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Universidad Autonoma in Guadalajara, Mexico was the site of a thrilling fight last evening that saw Juan Carlos Salgado survive a rocky final round to capture the vacant IBF super feather crown against Argenis Mendez.

Salgado went into the bout having won two straight after losing the WBA super feather title to Takashi Uchiyama in Japan last year but the Mexico City man was expected to have a tough night against New York based Dominican Mendez.

Earlier this year Mendez had won an IBF title eliminator with a sharp performance against a former owner of that title, Cassius Baloyi, in South Africa, and had been victorious in his last six appearances.

Once the bell rang, the fighters got right down to combat with Salgado bringing the pressure but Mendez surprisingly chose to stand and fight rather than to use his advantages of speed and skill and box. More...

Undefeated ex-WBA and IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa defeated heavy-handed former WBO super bantam titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ.

Delivering a toned-down cautious performance, likely out of respect to southpaw Ponce De Leon's punching power, former Cuban amateur star Gamboa nonetheless put on a display of precision boxing, hitting his opponent when he pleased while rarely getting caught with anything in return.

Gamboa nullified Ponce De Leon's offense on sheer reflexes alone; ducking, slipping or zipping in lightning fast counters whenever the Mexican came forward looking to do damage.

Gone from Gamboa's repertoire were the blizzard of devil-may-care combinations that he attacked opponents with in previous fights, replaced with a cool, measured approach that occasional erupted into lethal brilliance. More...

WBO Inter-Continental Welterweight Champion Frankie Gavin has upped sticks and moved to London, where he will be coached by the world renowned father and son coaching team Jimmy and Mark Tibbs at the Trad TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town.

By making the move the former Amateur World Lightweight Champion once again links up with former Team GB team mate Billy Joe Saunders, as well as joins WBO Inter-Continental Lightweight Champion Kevin Mitchell, former IBO Light Welterweight Champion Colin Lynes plus upcoming prospects Billy Morgan, Vinny Mitchell, Peter McDonagh, Frankie Buglione, Freddie Turner, Charlie Hoy and Nathan Weise, who are also coached by the dynamic duo at the World famous gym.

Speaking earlier today Frankie said, “It’s really good being here with Jimmy and Mark, yeah, I’m already doing things I haven’t done before and I think there’ll be a big improvement. More...

Former WBF Super Featherweight Champion turned promoter Carl Greaves presents the opportunity for boxing fans to spend an evening with one of the greatest British boxers of all time - undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion Joe Calzaghe - at the Cedric Ford Pavilion, Newark Showground, Newark, Nottingham on Saturday 8th October.

For those attending there will be plenty to talk with Joe about, as during his magnificent career Joe not only won the WBO World Crown, after beating Chris Eubank at the Sheffield Arena on 11th October 1997, but went on to successfully defend the belt no less than twenty one times. He also secured all the IBF, WBC and WBA titles to become the coveted Ring Magazine Champion.

On the 4th March 2006 Joe added the IBF belt to his collection, after sensationally beating previously unbeaten Champion Jeff Lacy. More...

In a hard fought contest, recently dethroned WBC welter champion Andre Berto got right back on the horse by stopping IBF titlist Jan Zaveck at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, MS.

Berto answered any questions about his remaining abilities following a punishing loss to Victor Ortiz in April with a good performance against Slovenian hard man Zaveck.

The IBF champion had a good first round, winning a tactical battle by getting in close where the faster Berto's speed advantage could be lessened.

Zaveck had to take hard punches, particularly to the midsection, in order to gain this position but the proximity paid off late in the first frame when he rattled Berto with solid short hooks.

The action picked up in the second and rounds as Berto's quicker hands found the mark often but his lack of an effective defense allowed Zaveck to remain in the bout, scoring with crisp punches of his own and making for an exciting, pitched battle. More...

When last seen on ShoBox: The New Generation, Vincent “Vinsanity” Arroyo scored an exciting upset majority decision over then-unbeaten welterweight prospect Willie Nelson.

On Friday, Sept. 9 at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) live on Showtime, Arroyo (11-1, 7 KOs), of South Bronx, N.Y., returns as the headliner in a high stakes, crossroads match against Puerto Rican amateur standout Hector “El Flaco” Sanchez (19-1, 9 KOs), of Rio Piedras, P.R. More...

The second annual Trad TKO Boxing Gym Boxers and Celebrity Charity Football Tournament, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, which took place at Concord Rangers FC in Canvey Island on Sunday 14th August, proved to be a massive success, having raised in excess of £18,000 on the day, with a further £3,000 being pledged on-line for the worthy cause that supports children that have been diagnosed with brain or spinal tumors. More...

The big mid-week action of August's last days takes place Wednesday night at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan with the both the WBA bantam and super flyweight titles at risk in another installment of the Mexico vs. Japan rivalry of the lighter weight classes.

Tokyo based WBA 118 pound king Koki Kameda, 25-1 (16), faces undefeated Tijuana based Mexican David De La Mora, 23-0 (16), while 115 pound WBA ruler Hugo Fidel Cazares, 35-6-2 (25), of Los Mochis, Mexico squares off against local man Tomonobu Shimizu, 18-3-1 (9).

The flamboyant 24 year old Kameda will be making the second defense of the title won last December after knocking down KO artist Alexander Munoz in the 12th and final round.

The tricky southpaw southpaw has won three straight since losing his WBC flyweight crown to Pongsaklek Wonjongkam 17 months ago and Kameda has vowed to dazzle his faithful following with a tremendous title defense. More...

Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, has announced details of "Windy City Fight Night 19", a sensational evening of world class professional boxing on Friday, September 23rd at the UIC Pavilion.

In the main event, Andrzej “The Polish Prince” Fonfara, will return to the UIC Pavilion battling in front of his huge legion of supporters from Chicago’s Polish Community. More...

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, fresh from their stop in Manila, will kick off the North America portion of their 25,000-mile international media tour, for their mega world championship fight, with a New York News Conference luncheon next Tuesday, September 6, in the The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers – Pier 61, located at 23rd Street at the Hudson River, New York, NY 10011. More...

The long matriculation of 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist Alexander Povetkin came to a close last night as the Russian outboxed ex-WBA titlist Ruslan Chagaev to capture the vacant WBA heavyweight belt at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany.

The bout started slowly as the combatants sized each other up with probing jabs and a vast array of fake moves and pulled punches.

By the third things began to heat up a bit as Povetkin started putting his shots together, following the jab with a straight right and a more effective left uppercut.

Chagaev didn't lead very often, content to sit back and wait for openings for his power left hand and while he did score at times with the punch when Povetkin didn't get back out or cover up after throwing, the Uzbek southpaw wasn't given many opportunities.

Povetkin began mixing in left hands to the body that provided an excellent bookend to the jab, right, left uppercut combinations that were winning rounds.

Chagaev simply wasn't active enough to take many rounds. Povetkin managed to nullify most of Chagaev's efforts by backing off whenever the former WBA champ came forward with punches and also keeping Chagaev on the defensive. More...

There is heavyweight action on tap tonight at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany as highly regarded former Olympic Gold medallist Alexander Povetkin gets his first shot at a world title, meeting Ruslan Chagaev for the vacant WBA heavyweight crown.

A pro since 1997, 32 year old southpaw Chagaev, 27-1-1 (17), will hold the edge in experience against Russia's Povetkin.

Hamburg, Germany based Uzbek Chagaev held the WBA strap over two defenses from 2007-2009 before being stripped for injury related inactivity and suffered his only defeat in 2009 at the hands of IBF, WBO and IBO kingpin Wladimir Klitschko in 2009.

Since that time Chagaev decisioned Kali Meehan in a WBA title eliminator in May, 2010 before having a difficult time in outpointing Travis Walker in an eight rounder this past November.

Povetkin, 31, joined the paid ranks in 2005 after capturing Gold as a super heavyweight at the Athens Olympics and began to face experienced campaigners in just his seventh pro bout.

The Chekov resident faced his best opposition to date in 2007, stopping former champion Chris Byrd and in 2008 with a points verdict over contender Eddie Chambers during a IBF title eliminator. More...

The vacant WBA super middle strap was up for grabs last night at Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine and Hungarian southpaw Karoly Balzsay emerged with the title after 12 difficult rounds against local man Stanyslav Kashtanov.

Former WBO champ Balzsay used his edge in big fight experience to control the pace and outbox the rugged Kashtanov, who previously held the WBA youth and EBU-EE straps.

But Kashtanov made Balzsay earn the victory as the Donetsk man applied pressure throughout the fight and troubled the visitor with sustained body assaults.

After 12 rounds, Balzsay was awarded a unanimous decision by margins of 116-111, 115-113 and 115-114.

Balzsay improves to 27-2 (15), while Kashtanov suffers his first loss and now stands at 28-1 (15).

Also on the bill, WBA welter strapholder Viacheslav Senchenko, 32-0 (21), stopped 38 year old challenger Marco Antonio Avendano, 30-8-1 (22), in the sixth frame. More...

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will embark on a 25,000-mile four-city international media tour, beginning in Manila, next Friday, September 2, Saturday, September 3 in Manila, to announce and celebrate Pacquiao-Marquez III, Act Three of their exciting world championship trilogy.

Pacquiao and Marquez, who have won world titles in 11 weight divisions between them, will go toe-to-toe for Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight championship on Saturday, November 12, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. More...

Rayne, Louisiana’s Mason Menard won the biggest victory of his career Friday night at the Cypress Bayou Casino in Charenton, as he scored a fourth round technical knockout victory over battle tested Ghanaian Joseph Laryea to win the vacant UBO Lightweight title.

On a show promoted by Boxncar Promotions in cooperation with Big Punch Promotions, Menard improved his professional record to 17-1 (13), while former WBO Inter-Continental Champion Laryea dropped to 14-6 (11). More...