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It was a night of boxing last evening as more that 5,000 fans packed Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart on the Australian Island of Tasmania as middleweight Daniel Geale successfully defended his IBF title against Ermosele Albert. 37 year old Miami, Florida based Nigerian Albert came into the bout as …

© Simon O’Connor “This is what we as fighters dream of. It’s what we fight for. This one is for all the marbles.” – Ward “I am not worried about Ward. He has no power whatsoever.” – Froch

WBA Super Middleweight Champion Andre Ward and WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch will embark on a three-city international press tour to formally announce the most important fight of their careers, The Super Six World Boxing Classic Final, a World Championship Unification, live on Showtime, Saturday, Oct. 29 at 10 …

Newly crowned NABA and NABF Middleweight Champion, Andy Lee (26-1, 19KOs) is confident of beating Brian Vera (19-5, 12KOs) in their rematch on October 1st at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Vera is the only boxer to have defeated the Kronk fighter in his 5 year professional career. …

Next Friday, August 19th, the 2007 Amateur World Champion, and 2008 U.S. Olympian, Demetrius Andrade (13-0, 9KO’s) will step up in competition and look to make a huge statement, when he takes on dangerous veteran, and winner of Season 2 of “The Contender” Grady Brewer (28-12, 16KO’s) in the main …

Former Olympian and rising Middleweight star Billy Joe Saunders has been named captain/co-manager of the Trad TKO Boxing Gym’s football squad for this Sunday’s Boxers and Celebrity Charity Football Tournament, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, at the Concord Rangers FC in Canvey Island, Essex. Billy Joe, who will …

Former World Middleweight Champion and current WBC No. 1-rated super middleweight contender Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik’s professional boxing comeback took a wrong turn inasmuch as Pavlik withdrew from his upcoming 10-round bout against Darryl Cunningham today. The Pavlik-Cunningham bout was scheduled to take place on Saturday at the Covelli Centre …

Jermaine “Too Sweet” White (17-4, 9 KOs) was scheduled to fight Demarcus “Chop Chop” Corley for the UBO Light Welterweight title last year, but the fight never came off as the promoter of the show decided to cancel the event last minute. Now, albeit not for the world title, White …

Junior middleweight rising star Denis “Da Momma’s Boy” Douglin will return to the squared circle Saturday, July 9 when he battles an opponent to be named at Atlantic City’s famed Boardwalk Hall. The bout will be his first since a shocking defeat against cement fisted spoiler Doel Carrasquillo in February. …

Carl Froch is the heavy favorite to defeat Glen Johnson Saturday in Atlantic City live on Showtime (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), but Super Six World Boxing Classic Finalist Andre Ward believes there’s a decent chance that “The Road Warrior” can upset “The Cobra” to claim the …

Undefeated WBA lightweight champion “Bam Bam” Brandon Rios will make the first defense of his world title when he takes on two-time world title challenger and current Top-Five-rated contender Urbano Antillon, Saturday, July 9, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The co-main event will feature former IBF welterweight …

Undefeated WBA lightweight champion “Bam Bam” Brandon Rios will make the first defense of his world title when he takes on two-time world title challenger and current Top-Five-rated contender Urbano Antillon, Saturday, July 9, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The co-main event will feature former IBF welterweight …