Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.  Eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao is opening a tattoo shop in Hollywood, Calif., beneath the Wild Card Boxing Club where he trains for fights, and FanHouse was there. On May 7 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Pacquiao (53-2-1, 38 knockouts), who is handled [...]

A ex-Philadelphia street thug who survived three stabbings, was imprisoned at age 18 for five years, and released in 1988, former undisputed middleweight champion, Bernard Hopkins, turns 46 on Jan. 15. “People have written me off a lot of times in my life, and that’s been my biggest motivation. I’ve always needed people to be rooting against me,” Hopkins once said. [...]

The promoters of WBC welterweight (147) titlist Andre Berto (pictured above, at right), of Winter Haven, Fla., and southpaw junior welterweight (140 pounds) contender Victor Ortiz, of Oxnard, Calif., have confirmed that negotiations are ongoing for a potential clash between the two on April 16, according to Rick Reeno of BoxingScene.com. The fight featuring Berto (27-0, 21 knockouts) and [...]

WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (11-1, 7 KOs) successfully defended his world titles for the second time, stopping 3-time world champion William Joppy in the sixth round, tonight in front of a packed house at the Ice Mansion in Shymkent, Kazakhstan WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (11-1, 7 KOs) successfully defended his world titles for the second time, stopping [...]

The season opener of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” provided two exciting fights last night in Las Vegas Last night Rhode Island’s Demetrius Andrade improved to a perfect (12-0, 8KOs) scoring a dominant eight round decision over tough as nails Alberto Herrera (7-2-1, 5KO’s) at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, NV. The bout, promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and [...]

The first match of Shoot Boxing’s February 19th Act.1 event has finally been announced. And what an announcement it was. In a rematch of their 2009 fight, Hiroki Shishido will be taking on Bovy Sor. Udomson. No word yet on the rest of the card but this is a great fight to announce first. The 2009 fight is a favorite of mine and the 2011 version should be just as great. Both are S-Cup participants [...]