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Legends are made from incidents such as what 2008 US Olympic first alternate Danny O’Connor experienced last weekend in Canada. O’Connor’s glove split after he pounded pro-debuting Greg Jimenez’s body with monster-like hooks en route to a win by four round decision off-television on ESPN Friday Night Fights show, headlined …

World ranked cruiserweight contender BJ Flores will head to Bristol, CT this Friday night, February 6, to co-host ESPN’s Friday Night Fights studio show with Brian Kenny. Flores will be co-hosting as part of an agreement recently announced with the leader in sports entertainment with further appearances in 2009 to …

Unbeaten super bantamweight Teon Kennedy, of North Philadelphia, will face his most experienced opponent as a pro when he boxes crowd-pleasing southpaw Paulino Villalobos, of Veracruz, Mexico, in an eight-round contest Friday evening, March 6, at the Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia.

Star Boxing’s top welterweight contender Delvin Rodriguez, 23-2-2 (14), ranked #5 in the IBF, will face off against Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez, 20-1 (11), ranked #15 in the IBF in a must see match-up of two of boxing’s top welterweights on March 6 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. …

There was action North of the border last night as Juan Urango regained the IBF Light Welter title with a wide points decision over local favorite Herman Ngoudjo at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Colombian southpaw Urango came out of the gates firing on all cylinders and by the second …

Star Boxing’s welterweight prospect, Alexis Camacho, 17-1 (16), will look to make the transition from highly thought of prospect to contender when he takes on the very dangerous Carlos Molina, 14-4-1 (5), on Friday February 13 at New York’s famed Roseland Ballroom.

When 140-pound star Juan Urango travels to Montreal, Canada’s Bell Centre to face Herman Ngoudjo for the vacant IBF world junior welterweight championship on Friday night, he won’t be alone, as two of his Seminole Warriors Boxing stablemates will be joining him in an attempt to make it a 3-0 …

2008 US Olympic first alternate Danny O’Connor heads north of the border to fight pro-debuting Greg Jimenez off-television on this week’s ESPN Friday Night Fights show, headlined by the IBF light welterweight title fight between Herman Ngoudjo and Juan Urango, at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

Unbeaten welterweight prospect Mike Jones makes the first defense of his NABA title against Larry Mosley on March 6, at the Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia. Jones, 25, broke into the world ratings in 2008 by scoring knockouts over Juliano Ramos and Luciano Perez, and decisions over Germaine Sanders and …

After a successful five-year run at the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia, Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc., in association with Joe Hand Promotions, Inc., is returning to the Legendary Blue Horizon, on Friday evening, March 6. Unbeaten prospect Mike Jones, of North Philadelphia, PA, will headline the card in a defense …

Arena Box Promotions started off this year’s ESPN “Friday Night Fights” series last week with Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara scoring impressive wins in Primm, Nevada. On February 20, promoter Ahmet Öner will present his next FNF show live from the University Center Arena at Nova Southeastern University …

Arena CEO Ahmet Öner was very pleased with the spectacular performance of his rising Cuban stars Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara at the season premiere of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” last night in front of 3,500 spectators at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts in Primm, Nevada. “This was …