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Leva Kirakosyan insists he will knockout Steve Foster Jnr. The Russian knockout artist (33-5) defends his European super-featherweight against Foster Jnr (27-2-1) at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Saturday (2/10). Kirakosyan, 36, won the European title in February with a frightening third round stoppage of Scott Lawton displaying world class power. …

Scotland’s Barry Morrison is bristling at the suggestion that he is a stepping stone to a World title for reigning European Light Welterweight Champ, Paul McCloskey. Morrison challenges for McCloskey’s title this Saturday as European Championship boxing comes to Co. Donegal for the first time ever on the Hunky Dorys …

Three-time world title challenger “Sucra” Ray Oliveira steps into the ring Saturday night (Oct. 2) for the first time in five years against WBA No. 6 rated light heavyweight contender Joey “K.O. Kid” Spina in the 10-round main event headlining the “Last Man Standing” card in Fox Theater at Foxwoods …

Showtime Sports, Hennessy Sports and Team Sauerland are delighted to announce that Helsinki will host the decisive Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 3 clash between Carl “The Cobra” Froch and King Arthur Abraham. On November 27, the two superstars will lock horns at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, …

At the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England, Matchroom Sports and Hennessy Sports co-hosted a night of boxing which headlined John Murray’s first defence of his European Lightweight Title against Andriy Kudryavtsev of Ukraine. Both boxers trade shots in the opening round and both slip through each others guard between …

Click the above Image for more photos by Jane Warburton At the packed Castle Leisure Centre in Bury, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fight-card which headlined the vacant WBA Inter-Continental Super-Bantamweight Contest between local man Scott Quigg and Argentinean – Santiago Allione. Boxing gets under way and Quigg gets to …

Former World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik will be embarking on his professional comeback, headlining the televised undercard for the 12-round WBC super welterweight championship between combined 10-time world champions Manny Pacquiao and the “Tijuana Tornado” Antonio Margarito. Pavlik will be taking on Texan Brian Vera in a 10-round …

The Towar Sports Hall in Warsaw was the scene of Poland’s WBC cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk’s victory over challenger Jason Robinson last night. This opportunity was Robinson’s first big world level fight since losing three in a row to James Toney, Ezra Sellers and Grigory Drozd during 2002-2004 and the …

Local flyweight Daiki Kameda kept hold of his WBA title last night in a clash against former titlist Takefumi Sakata at Tokyo’s Big Sight Arena. Kameda, just 21, effectively held off his more seasoned crosstown rival over the course of the twelve round contest, but it wasn’t easy as Sakata …

Matt Skelton has vowed to make his experience count when he enters the Prizefighter Heavyweights IV at York Hall on Saturday 9 October – with Kickboxing his secret weapon. At 43 years of age the Reading fighter is the oldest man on the bill in the 14th outing of Barry …

Two fighters coming off huge wins and riding impressive winning streaks will meet in an all-important stepping-stone matchup in a 12-round junior welterweight main event on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Oct. 1, live on Showtime at 11:45 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Current USBA light welterweight …

Integrated Sports Media announced today that it will distribute the October 16th “The Rising Son Returns” Pay-Per-View event, featuring Boricua star Wilfredo “WV2” Vazquez, Jr. in his second WBO Junior Featherweight title defense, live in the United States from Silver Sports Arena in Kissimmee, Florida. Vazquez (19-0-1, 16 KOs), the …