Click for larger image © Tom Casino/Showtime Boxing Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy hits the mitts during a workout Tuesday at Caesars Tahoe. In Saturday’s excellent main event on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on west coast), Lacy defends his 168-pound title against hard-hitting IBF No. …

WBA Heavyweight Champion John Ruiz Sues James Toney Based On Illegal Doping Attorneys for World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John Ruiz announced today that a lawsuit has been filed on Ruiz’s behalf against James Toney based on Toney’s use of illegal performance-enhancing steroids in advance of their April 30, 2005 …

This past Friday night, at the famous Orleans Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cestus Management’s undefeated Super Middleweight prospect, Don “Da Bomb” George (7-0-1), won in thrilling fashion, dominating tough Julio Lanzas (3-5-1) over six heats to take a unanimous decision on a Guilty Boxing Promotion.

It was a night to remember for fight fans, as boxers from Mexico and Thailand battled it out last Saturday at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona for the right to earn the inaugural Boxing World Cup. In the end, two champions retained their titles, two new champions were …

By Frank Maloney People have been talking for some time now about the decline of the heavyweight boxing division. I believe that boxing’s premier weight class can be seen as an indicator of the sport’s health as I’ve long maintained that boxing is only as good as the heavyweight division. …

On Saturday in Szentes, Hungary Attila Kovacs kept his European Boxing Association Super Welterweight Crown against former world challenger Mamadou Thiam from France via seventh round stoppage. The contest started very strongly, with Thiam as the aggressor in the early rounds. However by the fifth, Kovacs started to dominate until …

SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING TO PRESENT IBF/IBO SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, IBF BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE IBF Super Middleweight Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy vs. IBF No. 5 Contender Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton IBF Bantamweight Champion Rafael Marquez vs. IBO Bantamweight Champion/IBF No. 1 Contender Silence “African Spice” Mabuza Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005, At 9 …

“SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION” TO FEATURE JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT CLASH AND SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT BRAWL Undefeated Junior Middleweight Sechew “Iron Horse” Powell vs. IBF No. 12 Junior Middleweight Contender Archak “Shark Attack” Ter-Meliksetian Unbeaten New York State Super Middleweight Champion Jaidon Codrington vs. Undefeated Super Middleweight Contender Allan “Sweetness” Green Friday, Nov. …

WILLIAMS: AUDLEY VICTORY WILL BE SWEETER THAN TYSON WIN Danny Williams reckons beating up Audley Harrison will be sweeter than knocking-out Mike Tyson. The Brixton puncher takes on Harrison at the ExCeL London on Saturday 10 December in the biggest all-British heavyweight clash since Lennox Lewis-Frank Bruno 12 years ago. …

SANTIAGO’S STOCK SOARS AFTER SIZZLING “SHOBOX” SUCCESS “ShoBox” Telecast to Be Replayed on SHOWTIME TOO Tonight/Thursday, Oct. 27, at 11 PM ET/PT NEW YORK (Oct. 27, 2005) – Mario Santiago surprised a lot of people, but not himself, with his impressive fifth-round TKO over International Boxing Federation (IBF) No. 15 …

Iraqi War veteran Sgt. Eric Manzebo leads U.S. Marines Boxing Team at Foxwoods Veterans’ Day Spectacular Nov. 11 Iraqi War veteran Sgt. Eric Manzebo leads the U.S. Marines Boxing Team from Camp Lejeune (NC) on the second annual Great Northeast Tour, promoted by S & L Boxing, and headlined by …

CES CLOSES OUT 2005 WITH A BANG ON NOVEMBER 23RD! Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) announced today at the Hi Hat in Davol Square that it will close out its 2005 boxing season with a major event on Wednesday, November 23rd at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Downtown …