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Arena Box Promotion has won the purse bid for the WBC Cruiserweight Final Eliminator between Herbie Hide and Matt Godfrey. The fight will likely take place in late March or early April. The winner of the elimination bout will face the winner of the WBC Cruiserweight Championship between Giacobe Fragomeni …

Heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis will face another tough test against former world title challenger Owen Beck on January 9 at the “Star of the Desert Arena” at Terrible’s Casino Resort in Primm, Nevada. The US debut for 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist Solis will be featured on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. …

Click for larger image © JC photographs / ARENA Box-Promotion Arena CEO Ahmet Öner will present his next US show on January 9 in Primm, Nevada, which will be featured live on ESPN Friday Night Fights. For the first time, Cuban Olympic 2004 Gold Medallists Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis …

Rising lightweight star Breidis Prescott signed with ARENA Box-Promotion and Decubas Presents, LLC. Brescott, ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner and Ricardo Decubas just finalized the deal in Miami, Florida. Prescott recently made a noise by knocking out promising prospect Amir Khan in one round in Manchester, UK.

Undefeated junior middleweight Alfredo “Perro” Angulo scored his tenth consecutive knockout victory tonight, recording a 10th round TKO over Andrey Tsurkan in a battle of top 10 contenders. The fight was the star attraction of “Night of the Rising Stars II,” the tripleheader broadcast live from Pechanga Resort & Casino …

Undefeated junior middleweight contender Alfredo “Perro” Angulo, 13-0 (10), from Mexico, can’t wait to sink his teeth into his next victim, Andrey Tsurkan, 26-3 (17), of Ukraine, in a battle of top 10 contenders highlighting “Night of the Rising Stars II.” Angulo, whose Spanish ring name “Perro” translates to dog …

Earlier today the World Boxing Association issued a response to a press release recently distributed by Team Ruiz. Team Ruiz responds below in bold type, point-by-point to the WBA’s five-point statement. After learning that serious allegations were made by Team Ruiz after his defeat against Nicolay Valuev last August 30 …

Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz, 43-8-1 (29), as well as his advisor/attorney Tony Cardinale and head trainer Manny Siaca, Sr., believe they faced sizable unfair disadvantages August 30 fighting Nikolai Valuev, 49-1 (34), for the WBA heavyweight title in Berlin. Valuev recaptured the WBA belt by way …

By Per Ake Persson Russian giant Nikolai Valuev won a unanimous decision over John Ruiz in a rematch to win the vacant WBA heavyweight title last night at Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany. It was scored 116-111, 116-113 and 114-113, all for Valuev, but it was however first announced …

© M.A. Sayer of arena box-promotion Welterweight Selcuk Aydin, 15-0 (12), has parlayed sterling amateur days bristling with medal winning efforts into one of the most promising professional careers in the world of boxing today. The 24 year old from Trabzon, Turkey is one of the brightest stars in the …

“The Black Panther” returned to Hamburg yesterday and is already kicking up a fuss again. At yesterday’s so called “public” workout for Wladimir Klitschko’s title defence against Tony Thompson on Saturday, Juan Carlos Gomez has been kicked out by Klitschko’s security.

Click for larger image © ARENA Box-Promotion The “Black Panther” is back in town! After returning to Hamburg on Monday Juan Carlos Gomez, 43-1 (35), currently no. 2 in the WBC world ratings, is full of self-confidence for his upcoming WBC Eliminator against no. 1 rated Vladimir Virchis, 24-1 (20). …