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A Purse Bid was held today at WBC Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico for the right to promote a WBC Light Heavyweight Silver Championship title bout between former WBC 175 lb champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (27-2-0, 15 KO) from Romania/Canada and Chris “Hard Hittin’” Henry (25-2-0, 20 KO) from …

On Friday night March 4th, The first ever show promoted by New Legend Boxing Promotions will take place at the Cordon Bleu Banquet Hall in Woodhaven, New York. In the main event, former amateur standout and undefeated Super Middleweight Will Rosinsky will see action in an eight round bout against …

Turkish welterweight star Selcuk Aydin got really upset when he read speculations about Andre Berto’s next possible opponents without his name even mentioned. “How can Berto and his promoter even talk to and about guys like Ortiz when they know exactly that they have to fight me first?”, asks Aydin …

It’s the first “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” event of the New Year, and fight fans in Fairfield, Calif. have kicked off 2011 by making tonight’s hard-hitting card at the Sports Center a sell-out. The red-hot, seven-bout card is headlined by unbeaten rising star Brandon Gonzales against fellow prospect Lester “El Cubanito” …

To kick off the 2011 boxing season, TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate,” returns with live boxing action for the first time ever at the Sports Center in Fairfield, California on Friday, January 7. In the main event, scheduled for eight rounds in the middleweight division, unbeaten Sacramento prospect Brandon Gonzales puts …

Thursday night at the Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan sees WBA super flyweight champion Hugo Fidel Cazares put his belt at risk against local hero Hiroyuki Hisataka. Cazares, 33-6-2 (24), has defended the WBA crown on two occasions since winning it from Nobuo Nashiro, ironically in the same venue as …

Tonight at Club Unidos in Mar Del Plata, IBF light flyweight kingpin Luis Alberto Lazarte puts his crown at risk against former titleholder Ulises Solis of Mexico. 39 year old Lazarte, 48-9-1 (18), shocked the 108 pound division by unseating Carlos Tamara by split decision in May to capture the …

© Robert M / Saddo Boxing SaddoBoxing had the opportunity to attend the 29th Annual Miracle on 1st St. toy giveaway, held at the Hollenbeck Youth Center in East Los Angeles, CA. On hand were several professional boxers, along with amateur boxers. Actor Tom Arnold was also there, helping out …

Last night, Cristian Mijares returned to the light flyweight ranks for the first time in over two years, taking away the IBF title of Juan Alberto Rosas at Auditorio Municipal in Torreon, Mexico. The 29 year old former WBC/WBA champ had campaigned as a top level bantamweight since 2009 but …

On Saturday at The Torreon in Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico, IBF super fly kingpin Juan Alberto Rosas meets the challenge of ex-WBC/WBA champion Cristian Mijares. 29 year old Mijares, 40-6-2 (18), will be returning to the division he sat atop of during six title defenses for the first time since …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The promoters and fighters involved with The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All – a two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders – took center stage on Thursday in the final press conference to discuss the two Semifinal bouts set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 11, …

Massive Jamaican heavyweight prospect Lenroy “TNT” Thomas returns to battle this Saturday night, December 11th against veteran Arron Lyons, as the special attraction six round bout at Day I Rise, an action packed evening of professional boxing at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida. Day I Rise is headlined by …