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Showtime Sports will premiere the latest chapter of its acclaimed documentary series "All Access: Broner vs. Maidana", replay classic fights from seminal moments in each fighter's career and offer additional exclusive behind-the-scenes content-all in the buildup to Saturday, Dec. 14, when Adrien "The Problem" Broner and Marcos "El Chino" Maidana headline the highly anticipated four-fight Showtime Championship Boxing event in San Antonio, Texas.

All Access: Broner vs. Maidana, a two-episode series, will premiere on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT on Showtime immediately preceding the live Showtime Championship Boxing telecast headlined by Zab Judah vs. Paulie Malignaggi with replays on Showtime, Showtime Extreme and CBS Sports Network. Following its premiere, "All Access" also will be available on Showtime ON Demand and Showtime Anytime. More...

Tonight at the Colisee de Quebec, in Quebec City, Canada, Liverpool’s Tony ‘Bomber’ Bellew challenges Adonis Stevenson of Quebec for the WBC Light-Heavyweight Title.

This will be Stevenson’s second defence of the title he won in June this year, when he scored a first round KO over Chad Dawson. He then successfully defended it against American - Tavoris Cloud in September, when he forced a retirement in round seven.

Both Bellew and Stevenson have just one defeat to their records, with Bellew’s coming by way of a Majority Decision to Welshman Nathan Cleverly two years ago.

Bellew’s last two fights (defending his WBC Silver Light-Heavyweight Title) have been against Isaac Chilemba of South Africa. They drew in March of this year but Bellew got the Unanimous points decision when the pair met again in May.
Tony ‘Bomber’ Bellew v Adonis Stevenson – WBC Light-Heavyweight Title will be shown in the UK Live on SkySports2 - December 1st at 1.00am

In a recent interview with British media, Tony "Bomber" Bellew said: "He [Adonis Stevenson] has got this moniker, this slogan, this Superman thing...but at the end of the day, the cold hard fact is he has been knocked out by a journeyman.

"A guy [Darnell Boone] who has won 20 fights and lost 20. I am better than Darnell Boone."

Tonight, the Liverpool, England based fighter will have a chance to prove that he is in fact the kryptonite when he takes on Adonis "Superman" Stevenson in Quebec City for the WBC light-heavyweight title and Ring magazine honours.

According to Bellew's promoter, Eddie Hearn, he said in a published interview that Stevenson is an overrated fighter.

"He beat a very unmotivated, demotivated [Tavoris] Cloud. He struggled against Don George. He got knocked out by Darnell Boone. I think Tony [Bellew] has a fantastic plan that can beat him," said Hearn.

It's his fighter's preparation that is making Hearn very optimistic about coming back to England with a world title. "His preparation has been very low key. He's been meticulous, he's been fantastic...we're calling this one the life changer, me and Tony," said Hearn.

Some analysts are saying that the undercard between Sergey Kovalev and Ismail Sillakh is set up that night so that in the post-conference, a victorious Kovalev calls out Stevenson for that world title fight.

But that's not fair to Bellew, who could potentially upset Stevenson. Most journalists at the Stevenson vs. Cloud post-conference were calling for Kovalev to be Superman's next opponent.

When the Bellew bout was announced, there was lack of enthusiasm put on this fight in Canada. More...

German "Bomber" Serdar Sahin (22-1) will travel to Walcz, Poland on December 14 to challenger unbeaten local hero Krysztof Glowacki (20-0) for the vacant WBO intercontinental cruiserweight championship.

"I know that it is always hard to win on the road. But I like challenges and this is my big chance to get in line for a world title fight against Marco Huck", says Sahin. More...

Light Minimumweight world champion, Japanese Ayaka Miyao retained her World Boxing Association belt by defeating the Filipino challenger Gretchen Abaniel at the Kokakuen Hall in Tokyo on Tuesday.

The Japanese stylist was victorious on her third defense, beating Abaniel by unanimous decision on the judge's cards by scores of 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94.

Her record improved to 16-5-1 while her opponent falls to 13-4.

British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion, David Price, will make his long awaited ring return next month, live and exclusive on BoxNation.

The Liverpool ace takes his first step back into the squared circle on December 14 in Neubrandenburg, Germany, in an eight rounder against Evgeny Orlov, as he looks to rebuild his career following back-to-back defeats against American heavyweight Tony Thompson. More...

Hatton Promotions' Australian trio will each look to close out 2013 by extending their unbeaten records.

Hard-hitting heavyweight Lucas "Big Daddy" Browne will keep busy against old foe Clarence Tillman at the Melbourne Pavilion on Friday, December 13.

Two days before that, 2012 Olympians Damien "Super" Hooper and Cameron "The Hammer" Hammond appear against 'as yet to be confirmed' opposition at the same venue. More...

Martin Murray, Anthony Ogogo and Kal Yafai have all been added to the star-studded line-up of Matchroom Sport’s Christmas bumper fight night at the ExCeL in London on December 14, live on Sky Sports.

World Middleweight contender Murray is in ten-round action against Sergey Khomitsky, Ogogo returns to the scene of his Olympic success for his fourth pro fight, while Yafai moves into double figures in the paid ranks as he eyes title fights in 2014. More...

The Carl Froch v George Groves fight on Saturday night is sure to be debated for a long time in terms of it’s ‘edge of the seat’ drama. 'The Cobra' was defending his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles against undefeated 'Saint George'.

It was an enthralling contest which saw the Champion on the canvas in round one, but which ended eight thrilling rounds later in genuine controversy.

Referee Howard Foster ended the fight in the ninth when Froch offloaded a flurry of hard punches and Groves looked smothered, briefly. Yes, to all watching – it seemed unbelievably premature and the incredulous reaction to the stoppage by Groves, his corner and the watching crowd was understandable.

But, the Referee is closer to the action than anyone else. Gut instinct and a split-second judgement is all ‘part of the job’.

Groves was booed into the ring but then cheered like a hero – on his way out of the ring. That's little consolation when you’ve suffered your first defeat and were winning on all three judges scorecards 78-73, 76-75, 76-75, going into the ninth round.

But I think Groves will be proud now, not only of his performance during the fight – but also the enormous achievement in changing thousands of fight fans' opinions in less than an hour.

He left the Phones4U Arena in Manchester with far more respect than anyone could have expected.

The immediate reaction to the result was a universal call for a rematch – and no doubt Groves will be going into it next time with an equal share of support (at least).

Australian Anthony Mundine won the World Boxing Association 154 pound International title on Wednesday after defeating American Shane Mosley at Allphanes Arena Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia.

Mosley could not answer the bell for round seven, and Mundine was declared the winner, improving his record to 45-5 with 27 KO’s. More...

Promoter Don King, representing Panamanian Guillermo "Felino" Jones, and Russian Vladimir Hrunov, representing World Boxing Association cruiserweight champion Dennis Lebedev, recently met in Panama.

WBA World Championships Committee president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza acted as mediator. The only point discussed on meeting was Lebedev vs Jones rematch. More...

Former Venezuelan champion Johan Perez is already in the United States to fight Paul Spadafora on Saturday for the 140 pound interim belt of the World Boxing Association.

Both fighters are waiting for the weighing ceremony and for the opening bell of the fight in West Virginia. More...

Ireland and Poland will meet in an historic international next month.

The St Brigid’s BC in Edenderry, Co. Offaly, who are celebrating heir 80th anniversary this year, will host the first ever women’s boxing international in Ireland at the Hamlet Court Hotel in Kildare on December 8.

Forty eight hours before the Kildare clash, a Belfast International Select goes head-to-head with the Poles at the Whiterock Leisure centre in Belfast. More...

Chicago’s Round 3 Productions announced today that an agreement for a financial interest with number one world-ranked, light-heavyweight professional boxer Andrzej Fonfara has been signed.

“I have been promoting Fonfara for the last two years” said Frank Mugnolo, President of Round 3 Productions. Round 3 Productions promoted the Fonfara vs Karpency fight”on Nov 16, 2012 when Fonfara knocked out Tommy Karpency to win the IBO Light-Heavyweight Title. More...

Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Tommy Coyle and Darren Hamilton have both signed promotional deals with Eddie Hearn.

Promising Lightweight talent Coyle became a notable player in the thriving domestic scene with his impressive display in his Commonwealth title clash against Derry Mathews in Hull in July and followed that in November with a seventh round stoppage win over John Simpson to claim the IBF International Lightweight title, a title Coyle will defend on February 22 in his hometown at the Hull Arena live on Sky Sports. More...