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There were three fights of note taking place this weekend in The States and we kick things off with an IBF lightweight title fight which took place last night at Energy Arena in Laredo, TX. Battling it out for the vacant IBF crown were a pair of lanky 23 year …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Aside from world super flyweight kingpin Vic Darchinyan’s masterful dismantling of Jorge Arce in Anaheim and Andre Ward’s victory over Henry Buchanan in Lemoore, there were two good bills in the states and we kick off this report at the Activity Center in Maywood, …

Click for larger image © Jan Sanders / Showtime Boxing Undefeated Andre Ward, 18-0 (12), pitched a 12-round shutout over outclassed Henry Buchanan, 17-2 (12), to capture the vacant NABF and NABO Super Middleweight titles Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation.

A talented, exciting fighter that fans need to keep a close eye on, undefeated, world-ranked Andre Ward of Oakland, CA., defends his NABO super middleweight title against once-beaten Henry “Sugar Poo’’ Buchanan of Chesterfield, SC. tonight on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing All four of the fighters who will be featured on Saturday’s excellent doubleheader on Showtime Championship Boxing participated in a final press conference that was open to the media and the public. It was held at The Village at Orange in Orange , Calif.

The last time Vic Darchinyan was involved in a Showtime Media Poll, he was a near-landslide choice to lose. Only six of 31 picked him to defeat Cristian Mijares last Nov. 1 on Showtime. Well, we know how that fight turned out. This time, the roles are reversed and Darchinyan …

WBC Cabofe heavyweight champion Manuel “El Toro” Quezada steps back in the ring this Friday, February 6, 2009 at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA. He faces Eric Boose, whom he beat back in April of 2006. This time around he will have a new trainer calling the shots, …

Three of the four fighters who will be featured on Saturday’s excellent doubleheader on Showtime Championship Boxing participated in a workout Wednesday that was open to the media and public. It was held at the TKO Boxing Gym in Anaheim, CA. In what will be a slugfest from start to …

Outside the ring, Andre Ward is one of the most pleasant, personable, thoughtful and unselfish young men you’ll ever meet. Inside, he is widely recognized as one of the most talented young fighters in the world, a “can’t miss” world champion in the eyes of many. Others take it a …

On Friday, February 6, Goossen Tutor Promotions will kick off its 2009 Tachi Palace pro boxing series with a nationally televised show featuring undefeated Andre “SOG” Ward the Oakland, California native whose gold medal victory in the 2004 Olympics in Athens is the last since David Reid in the 1996 …

One day before Vic Darchinyan risks his world super flyweight belts against former world champion Jorge Arce on Showtime, undefeated Andre Ward will defend his NABO super middleweight title against Henry Buchanan on Friday, Feb. 6, on ShoBox. The ShoBox event, presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions, will originate from The …

Julio Diaz and David Torres completed Tuesday’s weigh in at the Sportsmen’s Lodge Hotel in Studio City, CA The main event fighters square off Wednesday at the world famous Playboy Mansion on ESPN2 at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT.