
A door opened by Mike Tyson's ulcer: Stevie Morgan is ready for her big shot
When Stevie "Sledgehammer” Morgan turned professional two years ago at age 33, she couldn't have imagined that her fate would one day become entwined with Mike Tyson's.

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When Stevie "Sledgehammer” Morgan turned professional two years ago at age 33, she couldn't have imagined that her fate would one day become entwined with Mike Tyson's.

Last Saturday, Jaron “Boots” Ennis notched his 32nd win as a professional, and his 29th knockout, after battering David Avanesyan for five rounds in front of a hometown crowd in Philadelphia. Afterward, he talked of taking on Terence Crawford, and while “Bud” would start as the favorite against not only Ennis but pretty much all of his likely opponents, the fact that the Philadelphian’s name is even being mentioned as a credible foe for the pound-for-pound great is testament to his quality.

Ashton “H2O” Sylve may only be 20 years old and 11 fights into his professional boxing career, but the promising young lightweight admits with a smile that at times he already feels like a veteran.

Shakur Stevenson defended his lightweight title via a technically proficient but underwhelming performance against Artem Hartunyan in a unanimous decision win Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

A decision rendered Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, was as bad as they come, with Robson Conceicao winning a 130-pound title despite being outlanded and seemingly outclassed by O'Shaquie Foster.

Lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis remained undefeated with a dominant performance against Miguel Madueno on the undercard of the Shakur Stevenson-Artem Harutyunyan main event Saturday in Newark, New Jersey.

Eleven months and one week after losing his undefeated record to Isaac Cruz, Giovanni Cabrera takes on another of the lightweight division’s biggest punchers when he steps in the ring with William Zepeda at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California on Saturday.

Puerto Rican prospect Jan Paul Rivera (9-0, 5 KOs) will fight Atlanta, Georgia's Justin Goodson (8-0, 8 KOs) in a revised main event on MVP's Most Valuable Prospects 7 show at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida on July 26

Gennady Golovkin may or may not be retired from the ring, but he certainly hasn’t finished fighting. His latest challenge isn't defeating an overmatched middleweight contender but battling to keep boxing in the Olympics.

Although Teofimo Lopez wasn’t able to stop the rugged Steve Claggett on Saturday in Miami Beach, he threw and landed career highs as he rolled to a unanimous decision to retain his WBO junior welterweight title.