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Tonight at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL, Andre Berto defends his WBC welterweight title against Carlos Quintana while WBA/IBF super bantam king Celestino Caballero moves up to featherweight to face Daud Cino Yordan for the Interim WBA crown. Berto, 25-0 (19), is making the fourth defense of the belt he …

On Saturday, April 10th at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto will defend his title against former WBO champion Carlos Quintana. This is Berto’s first bout since last May when he successfully defended his title with a 12-round decision over Juan Urango. The card …

**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Top Rank held a press conference to announce their upcoming world championship doubleheader featuring Juan Manual Lopez, 27-0 (24), who will move up in weight to challenge WBO Featherweight champion, Steven Luevano, 37-1-1 …

World champions Juan Manuel Lopez, Steven Luevano and Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Top-10 contender Rogers Mtagwa will kickoff the new decade in separate world featherweight title fights, Saturday, January 23, in the WaMu Theater in the “Mecca of Boxing,” Madison Square Garden.

It is with much pleasure that InterBox and Golden Boy Promotions unveil the bouts that will headline the undercard for the Collision at the Colisee Main Event final that will feature IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute (24-0-0, 18 K.O.) vs. #1 rated mandatory contender Librado Andrade (28-2-0, 21 K.O.). …

HBO Boxing After Dark’s historic first visit to Canada on Saturday, November 28, just got even more memorable as before Lucian Bute defends his world super middleweight title in a highly-anticipated rematch against Librado Andrade, the rugged Ali Funeka takes on two-division world champion Joan Guzman who looks to win …

“This morning we were advised that Kelly Pavlik’s recovery of his left hand has not progressed as projected by Dr. Peter J. Evans, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Upper Extremity Center,” said Todd duBoef, president of Top Tank, Pavlik’s promoter. “As a result of this, Kelly is unable to close …

Boxing fans will have to wait a little longer for the Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. rematch. Originally, the light heavyweight fight was scheduled to take place early in the New Year. According to officials however, there is a clause in the contract that allows Jones to honour an …

Following an unforgettable homecoming on August 8, former world champion Jorge Rodrigo “La Hiena” Barrios will look to extend his amazing Argentinean unbeaten streak to 31 on Saturday, November 21. That’s when he takes on Mexico City banger Michael Lozada for the WBO Intercontinental Lightweight Championship in the main event …

Vitali Klitschko’s dominating defense of his WBC heavyweight title over No. 1 ranked challenger Cristobal Arreola on Sept. 26 on HBO drew the highest rating of 2009 for an HBO World Championship Boxing telecast. Klitschko vs. Arreola scored higher ratings than Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley’s welterweight world title fight …

World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik returns to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, December 5, for the biggest gamble of his world title reign as he faces two-division world champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams. Promoted by Top Rank and Goossen Tutor Promotions, in association with Caesars Atlantic City, …

The WBC has sanctioned the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated rematch between undefeated two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson and former world champion Glen Johnson for its interim light heavyweight title today. Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, DiBella Entertainment and Seminole Warriors Boxing, Dawson vs. Johnson II will be broadcast live, …