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WBO featherweight ruler Juan Manuel Lopez puts his world title up for grabs this evening against challenger Bernabe Concepcion at San Juan Puerto Rico’s Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot. Southpaw Lopez, 28-0 (25), is the heir apparent to Miguel Cotto’s domestic superstar status in Puerto Rico as the 27 year old …

Tonight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, middleweights Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and John Duddy face off in a WBC title eliminator that also will deliver the WBC silver crown to the winner. Both Duddy, 29-1 (18), and Chavez Jr, 40-0-1 (30), have attractive records and both boxers sell …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Everyone in the boxing community had a favourite going into the Super Six Showdown. And I bet that those opinions have now changed somewhat. That is the beauty of this tournament; there are new questions and answers being raised before and after every fight …

After all the fights I have attended, all the fighters, promoters, managers and trainers I have had the pleasure of either interviewing or being friends with to this day nothing excites me more the the International Boxing Hall of Fame induction weekends. It is the only time all of our …

Tonight at the massive Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, WBC heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko makes the fourth defense of his second title reign. Challenging Klitschko is England based Pole Albert Sosnowski, the reigning European champion who has only lost twice over a 48 bout pro career. At 6 feet 8 …

WBA lightweight ruler Paulus Moses puts his world title on the line tonight, meeting the challenge of Miguel Acosta at Kalari Sands Hotel in Windhoek, Namibia. Venezuelan puncher Acosta, 26-3-2 (20), seemingly came out of nowhere to capture the Interim WBA belt last year by knocking out American contender Urbano …

© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos British icon Amir Khan makes his American debut this evening at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden as the former Olympic medallist defends his WBA super lightweight crown against hometown hero Paulie Malignaggi. Khan, 22-1 (16), is coming off a first round destruction of another …

Two big fights tonight south of the border as Humberto Soto puts his WBC lightweight crown at risk in Los Mochis and Cristobal Cruz puts his IBF feather strap up for grabs against Orlando Salido in Ciudad Obregon. One of the sport’s most underrated world champions, Soto, 51-7-2 (32), headlines …

The world’s former top flyweight goes up a division this evening at Argentina’s hallowed home of boxing, Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, as Omar Andres Narvaez battles for the vacant WBO super flyweight title against Everth Briceno. Narvaez, 31-0-2 (19), made 16 successful defenses of the WBO flyweight crown …

The first real superfight of 2010 takes place tonight in Las Vegas when ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley takes on ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd Mayweather in a 12 round bout at welterweight. At stake for Mayweather is not only his undefeated record but a possible mega-matchup with Manny Pacquiao down the line.For Mayweather, …

There’s boxing tonight at Weser Ems Halle in Oldenburg as WBO cruiserweight champ Marco Huck faces the challenge posed by America’s Brian Minto, who drops down from heavyweight. This could be a stiff test for Huck, 28-1 (21), a former European titlist who won the WBO strap against Victor Emiliano …

© Lawrence Lustig Tonight, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England, former two-time WBO heavyweight champion and current WBC international cruiserweight champion Herbie Hide enters as the bookie’s favourite into Prizefighter: The Cruiserweights II. Hide is 48-4 with 43 of those wins coming inside the distance and 26 …