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After a mercurial career, featherweight spoiler Omar Salido pulled off his biggest upset to date by unseating WBO ruler Juan Manuel Lopez in thrilling fashion at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. For his foray behind enemy lines, Salido quietly slipped into the bout, content to let the big-punching …

© Click Image for more photos by Jane Warburton At the MEN Arena, Manchester, Saturday night – Amir Khan retained his WBA Light Welterweight Title by a Technical Unanimous Decision after Challenger – Paul McCloskey was (controversially) stopped with a cut to the left eyebrow. It was a fantastic atmosphere …

© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT was the scene of perhaps the best fight this year so far as challenger Victor Ortiz upset champion Andre Berto last night to capture the WBC welterweight title. Southpaw Ortiz wasted no time in taking the …

Tonight sees a good welterweight fight scheduled at Foxwoods Casino in Manshantucket, CT as Andre Berto puts his WBC title at risk against former light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz. Since winning the title against Miguel Angel Rodriguez in 2008, Berto, 27-0 (21), has defeated the respectable lineup of Steve Forbes, …

The official weigh-in for tonight’s “East-West Showdown” card was held at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Undefeated WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto will defend his title against WBC No. 5-rated Challenger “Vicious” Victor Ortiz live on HBO World Championship Boxing from MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods. WBC Welterweight Championship, 12 Rounds: Andre …

The cavernous MEN Arena in Manchester, England is the stage for Amir Khan’s fourth defence of his WBA light welterweight championship when he takes on tough Irishman Paul McCloskey tonight. For Khan, this is his first fight since the tough defence in Vegas four months ago when he was rocked …

From a journey that spanned three continents, spent compiling the personal stories of fifteen boxing world champions and renowned people in the sport, comes a book that is certain to captivate its readers.

In the co-main event at The Oceana Club in Brighton Beach Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday, April 13, former World Boxing Association Welterweight champion Luis Collazo of Brooklyn, New York, scored an easy third round stoppage of outmatched Franklin Gonzalez of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Collazo’s appearance was his first …

On Saturday, Juan Manuel Lopez or ‘Juanma’ will face off against challenger Orlando Salido in defence of his WBO Featherweight title. Juanma’s record stands at 30-0 with 27 KO’s, whilst Salido’s is 34-11-2 with 22 KO’s. Obviously, on paper, Juanma will blow Salido away, but in reality, it will be …

Middleweight world title challenger Giovanni Lorenzo has filed a protest with the World Boxing Association in regards to the unprofessional conduct taken by WBA Judge Stefano Corozza during Lorenzo’s Interim World Middleweight Championship against Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam held on April 2, 2011 in Le Cannet, France.

Cuban featherweight sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa will be ringside when WBO champion Juan Manuel Lopez defends his title against Odlando Salido in Puerto Rico tomorrow (Saturday, April 16). On September 11th 2010, Gamboa won a lop-sided unanimous decision against Salido.

Unbeaten WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez had a busy Thursday, spending time with his promoter, Bob Arum, and the Mayor of Bayamon, Ramon Luis Rivera, at the Mayor’s Office, and then working out at Jose “Cheo” Aponte Torres Gym in Caguas, Puerto Rico.