Main Events has signed Hall of Fame promoter/matchmaker J. Russell Peltz as a consultant/matchmaker, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva.

Think HBO is counting on the May 5th De La Hoya/Floyd Mayweather face-off to be the centerpiece promotion of 2007?

On this day in 2003, Ricardo Mayorga retained his WBA welterweight belt and won the WBC portion of that title with a third-round stoppage of Vernon Forrest in Temecula, California.

ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Big Brother Vitali Klitschko is coming back after two years away from fighting, and that leaves the massive Nigerian on the outside, looking in. And Peter’s steaming, according to manager Ivaylo Gotzev.

On this day in 1950, Joey Maxim won the world light heavyweight title with a 10th-round knockout of Freddie Mills in London, England.

Israel Vazquez will defend his WBC super bantamweight title against IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez on Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday, March 3, at 9 PM/ET.

Don King arrived in gay Paris today in anticipation of the Wednesday (Jan. 24) presser announcing a highly anticipated rematch between WBA/WBC cruiserweight champion O’Neil “Supernova� Bell and former unified world cruiserweight champion Jean-Marc Mormeck.

In an effort to increase technology access to families and youth throughout East Los Angeles, Microsoft today announced a grant worth more than $1 million in software to the Oscar de la Hoya & Microsoft Learning Center.

IBA middleweight champion John Duddy defends the title he won from Yori Boy Campas, as well as his WBC Continental Americas belt, on March 16 against Contender star Anthony “The Bullet� Bonsante. The fight card is called “Erin Go Brawl� and will be available on pay-per-view event live from The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Emanuel Steward didn’t have any inside scoop on whether or not Vitali Klitschko is gearing up for a comeback.