hasim Rahman and Gavin Rees-Anthony Crolla fell apart ... Danny Green (31-3, 27 KOs) will fight Antonio Tarver (28-6, 19 KOs) in Sydney Australia on July 20, with Green's IBO cruiserweigh belt at stake, Boxing Scene has reported ...The Manchester Evening News is reporting that Soulemane M'Baye (39-3, 21 KOs) is likely to fight Matthew Hatton (41-5, 16 KOs). A date has not been announced ...WBA middleweight champ Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KOs) will defend his belt against Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KOs) sometime this summer, according to German media ... Dmitriy Salita (32-1, 17 KOs) and Luis Collazo (30-4, 15 KOs) will return in separate bouts April 13 at Brooklyn's Oceana Club. Salita will fight Ronnie Warrior Jr. (13-4, 4 KOs) in the junior welter division, and Collazo will take on Franklin Gonzalez (13-8, 9 KOs) at welterweight ... Promoter Gary Shaw says a light heavyweight fight between Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KOs) and Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KOs) will happen May 21 at Montreal's Bell Center, as planned, despite reports that Diaconu has had problems with Interbox, his promoter, according to Boxing Scene ... Kendall Holt (26-4, 14 KOs) and Julio Diaz (38-6, 27 KOs), both former world champions, will meet in the main event of the May 13 edition of ESPN's "Friday Night Fights." The co-feature will match explosive knockout artists Jonathan Gonzalez (12-0, 12 KOs) against Rudy Cisneros (12-2, 11 KOs) ... Mercurial Ricardo Mayorga (29-8, 23 KOs) expects to return to the ring in September as a middleweight, and is hoping his opponent will be unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0, 30 KOs). Chavez first has to get past Germany's Sebastian Zbik, a WBC middleweight title fight schedueld June 4 in Los Angeles ...The WBC has named Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KOs) as the mandatory challenger for newly crowned WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (36-0, 26 KOs). A tentative date is June 18, and Mexico is the likely site ... Cris Arreola (30-2, 26 KOs) will return to the ring May 14 agtainst Nagy Aguilera (16-5, 11 KOs) as the co-feature to the Super Six semifinal bout between Andre Ward and Arthru Abraham ...Sebastian Sylvester will defend his IBF middleweight belt against Daniel Geale on May 7 in Neubrandenburg, Germany. Geale (24-1, 15 KOs) is coming off a 12th-round KO of Roman Karmazin in October. Sylvester (34-3-1, 16 KOs) outpointed Mahir Oral the same month ... The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., will be the site of the Super Six middleweight championship fight between Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KOs) and former champion Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs) on May 14. The winner will reach the tournament finals against the Carl-Froch-Glen Johnson winner, a May 21 event ... ... John Molina (21-1, 17 KOs) will face undefeated boxer-puncher Sharif Bogere (19-0, 12 KOs) on the May 13 edition of "ShoBox: The Next Generation" at a yet-to-be-named venue, possibly the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles ... Joel Julio (36-4, 31 KOs) will fight Antwone Smith (20-2-1, 12 KOs) on ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" on May 20 at the Prudential Center in Newark ... Ex-light heavyweight king Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO) will fight another ex-champ, Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KOs), May 21 on HBO ... Teddy Atlas says his undefeated heavyweight, Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KOs), is likely to face former cruiserweight champ Jean-Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KOs) for the vacant WBA heavyweight belt in June ... JLike this website? Do us a huge favor and tell a boxing fan (or a whole bunch) about www.ringsideboxingshow.com ... Do you have comments or suggestions about this website? We'd love to hear from you. E-mail us at contact@ringsideboxingshow.com ...WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux will defend his title March 19 against European champion Willie Casey at the new Citywest Convention Center in Dublin, Ireland ... Got a boxing-friendly business? Let us hype it for you on this website, or on The Ringside Boxing Show. Email us at contact@ringsideboxingshow.com to find out about our shamefully cheap advertising rates ... Help us grow! Tell a boxing fan (or a whole bunch) about www.ringsideboxingshow.com ... |
