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At the apex of an illustrious career, Canadian boxing sensation Troy “The Boss” Ross will find himself in an unusual position at Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada on October 30 – he will be fighting at home! Fresh off of a highly controversial technical decision loss in Germany against IBF …

WBA cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones makes his long awaited return to the squared circle when he meets challenger Valery Brudov tonight at Panama City’s Arena Roberto Duran. Now 38 years of age, Jones turned pro in 1993 as a skyscraping 6’4 tall welterweight and by 1998 fought to a draw …

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 …

If Vitali thinks he’s going to have the kind of easy night his brother had last week, he’s in for a shock,” vows upcoming heavyweight title challenger Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KOs). Speaking about Samuel Peter’s non-performance versus Vitali’s brother Wladimir on September 11 in relation to his …

Heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis returns to Germany in December. The three-time world amateur champion and 2004 Olympic gold medallist, currently rated #2 by the WBC, is on his way to become the mandatory challenger for WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. After defecting from the Cuban national team along with unified featherweight …

IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko put on another masterclass last night, halting old rival Samuel Peter in ten rounds at Commerz Bank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. Peter was looking to improve upon his 2005 loss to Klitschko in which the Ukrainian was canvassed three times but managed …

Power-punching heavyweight title challenger Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter remained calm during the press conference and the open training sessions for his Saturday rematch against IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko – even when normally reserved Klitschko taunted him with his championship belts and his antagonistic remarks. “I hear and see …

Prizefighter Heavyweights III champion Audley Harrison will face David Haye for the WBA Heavyweight title in Manchester in November 13, live on Sky Box Office. Harrison has always claimed it was his destiny to win the World Heavyweight title and in a tense press conference in central London, he warned …

Felix Sturm reasserted his claim on the WBA middleweight title tonight with a dominating performance at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany in front of an adoring hometown audience. The Leverkusen born Cologne resident bounced back from 14 months away from competition and met the challenge posed by Dominican Republic native …

Slovenia got a rare turn on the word stage tonight as favorite son Jan Zaveck returned home from Germany to put his IBF welterweight championship up for grabs against heated rival Rafal Jackiewicz at Sportpark Arena in Ljubljana. These two met before and there was still bad blood on tap …

WBA middleweight champ Felix Strum ends 14 months of inactivity tonight when he faces challenger Giovanni Lorenzo at Lanxess Arena in Cologne. Sturm, 33-2-1 (14), was last in the ring in July, 2009 when he decisioned Khoren Gevor over 12 tougher than expected rounds and tonight the 31 year old …

By Per Ake Persson IBF welter champ Jan Zaveck closed out sparring Thursday last week and is according to a press release from SES in top shape for his defence on Saturday in Ljubljana against Pole Rafael Jackiewicz.