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On Saturday February 5, 2011 at the Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds, in Iowa City, IA, Win By KO Promotions presents February Fisticuffs, an evening of professional boxing. In the 6-round main event, Iowa City’s undefeated Emily “the Enforcer” Klinefelter, 9-0, 3 KOs, will be fighting U.S. #5 ranked super bantamweight …

Jose Antonio Aguirre, a formidable former WBC strawweight world champion who made 10 successful defenses of the title, will challenge Mexican “Cinderella Man” Gilberto Keb Baas who, in the “Upset of the Year,” defeated WBC light flyweight world champion Omar Niño to capture the green and gold belt last November …

By Per Ake Persson IBF welter champ Dejan Zaveck. 30-1-1, defends the title February 18 at home in the 14,000-seater Sportpark Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia. An opponent is yet to be announced. The show is promoted by SES and Zaveck will, as always, prepare in Magdeburg under his trainer Dirk …

WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán said that the WBC World Diamond Belt will be in dispute during the rematch fight between the WBC light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal of Canada and WBC Emeritus Champion Bernard Hopkins of the USA, as it could not be presented to either of the …

Former world title challenger Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett is involved in a crossroads fight every time he steps into the ring. His next action is scheduled for January 22nd against Charles Davis in one of four pay-per-view fights on the “Redemption In America: The Journey Begins Now” card, headlined by …

World title challenger and former U.S. amateur standout, Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (20-2, 10 KOs), is a promotional free agent prepared to get right back into the cruiserweight picture with the right promoter in his corner. Godfrey was stopped for the first time in his pro career last August when …

As one of the most competitive divisions in boxing today, the lightweight class has a talent-rich pecking order that can change within the course of one fight. On Friday, March 4, highly-rated contender and former U.S. Olympian Vicente Escobedo and streaking veteran Walter Estrada will meet in the 10 round …

The Boxing Promoters Association (BPA) had a very successful meeting this week in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Planet Hollywood Hotel. The BPA continued its past success and 2011 promises to be a good one for the BPA and its efforts to assist the boxing industry.

Future Hall of Famer Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield is an old-school fighter who has gone new wave in terms training. The 48-year-old, ultra fit Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs) defends World Boxing Federation heavyweight title against challenger Sherman “Tank” Williams (34-11-2, 19 KOs), headlining the January 22nd “Redemption In America: …

Turkish welterweight star Selcuk Aydin got really upset when he read speculations about Andre Berto’s next possible opponents without his name even mentioned. “How can Berto and his promoter even talk to and about guys like Ortiz when they know exactly that they have to fight me first?”, asks Aydin …

Prizefighter Light-Heavyweights II contender Joe Smyth has revealed his motivation behind entering the show at Olympia on January 29 – to catch up with his high-profile amateur teammates. The St Albans’ fighter Smyth lapped up the attention at Sky’s studios on the promotional day on Wednesday ahead of the 16th …

Good news for fans of heavyweight Sinan Samil Sam. The “Bull from Bosporus” has been released from a hospital in Istanbul where he was staying since mid-December with liver-cirrhosis. The two-time European heavyweight champion had been rushed to the intensive care unit after he spat up blood.