Earlier this week the WBC declared that they would be banning Brit heavyweight Dereck Chisora indefinitely and scraping him from their rankings following his behaviour in Munich a fortnight ago.

The Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto took their ‘Ring Kings’ show to New York City yesterday afternoon as they hit Harlem’s world famous Apollo Theater to announce their May 5 showdown.

In another high-end production Mayweather and Cotto were played into the arena by trumpeters and took their place on the stage on gold thrones flanked by smaller seats for their trainers and promoters.

Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto kicked off the press tour for their WBA light-middleweight title contest yesterday in front of a sellout crowd in Cotto’s native Puerto Rico.

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and light-welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley were at a press conference in Los Angeles yesterday to announce their upcoming June 9 clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Former light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has kicked off his training camp with Brit coach Joe Gallagher as he prepares to reclaim his titles from Lamont Peterson on May 19 in Las Vegas.

Three-weight world champion Shane Mosley will get the chance to challenge for another title at the grand old age of 40 when he takes on WBC light-middleweight champion Saul Alvarez on May 5.

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will fight Timothy Bradley on June 9, and the contract is just waiting for the fighters to dot the i’s and cross the t’s according to promoter Bob Arum.

Nonito Donaire took some time out during his media day earlier this week to play Guess Who? The three-time world champion does some hilarious impersonations of various figures in boxing…

WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather has told the Nevada State Athletic Commission that he will fight WBA light-middleweight super champion Miguel Cotto on May 5.

Mayweather who had his 90-day jail term pushed back till June 1 so he could fulfil a commitment to fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 5, was reinstated a license to box in the state at a hearing today.