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From the network that brought boxing fans the blockbuster fights of Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez, Showtime returns to the pay-per-view business with a cast and crew of veterans. The March 12 card headlined by Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga will be called by Steve Albert with Al Bernstein …

Integrated Sports Media, the undisputed leader in the pay-per-view boxing, announced today that it will be distributing “La Revancha,” featuring the highly-anticipated rematch between WBO light flyweight champion, Giovani “El Guerrero Azteca” Segura, and former 108-pound king, Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon, April 2 live from Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali, …

The stage is now set for the much awaited ‘Celtic War ’ between Andy Lee, ‘The Irish Assassin’ and Craig McEwan , ‘The Scottish Braveheart’ to take place this Saturday evening, March 12, as the chief supporting bout to Sergio Martinez – Sergei Dzinziruk WBC middleweight title clash at Foxwoods …

Stevenage’s exceptional Light Middleweight prospect Daniel ‘Hurricane’ Herdman gets his first outing of the year, when he faces Halesowen hardman Kevin McCauley at the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘Essex Eruption’ quadruple headlined super show at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, Essex on Saturday 19th March 2011 Daniel recently made a successful …

The fight to determine America’s leading featherweight, pitting unbeaten NABF and NABO champion Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard against undefeated IBF # 1 contender Mikey Garcia, is the 10-round co-feature on Top Rank’s “Featherweight Fury,” March 26 on HBO After Dark live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey . …

Saturday evening was a big night for British boxing, with two good cards on tap, one of the fighting Hatton brothers in America for his first crack at a world title and a former British champion shaking off the ring rust in Germany. At Huddersfield, Dewsbury man Gary Sykes defended …

© Chris Farina – Top Rank The always colorful and electric Don King, joined by fellow Hall of Fame Promoter Bob Arum for their first co-promotion in more than five years, entertained the Los Angeles press corps on Monday as “Relentless: Cotto Vs. Mayorga” Fight Week kicked off with a …

© Lawrence Lustig Former World Champion Adrian Dodson is ready to make his boxing comeback for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights II – and could face his 1992 Olympic teammate Robin Reid in the March 23 showdown in Liverpool.

Jason “The Sensation” Gavern will headline a big boxing card as he defends his WBC Caribbean Heavy Weight Title on Saturday, April 2, 2011. The title bout is one of seven matches in the Fights for the Pink, an event promoting breast cancer awareness at Roger Dean Stadium. “I’m looking …

Over the years top British coach Johnny Eames has guided many of British boxing’s best known fighters to Championship glory. Such esteemed names as WBU Lightweight Champion Graham Earl, WBU Super Featherweight Champion Kevin Lear, WBU Light Heavyweight Champion Tony Oakey, British Super Bantamweight Champion Matthew Marsh are just a …

Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee has touched down in Dublin, Ireland where he will resume training under the tutelage of renowned trainer Ronnie Shields over the next two weeks. Lee has traveled to Dublin as part of world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux’s camp which also includes his co-trainer Creed Fountain …

Showtime Sports announced today that Showtime Extreme – the sports and action focused multiplex channel – will broadcast the live weigh-in and select fighter interviews from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) in anticipation of the March …