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Andre Ward and Sakio Bika participated in a national media conference call on Monday to discuss their upcoming world title fight on Saturday, Nov. 27, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast, from Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. Ward (22-0, 13 KOs) will defend his …

Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell has been a highly touted prospect since his amateur days. With 231 wins, an Olympic Bronze medal in 2004, a competitor at the 2003 Pan-Am games, and two US National amateur titles, one in 2003 at middleweight the other in 2001 at featherweight it is no …

The returns are in and sensational junior middleweight prospect Alantez Fox has been elected to return to the ring as a feature attraction on Wednesday, November 10th at the DC Star Night Club in Washington D.C. Having thrilled boxing fans with outstanding wins in his first two professional bouts, the …

The Group Stage 3 matchups in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, the unprecedented boxing tournament from Showtime Sports, featuring the world’s best super middleweights, have been rescheduled for November 27, it was announced today by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager for sports programming on the network. …

Team Sauerland regrets to inform the boxing world that WBC Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler has been forced to pull out of the Super Six World Boxing Classic due to an eye injury. His title defence against Allan Green in Herning, Denmark on September 25 has been cancelled. “This is …

Undefeated super middleweight prospect Lennox “2 Sharpe” Allen, a native of Guyana, makes his “new” home debut Saturday night (Aug. 7) at the Aviator Sports Arena in Brooklyn, New York. Allen (12-0, 7 KOs) is a much traveled, 25-year-old now living in Brooklyn. The aggressive southpaw faces his stiffest test …

If not for a hand injury suffered in the opening round of the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece, reigning WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov certainly would be much better known today by North American boxing fans, especially if he advanced to the medal rounds and fought eventual …

Despite the media buildup to last night’s Andre Ward vs. Allan Green WBA super middle title clash at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA, the bout came off exactly as it appeared on paper beforehand; a fight between two very different class of fighters. Green had only once tested the waters …

Showtime’s much talked about Super Six Tournament goes front and center under the spotlight tonight at Oakland, CA’s Oracle Arena with hometown hero Andre Ward putting his WBA super middle title belt on the line for the very first time. 26 year odl Ward, 21-0 (13), is a newcomer to …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing There was a full house at the Hilton Oakland Airport for Friday’s Super Six World Boxing Classic weigh in, just one day before hometown and tournament favorite Andre Ward defends his WBA belt against fellow American Allan Green on Saturday, June 19 live on …

As a hero to many who regularly fights before raucous, standing room only crowds, Mark “TNT” Tucker is accustomed to performing under the bright lights. So far so good. The 22 year old light heavyweight sensation has impressive victories over former title contenders Rubin Williams and Ross Thompson, while decisioning …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Everyone in the boxing community had a favourite going into the Super Six Showdown. And I bet that those opinions have now changed somewhat. That is the beauty of this tournament; there are new questions and answers being raised before and after every fight …