Thursday night in Texas, U.S.A. boxing’s youngest world champion Juan Diaz successfully retained his WBA championship as expected against French veteran Julien Lorcy by unanimous decision. The announcement told that Diaz retained his title by considerably wide margins on all of the judges scorecards. At just twenty-one years of age, …

A press conference to formally announce the upcoming Klitschko-Williams world heavyweight championship fight on Saturday, Dec. 11, at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on HBO Pay-Per-View (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) was held Thursday in Los Angeles. Klitschko (34-2, 33 KOs) will make his first World Boxing …

Two of boxing’s most talented pound-for-pound fighters will square off in a highly anticipated rematch when International Boxing Federation (IBF) “Super” 140-Pound champion Kostya Tszyu defends his title against interim IBF junior welterweight champion Sharmba Mitchell Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Marcos Licona (left) squares off with …

British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight champion Junior Witter has issued a no nonsense challenge to Floyd Mayweather Junior, arguably the world’s best pound for pound fighter. © Mike Cleary “Come on Pretty Boy, lets get it on,” said Witter, who defends his European title against Poland’s Krzysztof Bienias on …

Twenty-one year old WBA lightweight champion of the world Juan ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz of Houston, Texas makes the first defense of his title tonight at the SBC Center in San Antonio, Texas. Diaz will meet French veteran Julien Lorcy who has been competitive with several respectable names in the super …

Walker looking to get back into title picture. Former two-weight Southern Area champion David Walker is looking to get back amongst the titles in 2005. “Kid Dynamite’ appears on the Hennessy Sports “Born To Do It’ promotion on November 12th at the Wembley conference centre in just his third fight …

British welterweight champion David Barnes is confident that he will retain his title against James Hare on the 12th of November at the Northbridge leisure centre in Halifax. Barnes and Hare face each other in a real ‘trade’ fight that is sure to excite the capacity crowd in attendance and …

(c) Fabian Weber, www.boxing.de On November 6th German super middleweight contender Mario Veit, 44-1 (22), will be facing one of the strongest opponents of his career. The thirty-year-old man from Hamburg will defend his WBO 168 lb. interim world title against American Charles Brewer, 40-9 (28), a former IBF world …

WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe of Wales celebrated the latest successful defense of his title, a points win over Egyptian Kabary Salem by signing a new contract that will keep him with promoter Frank Warren for the forseeable future. Calzaghe has long yearned to test his skills and power …

Former undefeated super featherweight and lightweight champion Acelino Freitas will reassume his career in his native Brazil on December the 11th. An opponent for Freitas is yet to be determined but the appearance will give the boxing world an opportunity to gauge exactly how affected he has been by his …

NEW YORK (October 29th, 2004) Undefeated, hard-hitting Puerto Rican sensation Miguel Cotto will be featured as the top undercard attraction of the Vitali Klitschko-Danny Williams world heavyweight championship fight on Saturday, December the 11th, live on HBO Pay Per View from The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. …

BOSTON, Mass. (October 28, 2004). One of boxing’s most popular fighters of all-time, ‘Irish’ Micky Ward, has been selected as the official goodwill ambassador for the U.S. Marines boxing team “Great Northeast Tour,” commencing November 9th at The Roxy in Boston and continuing that week at Foxwoods Resort Casino and …