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Chicago’s Genaro Mendez will battle Javier Loya of Phoenix, Arizona in a special feature attraction undercard bout at “Windy City Fight Night” at the UIC Pavilion on Friday, April 1st. Presented by Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, the April 1st event is headlined by a stellar main event featuring Chicagoland fan …

On Saturday night in Cologne (Germany) WBC no. 1 rated heavyweight Odlanier Solis was stopped on his way to dethroning champion Vitali Klitschko by a serious knee injury. “La Sombra” was brought to hospital directly after the fight where an anterior cruciate ligament rupture, articular cartilage damage and meniscal tear …

Former world heavyweight champion and 1996 Bellarusian Olympian, Sergei “The White Wolf” Liakhovich, has some unfinished boxing business to take care of starting April 9, when the consummate boxer-puncher returns to the ring for the first time in nearly a year. The 34-year-old Liakhovich (25-3, 16 KOs), rated No. 13 …

Promoter Spencer Fearon always talks a good fight and his build up to Friday’s double title fight headlined Shamrock Showdown show may have seemed to have been nothing but a load of hype – but it wasn’t, If anything Spencer undersold the show by a country mile. Spencer has always …

Televisa’s “Sabados De Corona” sets down in Xalapa, Veracruz, on Saturday, March 26, as Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions present a doubleheader of unbeaten Mexican stars Leo Santa Cruz and Marco Antonio Periban in their toughest tests to date at Museo Interactivo de Xalapa.

This Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, Yan Barthelemy (11-2, 4KO’s) will square off against Dominican Francis Ruiz (9-3, 4 KOs) in the opening bout on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. Barthelemy was originally scheduled to face Chris Avalos (18-1, 15KO’s) …

Middleweight contender Peter “The Pride of Providence” Manfredo, Jr. had a ringside seat in MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods last Saturday night to witness the superlative performance turned in by WBC Emeritus 160-pound champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, who dropped previously unbeaten WBO junior welterweight titlist Sergiy “Razor” Dzinziruk five times …

On Friday, March 25 the Sports Center in Fairfield, California will be host to a doubleheader featuring the return of popular contender Antonio Escalante as well as a bout featuring hometown hero Manuel “Tino” Avila that will headline the latest edition of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate.”

Highly regarded prospects Joe and Anthony Linenfelser will make their Chicago debut on Friday, April 1st as part of the stacked undercard at “Windy City Fight Night 16” at the UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. Based out of Rockford, Illinois, both …

Amir Khan will lead a fantastic bill on Saturday, April 16 as he returns home to defend his WBA Super Lightweight World Title against undefeated European Champion Paul McCloskey at the M.E.N Arena.

The world’s top middleweight, Sergio “Maraville” Martinez, destroyed previously undefeated Sergiy “Razor” Dzinziruk en route to an impressive win by eighth-round technical knockout to capture the WBC Diamond Belt live on HBO World Championship Boxing at MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods. Martinez (47-2-2, 25 KOs) outclassed Dzinziruk (37-1, 23 KOs) …

On Saturday – exactly one week before his WBC world heavyweight championship fight against Vitali Klitschko – Odlanier “La Sombra“ Solis and his team arrived in Cologne, Germany. Although the elder Klitschko brother is highly favored to defend his title for the sixth time since returning in October 2008, many …