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When WBC reigning champion Samuel Peter and champion emeritus Vitali Klitschko will face for the heavyweight championship tonight in Berlin, Germany, one of the hottest heavyweight prospects today will make his appearance on the undercard. More...

By Per Ake Persson

French bantam Jerome Arnould crashed his motorbike on Thursday evening and has suffered serious injuries. From the hospital it was announced that the former WBA challenger will need 60 days rest before being able to begin rehab training.

It will be American heavyweight Chad Van Sickle that faces Cuban star Odlanier Solis on September 12 in Cuxhaven. More...

On September 12, two of Arena’s hottest rising stars will take their next steps towards the top of the world. Heavyweight sensation Odlanier “La Sombra” Solis is looking to score his 11th win in his 11th pro-fight.

The 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist and three-time world amateur champion is returning from a shoulder injury that has prevented him from fighting since early June. More...

Ankara is not only the Turkish capital, it is also about to become a major city for professional boxing in Europe. After last year’s “Bull Fight At The Bosporus” between Sinan Samil Sam and Oliver McCall, Arena will be back in Ankara on July 4 at the Büyük Anadolu Hotel. More...

By Per Ake Persson

Former European Cruiser Champ Johny Jensen has announced his retirement after failing a brainscan, which is bad enough - unfortunately the story doesn´t end there. More...

On July 4, the vacant European Heavyweight Championship will be on the line in Istanbul, Turkey. Originally, Matt Skelton was meant to fight local hero Sinan Samil Sam, but the former British and Commonwealth Champion had to pull out of the fight due to a virus infection. More...

Heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis remained unbeaten with a unanimous decision win over 20-year-old Dutch prospect Harry Duiven, jr. in Hattersheim, Germany.

“La Sombra” controlled the fight from the first bell on and outboxed his opponent over eight rounds taking his own record to 10-0-0 (6) while Duiven jr. dropped to 12-3-1 (10). More...

Originally ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner had planned to present heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis in the USA on May 17th, 2008 but the Cuban Olympic gold medallist was denied visa. Now ARENA’s attorneys tried again to get “La Sombra” into the US but the Consulate in Berlin denied the application again. More...

By Per Ake Persson

WBA Intercontinental Light Heavy champ Vyacheslav Uzelkov headlines K 2 East´s show in Kiev June 14 billed as "the Night of Steel Power". Who Uzelkov will fight hasn't been determined yet. In the co-feature middle Maxim Bursak will defend the IBF Youth title. More...

Sorry to all Spanish boxing fans! Because there have been so many request from the United States regarding heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis recently promoter Ahmet Öner decided to move the fight between the three-times world amateur champion and 2004 Olympic gold medallist and “White Buffalo” Francois Botha from the show on May 30th in Bilbao to the next US-show on June 27th in Miami. Solis will be fighting on the same card as Cuban defector and freshly crowned WBC international champion Yuriorkis Gamboa who will step into the ring against WBA #2 rated Jose “Cheo” Rojas the same night. “We will make it a Cuban night”, states Öner. “Our gold medallists are ready to shine.” More...

Olympic Gold Medallist Odlanier Solis and former world heavyweight champion Francois Botha were meant to meet in the ring in December 2007 but the “White Buffalo” drew in his horns on very short notice. Now everything is set and the contracts are signed for the fight to take place on May 30 in Bilbao, Spain. More...

All in all, it was a pretty good Saturday night and we start off south of the border with a big card in Queretaro, Mexico where at the Plaza de Toros Juriquilla, light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., 36-0-1 (29), continued his meteoric rise with a ninth round KO of Italy's 154 lb titlist Tobia Guiseppe Loriga, 24-1-1 (6).

The Italian started aggressively but a patient Chavez scored with effective counters and floored the visitor in the second frame. The European fought his way out of trouble and resumed the pressure but didn't have enough power to interrupt the flow of Chavez, who continued to reduce Loriga's energy with carefully selected hurtful counters.

Once he had worn his rival down, Chavez began to go on the offensive and was extracting a heavy toll on Loriga before straining an ankle in the seventh. Despite the injury, Chavez nailed Loriga with a full-blooded right hand that had the Italian Champion taking a much needed knee as he was counted out at 1:47 of the ninth frame. More...