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Boxing promoters Don King Productions and Golden Boy Promotions will include a World Boxing Council United States heavyweight national championship, a World Boxing Association Fedecaribe regional junior lightweight championship and a handful of boxing’s top undefeated rising stars on the non-televised undercard of the Showtime Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All that pits International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko against undefeated WBC silver bantamweight champion Abner Mares on Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. More...

The stage is set for a night of hard-hitting boxing action at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. as young fistic phenoms Frankie Gomez, Randy Caballero and Antonio Orozco, along with some of Southern California's most exciting young talents, prepare for key bouts on Friday, July 1.

In the main event, which will be televised on TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo Tecate," East Los Angeles' Frankie Gomez (9-0, 7 KO's) takes on Hesperia's Khadaphi Proctor (7-5-1) in an eight round junior welterweight bout. More...

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The final press conference for the kickoff of the Semifinals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic turned tense on Wednesday at Arnie Morton’s The Steakhouse in Burbank, Calif., just three days before tournament favorite Andre Ward defends his WBA super middleweight title against former world champion Arthur Abraham, live on Showtime (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. More...

Southern California rivals Charles Huerta and Christopher Martin are set to square off at The Hangar at the O.C. Fair & Event Center on Friday, May 20, in the main event of TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo Tecate" broadcast in a fight which will determine local hero moves closer to a world title shot in the ultra-competitive featherweight division. More...

Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinalists and WBA 168-pound champion Andre Ward hosted a media day and workout with his trainer Virgil Hunter and promoter Dan Goossen on Thursday in Ward’s hometown of Oakland as he gets ready for his Semifinals showdown against Arthur Abraham on Saturday, May 14 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., live on Showtime.

Ward will defend his WBA Super Middleweight title against the European superstar and former world champion to kick off the Semifinals of the groundbreaking tournament. The Ward-Abraham winner advances to the tournament Finals against the winner of the Carl Froch-Glen Johnson Semifinals showdown. The winner earns instant bragging rights as the world’s No. 1 168-pound fighter. More...

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Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinalists Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham participated in a press conference on Tuesday at Sisley Italian Kitchen in Sherman Oaks, Calif., to formally announce their May 14 showdown at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., live on Showtime. More...

One of the most anticipated fights in boxing -- and the biggest bout of a young 2011 -- will take place when undefeated world champions Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley duke it out at the 140-pound weight limit on Saturday, January 29 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich.

Boxing fans have been waiting for years to see these two young world champions collide. The St. Louis phenom Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), who will put his unblemished record and WBC super lightweight championship at risk while Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs), from Palm Springs, Calif., enters the bout with a similarly perfect record and his WBO junior welterweight crown on the line. More...

Lenny Zappavinga needed just 101 seconds to transform himself from undefeated Top-10 contender to IBF mandatory lightweight challenger when he blasted out top-rated Jin Hoon Kim last night in their IBF-sanctioned lightweight title elimination bout. The fight took place last night at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Center.

"Lenny looked spectacular in knocking Kim out in first round. He is the Australian version of Arturo Gatti His fighting style is that exciting!" said promoter Gary Shaw. More...

On October 15th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, current IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute, will fight mandatory contender Jesse Brinkley. For Brinkley, not only is it his shot to become champion, it’s also chance to make history in his home state.

Yerington is a small farming town in Northwestern Nevada. A population of about three thousand, this is where Brinkley was born and raised. More...

A hot card just got hotter, as Southern California prospects Frankie Gomez and Gabino Saenz have been added to the Friday, October 15 boxing event at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California.

In the co-main event, which will be televised on TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo Tecate," East Los Angeles' Gomez will take on an opponent to be named in a six round junior welterweight bout. In off-TV action, Indio's own Saenz will look for his second professional win in a four round junior featherweight bout against an opponent to be determined. More...

There are only two "Fight Night Club" events left in 2010, so Golden Boy Promotions and AEG are pulling out all the stops to deliver the hardest-hitting shows of the season beginning with the Thursday, October 28 event at L.A. Live's Club Nokia, which features boxing's next big thing, unbeaten Gary Russell Jr. against Guadalupe De Leon in the six round featherweight main event.

Already 12-0 with 9 KO's in a pro career that began in 2009, Capitol Heights, Maryland's Gary Russell has traveled to the West Coast to become a local Southern California favorite after blistering knockout wins over Rodrigo Aranda and former World Champion Mauricio Pastrana this past summer at Club Nokia. More...

On Friday, September 10, TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo Tecate" returns to Southern California with an action-packed doubleheader at the Four Points Sheraton in San Diego featuring unbeaten hometown hero Chris Martin and Mexican welterweight prospect Luis Grajeda in separate bouts. More...

TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo" returns to sunny Southern California on Friday, August 13 and its packing the young guns, as promising up and comers Eloy Perez and Carlos Molina take on stern tests in featured bouts at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Pico Rivera, California. More...

The City of Atlantic City, Hanlon Sculpture Studio, and The Leavander Johnson Foundation hosted a press conference today to unveil the conceptual drawing and announce the fundraising plan for the Leavander Johnson Memorial Statue.

Johnson was an Atlantic City hometown hero and world boxing champion who tragically died as the result of blows from a fight. More...

Back on the road to a world title shot, bantamweight contender Jose Navarro will headline the next edition of Golden Boy Promotions' "Fight Night Club" in his hometown of Los Angeles on Thursday, July 22 at L.A. Live's Club Nokia in a six round fight.

The co-featured bout on the hit monthly boxing series will be what promises to be a bantamweight war between Montebello's Nestor Rocha and San Diego's Benji Garcia in a six round battle. More...