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© Jose Espinoza / Saddo Boxing When you think of great boxing trainers, you think of Freddie Roach or Emmanuel Steward. How about Naazim Richardson? For those who don’t know about Naazim Richardson, he trained Shane Mosley to a victory against Antonio Margarito recently and he’s also been a long …

Coming off of his stirring February win over Gerry Penalosa, interim WBO Bantamweight Champion and former Flyweight World Champion Eric Morel will continue his career resurgence with Golden Boy Promotions, with whom he signed an exclusive promotional contract today.

© Jose Espinoza / Saddo Boxing Short Audio Interview: [audio:Jean.mp3] There are occasions when a writer feels compelled to compare a current athlete with an all-time great. Looking at Jean Pascal’s career so far and his potential in the future; I can’t help but be reminiscent as I see in …

Legendary former World Light Heavyweight and Middleweight Champion and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins will fight for the WBC 175-pound championship against current linear champion Jean Pascal as the main event of “Dynasty: Pascal vs. Hopkins” on Saturday, December 18 from the Pepsi Coliseum in Québec …

Au revoir to Canada as Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins finished up a three-city tour of the country hosting press conferences in Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto to promote their December 18 WBC Light Heavyweight Championship at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, live in Canada on pay-per-view and on …

Guyana super middleweight champion Lennox “2 Sharpe” Allen has dedicated his New York State title fight against Nick Brinson, November 13 in Albany (NY), to the memory of his brother, 19-year-old Christopher, who died recently back home in Guyana.

Showtime Networks Inc. is proud to announce that the World Light Heavyweight Championship fight between future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins and young upstart WBC Champion Jean Pascal will be televised live on Showtime. The 12-round world championship bout, originally proposed as a pay-per-view event in the United States, will …

Three-time world title challenger Antwun “Kid Dynamite” Echols has replaced “Sucra” Ray Oliveira as Joey “KO Kid” Spina’s opponent for tonight’s main event on the “Last Man Standing” card in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Echols (32-14, 28 KOs), who lost a pair of world title …

Some of the best local talent will be on display on Saturday night, August 28th at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City as six undefeated prospects will round out a packed card presented by Spartan Fight Promotions. The main event will feature top American Heavyweight Chazz Witherspoon battling Livin …

The long, often arduous journey for unbeaten super middleweight Lennox “2 Sharpe” Allen, a native of Guyana, took him around the world before finally settling in Brooklyn. The 25-year-old southpaw turned pro six years ago in Georgetown, Guyana. Less than a year later, attempting to kick-start his boxing career, he …

Two undefeated world champions will put their crowns on the line in separate bouts at Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Aug. 7 in one of the best boxing showcases of the summer. Hometown hero and unified WBC and IBF 140-pound champion Devon Alexander “The Great” (20-0, 13 KOs) will …

For four invaluable weeks at the Normandy Gym in North Miami, undefeated middleweight prospect “Chairman of the Board” Michael Oliveira (11-0, 8 KOs), the heir apparent to retired Brazilian boxing star Acelino “Popo” Freitas, acted more like a sponge than a young prize fighter. The 19-year-old Oliveira, who is trained …