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IBF featherweight king Yuriorkis Gamboa may have lost his WBA title on the scales before his fight last night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall but the former Olympic Gold Medallist from Cuba handed Mexican challenger Jorge Solis a complete and thorough defeat. The first round featured only mild action as …

One of the sport’s flashiest champions is making a title defense tonight as Cuban speedster Yuriorkis Gamboa puts his WBA and IBF feather trophies up for grabs against Interim WBA super feather ruler Jorge Solis at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Gamboa, 19-0 (15), has covered a lot of ground …

New Jersey-based trainer Mike “Red” Skownowski reports that training unbeaten NABF and NABO featherweight champion Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard for his March 26 showdown against unbeaten IBF No. 1 contender “Mikey” Garcia, despite being together a little more than month, seems like they’ve been working together for a year. Remillard-Garcia …

DiBella Entertainment announced today that the WBC Welterweight title fight between undefeated, defending champion Andre Berto and challenger “Vicious” Victor Ortiz will be take place April 16 in MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut. “I am so happy to be coming back to one of the premiere fight …

The fight to determine America’s leading featherweight, pitting unbeaten NABF and NABO champion Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard against undefeated IBF # 1 contender Mikey Garcia, is the 10-round co-feature on Top Rank’s “Featherweight Fury,” March 26 on HBO After Dark live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey . …

Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ sees a clash between Zab Judah and Kaiser Mabuza for the vacant IBF light welter crown. For Judah, 40-6 (27), this bout is the culmination of his return to the 140 pound division, where he held the IBF belt from 2000-2001 …

The Palms Casino in Las Vegas, NV sees WBA lightweight titlist Miguel Acosta face challenger Brando Rios this evening in a hotly anticipated 135 pound showdown. For Colombia’s Acosta, 28-3-2 (22), this is a chance to prove that his only two world level contests, stoppages of Urbano Antillon and Paulus …

The year’s most hotly anticipated clash at bantamweight turned out to be far less competitive than expected as the Philippine’s Nonito Donaire blew out Fernando Montiel to capture the Mexican’s WBC and WBO belts at Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas. Montiel started off cautiously and that proved to be …

A hotly anticipated clash at bantamweight takes place tonight as WBC/WBO champ Fernando Montiel puts his belts at risk against top flyweight Nonito Donaire this evening at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Casino. Despite the general idea that this is a 50-50 fight or possibly that Donaire is the favorite, Montiel, …

“Sólo Boxeo Tecate” travels to the Bay Area on Friday, February 18, as the Longshoreman’s Hall in San Francisco, Calif. hosts an exciting doubleheader featuring highly-touted Filipino sensation Mercito Gesta in a main event rematch against Genaro Trazancos, along with a junior lightweight clash between unbeaten Salinas contender Eloy Perez …

WBO/NABO Youth and USBO Light Heavyweight champion Mark “TNT” Tucker of Eldersburg, MD moved to 15-0 with 7 knockouts following a hard fought unanimous decision over Ray Smith last night at BB King Blues Club & Grill in New York, NY. Fighting for the first time in eight months, Tucker …

Undefeated, 24-year-old NABF and NABO champion Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard (23-0, 13 KOs), arguably America’s leading featherweight, has signed an exclusive promotional contract with Top Rank. “Matt is a tremendous, exciting fighter, “Hall of Fame promoter and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said. “We are very pleased he has joined …