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Legendary promoter Don King arrived in Beijing, China, yesterday and will be holding a press conference there today, Wednesday, August 13, where he will announce his plans to promote a boxing event in Chengdu, China. The boxing card will be staged in November and is planned to be presented at …

Newly crowned International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko was to have made his first title defense against mandatory challenger William Gonzalez on Saturday in Ponce, Puerto Rico, but the match will not take place due to Gonzalez’s inability to obtain his travel visa.

Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko, who received a presidential parade in Ghana after winning his first world championship last year, will make the first defense of his IBF Bantamweight title against knockout artist William “Chirizo” Gonzalez on Saturday in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Daniel Santos became a world champion for the third time by defeating previously undefeated WBA super welterweight champion Joachim Alcine in Montreal on Friday night at the beautiful outdoor Uniprix Stadium. The energetic crowd of nearly 10,000 in Alcine’s adopted hometown could not prevent Santos, who was making his 12th …

Two weeks ago, St. Louis native Deandre “The Bull” Latimore scored the biggest win of his career as he stopped #1 IBF Junior Middleweight Sechew Powell in the seventh round at the Hard Rock Café in New York City. The bout, broadcast on ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Fights, is being called …

© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing You wouldn’t know by reading all the boxing press in the media, but there is actually another fight taking place besides the Manny Pacquiao vs. David Diaz title bout on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. With all the focus …

Learn the art of hype from the king himself, including creating the perfect nickname, self-promoting salvos using King’s voice, interpret King’s custom dictionary and more

The date of March 27, 2008, doesn’t immediately jump out as a landmark moment in boxing history. Verno Phillips decisioning away Corey Spinks’ IBF Junior Middleweight title was a shock to some, but certainly nothing historic . Yet the story for some isn’t in the fight itself, but the way …

2K Sports announced today that Don King Presents: Prizefighter, the first documentary-style boxing extravaganza, has officially gone gold and is now ready for production for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

It is my extreme pleasure to personally introduce to you today the next great step in sports entertainment, the latest evolution in digital drama, the pinnacle of sports superbitude and the only game with fame to bear my name: Don King Presents: Prizefighter! Language lacks the power to express the …

Bootsy Collins busts out his bass to set the mood for documentary-style boxing video game 2K Sports announced today the artists featured in the soundtrack and ring walk music for the highly anticipated boxing video game, Don King Presents: Prizefighter. To accurately capture different eras of boxing atmosphere, Venom Games …

Promoter Don King has come to the rescue of boxing fans around the world that would have missed out on an opportunity to see Monday’s World Boxing Association lightweight championship by making it available for free at DonKingTV.com.