Former world title challenger Mike Arnaoutis will face Puerto Rican veteran Doel Carrasquillo in a ten round junior welterweight bout in the main event at “Summer Rumble” on Thursday, June 25th at Schuetzen Park in North Bergen, New Jersey.

Arnaoutis, 21-3-2, is looking to climb back into the world rankings in 2009. The flashy southpaw, originally based in Greece, now residing in Atlantic City, New Jersey, had won all four of his bouts in 2008 before suffering a set back against Victor Ortiz on March 7th in San Jose, California. More...

Joe DeGuardia, CEO and President of Star Boxing, was awarded this year's "Most Active USBA promoter", at the 26th annual IBF/USBA Convention, which was held in Panama City, Panama. More...

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Last night at The Tank in San Jose, CA, light middlewight contender James Kirkland pulled off another impressive showing by outslugging Colombian power puncher Joel Julio, as the southpaw forced Julio to quit after six hard fought rounds.

Kirkland started off the bout by going right after Julio, mounting tremendous pressure. The Texan caught Julio by surprise with hard shots to the head and body but by the last third of the frame, Julio had begun to catch Kirkland on the way in with big shots of his own. Julio was cut under the right eye by a punch during the round. More...

On March 7, Star Boxing's world rated light welterweight contender, The Pride of Greece, "Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis, 21-2- 2 (10), will meet 2008 Prospect of the Year "Vicious" Victor Ortiz, 23-1- 1 (18) in a 12 round light welterweight championship bout.

The Arnaoutis vs. Ortiz battle will be part of a live triple header on HBO and will take place at The Tank in San Jose, CA. At stake will be both the USBA light welterweight title, held by Arnaoutis and the NABO light welterweight title, which is held by Ortiz, who is ranked WBO #4, WBA #5 and IBF #9 at light welterweight. More...

David Itskowitch, COO of Golden Boy Promotions:

"We have a very exciting triple-header featuring three co-main event fights on March 7th. We are very excited to bring Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero home to fight in front of his hometown fans.

"You don't usually see this much talent on one night. You will see the stars of tomorrow, today. These are the guys that are going to carry this sport for years to come, and you have the chance to see all three of them on the same card on March 7th." More...

Boxing's next generation of stars will be present and accounted for on Saturday, March 7, when Golden Boy Promotions presents an explosive triple-header boxing event featuring the top young talent in the sport at HP Pavilion at San Jose, CA located in the heart of Silicon Valley.

The HBO Boxing After Dark show will feature a 10 round junior middleweight showdown between knockout artists James Kirkland and Joel Julio, two of boxing's hardest punchers. More...

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The Star Boxing show at Roseland Ballroom in New York started off with a thrilling four rounder between lightweights Jose Guzman and Luis Lopez, which ended with a win by knockout for Guzman, still undefeated at 4-0 (3) while Lopez dropped to 2-8-1 (2).

The next undercard bout was between cruiserweights, Ahmed Samir, 4-0 (0), and Tyronne Smith, 5-6-2 (2). Samir threw effective combos, and accurately switched his foot positioning, which led him to victory.

Bryant Pappas was most certainly the crowd favorite as his name was chanted when he stepped into the ring with fellow junior middleweight Chris Morton. Pappas displayed how he is a fast, rightfully aggressive fighter, and Morton did his best to keep up, showing great determination and effort.

It was Pappas that the crowd was cheering for, as he won by knockout in just the first round, advancing his perfect record to 7-0 (7) while Morton dropped to 1-3. More...

On Wednesday October 29 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, middleweight Bryant Pappas, 6-0 (6), will step into the ring against Christ Morton looking to stay perfect and improve his record to 7-0 with 7 knockouts. More...

Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing returned to Bally's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ last night and put on yet another fantastic show in front of a near capacity audience. The Pride of Greece, "Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis, 20-2-2 (10), knocked his opponent Nasser Athumani, 20-7-2 (16), out cold in the third round of their scheduled ten round junior welterweight contest. More...

"Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis, 19-2-2, the Pride of Greece, and Star Boxing's world rated junior welterweight contender, will be back in action in Atlantic City this Friday, September 5 when he takes on power punching Nasser Athumani, 20-6-2, in a ten round junior welterweight contest that will be broadcast live on GoFightLive.TV.

The always entertaining, fan favorite Arnaoutis, recently sat down to discuss his upcoming fight. More...

On September 5 at the Bally's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing returns with yet another sensational night of boxing. Mike Arnaoutis and Kevin Johnson, two of Star's top fighters will be showcasing their goods in a special double feature.

"I'm really looking forward to this card," said CEO of Star Boxing Joe DeGuardia. "Anytime you have either of these guys fighting as the main event on a show it's going to be an exciting night of boxing. Now that we have both Kevin and Mike on the same card together, I can only begin to imagine what Bally's is going to be like that night. More...

In front of a sold out Bally's Atlantic City crowd, presented by Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing, "Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis, 19-2-2 (9), retained his USBA Junior Welterweight title with a spirited, hard fought, 12 round unanimous decsion over previously undefeated Lanardo Tyner, 19-1 (11), by scores of 118-110 twice, and 116-112 this past Friday. More...

We start off in sunny Spain where at Pabellon Central in Vigo, hometown hero Ivan Pozo, 28-5-1 (18), became the latest victim of WBO Flyweight Champion Omar Andres Narvaez, 27-0-2 (17), as the Spaniard could not come out for the eighth round.

Narvaez, known as "El Huracan" in his native Argentina, put on a masterful performance in front of the 5,000 fans that packed the arena and the southpaw put an end to former European champion Pozo's four fight win streak.

The man from Cordoba has held the WBO belt for six years and has now retained his title successfully 13 times.

Also on the bill, Spain based Colombian slugger Franklin Teran, 26-1 (21), won his 17th bout in a row by stopping Paraguayan veteran Feliciano Dario Azuaga Ledezma, 72-12-2 (61), in the fourth.

At the Eston Sports Academy in Middlesbrough, England, featherweight Paul Truscott, 11-0 (1), posted a twelve round decision over Ghanaian southpaw Osumanu Akaba, 10-4 (8), to capture the vacant Commonwealth Featherweight title.

Heading way down to South Africa, super flyweight Simphiwe "Golden Master" Nongqayi, 14-0 (6), clambered off the floor in the third round to boss Argentina's Julio David Roque Ler, 25-5 (14), the rest of the way and retain the WBF crown for the third time. More...

May 9 on ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights"

USBA Jr. Welterweight Championship
"Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis, Champion (18-2-2, 9 KOs) 139 1/4
Lanardo Tyner (19-0, 11 KOs) 139 1/5 More...

Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing presents an exciting evening of boxing this Friday night from Bally's Atlantic City, as "Mighty Mike" Arnaoutis, 18-2-2 (9) defends his USBA Junior Welterweight title against undefeated Lanardo Tyner, 19-0 (11), in a 12 round bout.

The semi-final eight rounder will feature 2004 Olympic Team captain Devin Vargas, 15-0 (6) taking on tough Philadelphian Dave Brunelli, 8-3 (3) in a heavyweight fight. The bouts will be telecast live on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" series. More...

2004 US Olympic team captain Devin Vargas, 15-0 (6), will battle Philadelphia tough guy Dave Brunelli, 8- 3 (3), in an eight round heavyweight bout, May 9, 2008, taking place at Bally's Atlantic City and to be telecast live on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.

This will mark the television debut of Vargas who looks to place himself in the mix of young American heavyweight prospects. Vargas had a storied amateur career culminating with a win over fellow undefeated prospect Chazz Witherspoon, which gave Vargas the Olympic team spot in 2004. More...