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Trainer Justin Fortune on Seth Mitchell, The Heavyweight Division

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Boxing trainer, Justin Fortune, of the Fortune Gym in Los Angeles, once lost by fourth-round knockout to heavyweight Lennox Lewis in July of 1995, and earned a fourth-round technical decision...

De La Hoya: Seth Mitchell Can Be America's Next Heavyweight Champ

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Brandywine, MD., native and heavyweight contender Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell (pictured at far right) scored two knockdowns in the fifth and final round of his Dec. 11, knockout victory over...

Shannon Briggs on Vitali Klitschko: 'All it Takes is One Punch'

Shannon Briggs was the last American to wear a version of the heavyweight belt, with the Brooklyn, N.Y., native earning the WBO crown via 12th-round knockout over Sergey Lyakhovich in November of 2006 before being dethroned in June of 2007 by Sultan Ibragimov via 12-round, unanimous decision. John Ruiz held the WBA...

David Tua Fights for Another Title Shot

Heavyweight contender David Tua came up short in his only world title shot, losing by lopsided, unanimous decision to WBC and IBF king, Lennox Lewis, in November of 2000. The New Zealander's repertoire, meanwhile, is replete with knockout victories over former world champions such as Michael Moorer, Hasim Rahman, Oleg...

K2 Promotions Bids $8.3 Million; Wins Klitschko-Povetkin

K2 Promotions of Ukrainian-born WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (pictured above, at left), of Kiev, out-bid Sauerland Promotions, of Russian challenger Alexander Povetkin, by nearly 2-to-1 to win Tuesday's IBF organization purse bid for a September bout between the two fighters that will be held...