By Andrew Wake: There was to be no real life Rocky story at a sweltering York Hall in Bethanal Green tonight (Tuesday 30 June) as Jason Booth retained his British super-bantamweight title in impressive fashion.

Scottish super-middleweight prospect Craig McEwan made it 16 straight wins as a professional Saturday night when he scored a hard fought eight round split decision win over Darnell Boone at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Marcos Maidana scored an upset sixth round stoppage win over Victor Ortiz at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to claim the WBA interim junior welterweight title.

Arthur Abraham made a successful 10th defence of his IBF middleweight title with a 10th round tko win over the very game Mahir Oral at the Max Shmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany on Saturday night.

WBA super featherweight champion Jorge Linares , 27-0-(18), retained his title at Plaza De Toros in Tamaulipas, Mexico Saturday night via an eighth round tko win over Josafat Perez, 12-2-(7).

By Amilcar Barnett: Headlining his first card in the USA and his first Pay-Per-View Event, Puerto Rico's Juan Manuel Lopez entered the Theatre at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey to defend his WBO 122-pound title against fellow undefeated fighter Olvier Lonchi of Montréal, Québec and won a ninth round TKO victory in a one-sided yet competitive fight.

By Lwazi Ndzobongo: Nkosinathi Joyi produced a sterling performance to beat Florante Condes on points in an IBF mini flyweight eliminator on Friday night at the Orient Theatre in East London.

By Michael Norby: Undefeated middleweight bright spark Daniel Jacobs scored a mightily impressive stoppage victory on Friday night after he battered outclassed veteran George Walton through eight one-sided rounds at The Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Marco 'Captain' Huck will challenge WBO Cruiserweight Champion Victor Emilio Ramirez at Halle´s Gerry Weber Stadium on August 29.

Jerry Glick: Shaun George has been a professional boxer for nine years and at thirty he is only now about to scream his name out to the boxing public. Only now does he have the kind of team who will help amplify that scream. Hot off an impressive victory over superstar Chris Byrd, George was all set to make that big career move, but it didn't happen.

By José Santana Jr: The past year has delivered a few set-backs to highly touted bantamweight contender Abner Mares. None, fortunately, have come in the ring as the Guadalajara, Mexico native holds an impressive 18-0 (11KO) record.

By Andy Rivera: Hector Munoz will take on Demetrius Hopkins Saturday night in a welterweight bout in New York. Hopkins is coming off a world title shot against then champion Kendall Holt this past December.

By Andrew Wake: Despite boxing one of the oldest pastimes known to human kind, the woman's sport is still very much in its infancy. According to women's boxing archive WBAN, the first female boxing bout was staged in London in 1720 but, for a number of reasons, the sport has not grown in the same manner that it has for their male counterparts since.

By Derek Bonnett: American flyweights are about as common as Mexican heavyweights. They pop up every now and then, but overall there is a long pause between blips on the radar. The last American-born flyweight to really capture the attention of the boxing world was Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, whose name described him perfectly in his prime.

By Amilcar Barnett: In boxing there are no direct paths to a championship or clear route that one can follow to win a belt. There is no tour or organized calendar nor are there tournaments with seeds and draws.

By Paul Upham: WBC/WBA/IBF junior bantamweight boxing world champion Vic 'Raging Bull' Darchinyan has arrived in Los Angeles, USA for the final weeks of his training camp as he prepares to move up in weight once again on July 11. The Armenian born Australian citizen will challenge IBF bantamweight champion Joseph 'King Kong' Agbeko on Showtime Championship Boxing.

Scottish boxing prospect Gary Young makes his long awaited return to the ring on July 16 when he faces Ameri.an Tony Hirsch in San Jose, California

Eddie Hyland and Oisin Fagan have been matched for the vacant IBF International super-featherweight title at the National Basketball Arena in Dublin on July 25

Andreas Kotelnik is in no doubt at all that come July 18 at the MEN Arena in Manchester there will only be one winner when he defends his WBA junior-welterweight crown against Amir Khan.

Boxing manager Gary Hyde is seeking an injunction to prevent 2-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux from fighting on the July 17 in Reno, Nevada.

Darren Sutherland could become the first Britsh 2008 Olympian to challenge for a professional boxing title.

By Andrew Wake: British boxing fans can be accused of many things but one thing that cannot be said of them is that they lack devotion.

Scottish super-middleweight prospect Craig McEwan made it 16 straight wins as a professional Saturday night when he scored a hard fought eight round split decision win over Darnell Boone at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Super middleweight prospect Dennis Hasson has inked a promotional deal with Chet Koerner's TKO BOXING Promotions. Most recently, Hasson won a unanimous decision over Johnny Hayes on April 4 in Philadelphia.

Promoter Don King announced on Friday that he will pay tribute to Michael Jackson at a world championship boxing event King has slated for July 11 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, USA.

Reportedly, former multiple weight world champion Roy Jones Jr. will take on ex IBF 168 lbs. titlist Jeff Lacy, Saturday, August 15, at the Gulf Coast Arena in Biloxi, Mississippi. The PPV card will also feature Danny Green vs. Julio Cesar Dominguez for the vacant IBO 200 lbs. belt, as well as, WBO #3 rated cruiserweight BJ Flores vs. TBA.

WBC #5 rated heavyweight Eddie Chambers, who is set to square off against #1 WBO heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko, this Saturday, July 4, in a WBO official eliminator at Color Line Arena participated in an open media workout today in Hamburg, Germany.

By José Santana Jr: The past year has delivered a few set-backs to highly touted bantamweight contender Abner Mares. None, fortunately, have come in the ring as the Guadalajara, Mexico native holds an impressive 18-0 (11KO) record.

In today's edition of Ask The Editor (ATE), we take our first look at a possible Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto super-fight, welcome back Floyd Mayweather Jr again and contemplate whether Wladimir Klitschko really is the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world. We analyse if David Haye dodged a financial bullet, declare who will replace Setanta to broadcast boxing, look for the elusive double knockout, discuss Daniel Geale's future and more.

WBC #5 rated heavyweight Eddie Chambers and #1 WBO heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko participated in the official weigh-in before their confrontation later today (Saturday, July 4) for the WBO official eliminator. The battle is set to take place at Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

On July 11th Arena Box Promotion will bring boxing back to Turkey.

Marco 'Captain' Huck will challenge WBO Cruiserweight Champion Victor Emilio Ramirez at Halle´s Gerry Weber Stadium on August 29.

By Derek Bonnett: On July 14, Elio Rojas will challenge WBC featherweight champion Takahiro Aoh at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Rojas, an amateur standout owns a professional dossier of 20-1 (13) and currently fights out of Brooklyn, New York with trainer Colin Morgan.

Jerry Glick: Shaun George has been a professional boxer for nine years and at thirty he is only now about to scream his name out to the boxing public. Only now does he have the kind of team who will help amplify that scream. Hot off an impressive victory over superstar Chris Byrd, George was all set to make that big career move, but it didn't happen.

Check up on all of the upcoming professional boxing cards to be held in Australia in the coming days and weeks.

By Andy Rivera: November 12, 1982 was the first and only time I cried when one of my favorite fighters was beaten. Alexis Arguello had just lost to Aaron Pryor in his attempt to be the first fighter capture a world championship in four different boxing weight divisions, a feat at that time which was considered nearly impossible.

IBF #1 middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo of New York and the Dominican Republic has waited very patiently for his shot at the world title. The former Dominican Olympian has been quietly toiling under the tutelage of trainer Pastor Ralph Farriett of Yonkers for the past seven years.