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The official weigh-in for Saturday’s unified IBF/WBA/IBO Heavyweight world championship fight between undefeated IBF world champion Anthony Joshua and former two-time Heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko took place earlier today in London, England. The official weights for the entire card are as follows. Main Event: IBF/WBA/IBO Heavyweight world championship * - 12Rds. Anthony Joshua (IBF champion) 250lbs. vs. Wladimir Klitschko (Challenger) 240 1/4lbs. (*The vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Organization (IBO) Heavyweight world championships will also be on the line in this bout in addition to Joshua’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) world championship.) Featherweight – 12Rds.* Scott Quigg 125 1/2lbs. vs. Viorel Simion 125 1/4lbs. (*Fight will determine a mandatory challenger for IBF world Featherweight champion Lee Selby) Lightweight – 12Rds.* Darleys Perez 136 1/2lbs. vs. Luke Campbell 134 1/2lbs. (*B...

In the last decade, there has been one constant who sat atop Boxing's Heavyweight division as the division's central figure. Longtime Heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko. Klitschko, a two-time world champion began his second reign as a world champion in April 2006 with a knockout over longtime champion Chris Byrd in their second encounter, ruled over the division for nine years compiling eighteen successful title defenses, and successfully unifying the IBF, WBO, IBO, and WBA Heavyweight world championships along the way. What made Klitschko’s second reign as a world champion so dominant was few opponents were able to put up a significant challenge to Klitschko, who would win the majority of his fights with a basic, but effective weapon, the left jab followed by a straight right hand. With the one-two combination combined with his 6’6 frame and technical Boxing style, the question that was often asked prior to a Wladimir Klitschko title defense usually centered ...

We would like to let our readers know that new material is in the works and will be released on Wednesday, April 26th during the evening hours. Stay tuned. “And That’s The Boxing Truth.” Update: We would also like to inform readers that the scheduled post-fight material for the recent Andre Berto-Shawn Porter and Oscar Valdez-Miguel Marriaga bouts will be included in the April 2017 edition of the monthly feature Observations On Recent Events In Boxing which is scheduled for release during the first week of May. We apologize for the delay. Stay tuned. The Boxing Truth® is a registered trademark of Beau Denison All Rights Reserved. Follow Beau Denison on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Beau_Denison

On Saturday, April 22 nd , the Boxing world will be treated to two intriguing bouts in Boxing's Welterweight and Featherweight divisions. In a battle of former world champions, former two-time Welterweight world champion Andre Berto will square off against former IBF Welterweight world champion Shawn Porter at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY in a bout that will headline the latest edition of the Premier Boxing Champions series broadcast by Showtime in the United States. This encounter brings together two of the Welterweight division’s most exciting fighters because both have crowd-pleasing styles. In one corner will stand Andre Berto a former two-time world Welterweight champion, who at one point in his career was considered by some to be one of if not the best fighter in the Welterweight division as well as a player in the sport's pound for pound debates. Despite two reigns as world champion, an argument could be made that Berto is perhaps best known more for the fi...

The weekend of April 15 th featured some interesting bouts featuring rising prospects looking to advance to the next level of their respective careers as well as two world champions meeting in a highly anticipated Jr. Welterweight unification bout. One of the prospects who saw action was undefeated Light-Heavyweight contender Dmitry Bivol, who squared off with veteran Samuel Clarkson on April 14th in the main event of the latest edition of Showtime Sports’ popular ShoBox: The New Generation series at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. One of the questions that I always keep in mind when seeing a rising prospect is how that fighter will respond to the exposure that comes with being featured as a focal point on television. An obvious question that usually accompanies the question of how the fighter will deal with the exposure that comes with being featured on television is will the fighter be given a significant test as he looks to continue his progress toward contender status...

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The official weigh-in for Friday’s edition of Showtime Sports’ ShoBox: The New Generation series took place on Thursday in Oxon Hill, MD. The official weights for the entire card are as follows. Main Event: Light-Heavyweight – 12Rds.* Dmitry Bivol 174 1/2lbs. vs. Samuel Clarkson 173lbs. (*Bout will determine an interim championship designation in the World Boxing Association’s (WBA) Light-Heavyweight ratings.) Jr. Featherweight – 8Rds. Leroy Davila 119 3/4lbs. vs. Glenn Dezum 120 3/4lbs. Heavyweight – 4Rds.* Hasim Rahman Jr.  234 1/2lbs. vs. Ralph Alexander 239 1/2lbs. (*Both fighters will be making their pro debuts on this card.) Heavyweight – 8Rds. Rodney Hernandez 262 1/2lbs. vs. Joey Dawejko 234 1/2lbs. Jr. Lightweight – 6Rds. Luis Torres 129lbs. vs. Ruben Villa 128lbs. Heavyweight – 8Rds. Sergey Kuzmin 246lbs. vs. Keenan Hickman 242 1/2lbs. Welterweight – 8Rds, Carlos Soto 148 1/2lbs. vs. Malik Hawkins 146lbs ...

Two-division world champion Vasyl Lomachenko has established himself as one of the most dominant fighters not just in the 130lb. Jr. Lightweight division, but one might argue in the entire sport. Of course, Lomachenko will go down in history as one of the greatest amateur boxers of all time compiling a mind boggling record of 396-1 during his amateur career. It was as an amateur that Lomachenko became a two-time Olympic champion winning a gold medal in the 2008 Beijing games as a Featherweight and earning a second gold medal at the 2012 London games as a Lightweight. With such a decorated amateur career, it was certainly understandable how the mouths of both Boxing fans and experts alike could water over the thought of a fighter of Lomachenko’s pedigree setting his sights on the professional ranks. In October 2013 Lomachenko made his professional debut by scoring a fourth round knockout over Jose Ramirez. Following his first pro fight, Lomachenko put forth a determined effort...

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The year 2017 has already provided some interesting moments in the sport of Boxing. A consistent theme thus far has been competitive fights that end in closely scored decisions. This theme seemed to begin in this observer’s eyes with the February 18th Welterweight encounter between former multi-division world champion Adrien Broner and Adrian Granados. A grueling encounter where two fighters simply put it on the line and left it all in the ring where there was not much to separate the two fighters at the conclusion of the bout. The end result, a ten round split decision in favor of Adrien Broner had the ingredients of what most associate with a close decision. More often than not, the main ingredient is an encounter that evolves into a great fight where there is a difference of opinion as to who got the upper hand. The month of March featured a couple of notable encounters that one might argue belong in the same category as Broner-Granados in terms of being highly competitiv...