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As the highly anticipated, historical boxing event – “Tribal Pride” fast approaches, Warriors Boxing Promotions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions are packing the card with the type of action-packed bouts both companies have built their reputations on. “Tribal Pride’, which is headlined by the Interim IBF Lightweight Championship bout between Ricky …

Home sweet home. In some major sports, home field advantage is huge and often can be the difference between winning and losing. Not so in the sweet science, however, where performance and what one does in the ring counts most. “Once the bell rings, it is just you and your …

WBC Continental Americas middleweight champion “Ireland’s” John Duddy (16-0, 14 KOs) has signed an exclusive contract with Irish Ropes. Duddy, now rated No13 by the WBA, has fought for Irish Ropes his entire pro career. The native of Derry, Northern Ireland lives and fights out of Queens (NY).

After his stunning seventh round stoppage of Lance “Mount’ Whitaker last December, the boxing world stood up and took notice of unbeaten Heavyweight contender and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Sultan Ibragimov, as one of the division’s brightest stars. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) obviously agrees, as the world sanctioning body …

Photo by Joe Ulrey Several boxers were knocked out on Monday night at Ontario, California’s Doubletree Hotel, entertaining the 1,113 fans who attended the evening’s fight card. One losing boxer that was not knocked out, spent much of his fight trying to taunt his opponent. Another losing boxer that managed …

Rubin “Hollywood” Williams vehemently denies that he was one of several fighters that avoided fighting Allan Green (20-0, 14 KOs), as reported on the most recent ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights show. “If they tried calling me, my promoter or manager,” Williams responded, “they must have dialed the wrong number because …

WBA Light Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton’s strength trainer and nutritionist Kerry Kayes is one of the world’s preeminent bodybuilding coaches. The Manchester, England native’s usual assignment of making Hatton as strong as possible for each fight developed an added dimension when it was announced that “The Hitman” would go up …

Click for larger image© Tom CasinoShowtime Boxing Brothers Lamont and Anthony Peterson of Washington, D.C., grew up homeless, but they feel right at home in the ring. The up-and-coming, unbeaten junior welterweights are a combined 32-0 with 20 knockouts. Lamont, who at 22 is 14 months older than Anthony, is …

It was a night few fight fans will forget. Two of boxing’s superstars, despite having already established themselves as the best of their era, fighting it out like hungry prospects eager for their first shot at boxing’s brass ring. When it was over on February 25th, “Sugar Shane” Mosley and …

Boxing superstar Oscar De La Hoya will be a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ Monday (May 1) before heading to Las Vegas for his May 6 showdown with WBC junior middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga. “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ is telecast on NBC beginning at 11:35pm. …

International Boxing Federation (IBF) Junior Bantamweight Champion Luis Perez (23-1, 15 KOs) will square off against mandatory challenger and No. 1-ranked IBF contender Dimitri Kirillov (28-2, 10 KOs) in the new co-featured bout on Showtime Championship Boxing’s world title doubleheader on Saturday, May 6, (9 p.m. ET/PT). The main event …

When you’re a 5-foot-11-inch super bantamweight with a southpaw style and the type of fighting spirit that always brings the fans to their feet, it goes without saying you’re a special fighter. So, it makes perfect sense for two special promotional entities–Warriors Boxing Promotions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions–to join forces …