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Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing (Picture Left) Jose Luis Castillo (left) and Rolando Reyes each tipped scales at 138 pounds Friday for their 12-round fight Saturday on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). (Picture Right) Edner Cherry (left) weighed 131 1/2 pounds …

Click for larger image© Stefan ChristouSaddo Boxing In an explosive match up last night, Sam “Rocky” Rukundo continued his perfect winning record by capturing the vacant British Masters Light Weight title with an impressive win against Silence Saheed. The fight took place in a gala event at the New Connaught …

Jürgen Brähmer, 26-0 (22), is one of the brightest stars and prospects of the Hamburg based Universum Box-Promotion. On the upcoming Universum event on Saturday he will defend his WBC international title belt against South African Andre Thysse. At today’s official weigh-in at Ginos Restaurant in the KöGalerie of Düsseldorf …

Click for larger image© Tom Casino Showtime Boxing As the saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. However in this case, another man’s misfortune became another man’s blessing. Lightweight Rolando Reyes, 26-3-2 (16), has the opportunity of a lifetime; he has the chance to shock the world if …

In a pair of excellent 12-rounders Saturday on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), former two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo faces Rolando Reyes in a 12-round lightweight bout and Jose Armando Santa Cruz defends his NABF 135-pound title against Edner Cherry. Click for larger image© …

He may not whack like Wayne Braithewaite. He may not crack like O’Neill Bell. And he may not attack like Jean Marc Mormeck. And unlike these world champions of both present and past times, Chris McInerny has also never clasped a world championship belt around his slender waistline. Yet, there …

Moments after the defining victory of his boxing career, a tenth round knockout of seemingly invincible Jean-Marc Mormeck at Madison Square Garden’s Theater on January 7th, O’Neil Bell was rightfully ecstatic. He had added the WBC, WBA, and Ring magazine title belts to the IBF championship he already held. After …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Former two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo will face Rolando Reyes in a 12-round lightweight bout in Saturday’s main event on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature, Jose Armando Santa …

At a well attended press conference at the Europa Hotel in Belfast today the eagerly awaited British and Commonwealth super-middleweight title fight between Nottingham’s Carl Froch and Belfast’s Brian Magee was announced. The fight will take place at the famous King’s Hall in Belfast on the 31st March 2006.

Don’t Miss This Fantastic Golden Boy East/Peltz/Joe Hand Co-Promotion! Philadelphia’s beloved Bernard Hopkins returns to the city of brotherly love to make another professional debut-this time as President of promotional company Golden Boy Promotions East. Hopkins will host the March 3 fight card at the New Alhambra Sports and Entertainment …

A sellout crowd is expected at Saturday night’s “Super Brawl: The Battle of Boston,” featuring red-hot prospects “Ireland’s” John Duddy (14-0, 13 KOs) and Yuri Foreman (19-0, 7 KOs) in separate bouts, in The Castle at Park Plaza in downtown Boston. WBA No. 15-rated middleweight Duddy, born in Northern Ireland …

World Championship Boxing Returns to Nashville Fight Beat Entertainment is proud to present a full night of professional boxing at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium on Friday, March 31, 2006. Headlining FBE’s inaugural boxing show will be a battle for the vacant IBA World Cruiserweight Championship, between the pride of New …