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Kevin Mitchell faces Jorge Linares for the WBC Lightweight title at The O2 in London on May 30, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Mitchell meets the Venezuelan for the famous green and gold strap on a huge night of boxing in London, with their clash one of three with …

Kevin Mitchell and Lee Selby will fight for World titles at The O2 on May 30, with Anthony Joshua MBE taking on Kevin Johnson on a massive night for British boxing. Popular Londoner Mitchell takes on three-weight World Champion Jorge Linares for the Venezuelan’s WBC Lightweight crown following his standout …

Unbeaten IBF Welterweight Champion “ShowTime” Shawn Porter and undefeated contender Kell Brook held an open media workout at Barry’s Gym in Las Vegas on Wednesday as they reach the apex of preparation for next Saturday’s world championship showdown. Porter (24-0-1, 15 KOs), of Akron, Ohio, will defend his 147-pound crown …

It is hard to believe what WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins has achieved during his 23-year long professional career. He was the middleweight champion for ten years, notched a record 20 successful title defenses of that crown and at 46-years-old, has become the oldest fighter in boxing …

Click the above Image for more Photos by Jim Everett 17 months after Juan Manuel Marquez defeated Juan Diaz for the WBA and WBO lightweight titles, the pair go at it once again as they square off tonight at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas. Both boxers are coming off …

Click the above Image for more Weigh In Photos Today at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV the fighters weighed in for tomorrow night’s “Fight of the Year: The Rematch” featuring the Unified Lightweight World Championship fight between Juan Manuel Marquez 50-5-1 (37) and Juan Diaz 35-3 …

As widely expected, WBA bantam champ Anselmo Moreno had a tough time holding onto his title last night but managed to do so in front of 5,000 spectators at Polideportivo Jose Maria Vargas in the Caracas suburb of La Guaira, Venezuela. Facing the Panamanian champion Moreno was local upset specialist …

Polideportivo Jose Maria Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela hosts the WBA bantamweight title clash between Anselmo Moreno and Nehomar Cermeno. Panamanian southpaw Moreno, 28-1-1 (10), has held the crown since dethroning Wladimir Sidorenko two years ago and will be making his sixth defense but this could be his toughest test …

In one of the most shocking upsets of the year thus far, WBA super feather champ Jorge Linares was stopped in the first round by challenger Juan Carlos Salgado today at Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo. Both men came into the contest undefeated but Tokyo based Venezuelan Linares was a former …

Nicknamed “El Nino de Oro” or “Golden Boy”, two division world champion Jorge Linares is perhaps the most underrated world champion in boxing. That will change starting today, as the unbeaten Venezuelan phenom has inked a promotional contract with Golden Boy Promotions, who will co-promote Linares with Japanese based Teiken …

Last night at Plaza de Toros in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Jorge Linares kept busy with a WBA super feather title defense against challenger Josafat Perez. Southpaw Perez was coming down from lightweight, where he holds the Mexican title, but had never before traded in anything approaching world class. That gulf …

Saturday night’s alright for fightin’ this evening south of the border as there are two WBA title clashes taking place. WBA super feather champ Jorge Linares is in action at the Plaza de Toros in Nuevo Laredo, meeting the challenge of unheralded opponent Josafat Perez. Linares, 26-0 (17), a former …