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British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn could be set to quit the industry in the next five years, according to his father Barry. Hearn, who has worked with the likes Anthony Joshua and Canelo Alvarez, has become one of the most notable faces in the boxing world following his role as …

NEW ORLEANS — Famed New Orleans boxing promoter Les Bonano died Saturday night, according to reports. Bonano began working with the NOPD in 1965. In 1974, while working at the Orleans Parish Prison, Bonano started an athletic program which focused on a variety of sports including boxing. Over the course …

Earlier this year Trad TKO Boxing Gym head honcho Johnny Eames announced that he will be promoting events in 2013, keeping to his word Johnny last night announced that his first UK event, tagged ‘Two Tribes Go To War’, will take place at York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London on …

Ricky Hatton has taken over from his father Ray as head of the Hatton group. The former world light-welterweight and welterweight champion insists he can take the organisation from strength to strength after his dad’s decade at the helm. Ricky, 32, who will oversee a mushrooming empire which includes a …

Deepest condolences to Bob Arum and his family on the passing of Bob’s sister, Sari Rosenbaum, 76, of Portland, Conn., who passed away Friday morning after battling cancer. Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 11 at Congregation Adath Israel (8 Broad St., at Church St., Middletown, Conn. 06457), beginning …

Champion Myriam Lamare of France and challenger Lely Luz Florez of Columbia made weight for their WBF Womens Light Welterweight title bout which takes place tomorrow night at Stade de l’Est in Saint Denis on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. WBF Women’s Light Welterweight Championship, 10 …

Tyson Fury says he will battle with North American champion Nicolai Firtha at Belfast’s King’s Hall on September 17 because he wants to give the Irish fans a night to remember. The 12 round international contest will be shown live on Channel 5. British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Fury could …

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 …

German heavyweight prospect Erkan Teper is currently in training camp with WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin in Hamburg to get in shape for his next fights. Promoter Ahmet Oner will take his “rough diamond“ to the USA for two more fights in August and September: “Erkan will fight on …

TG4 will provide live coverage of the WBF Light Middleweight Title fight between Henry Coyle and Italy’s Elio Cotena on a big night of boxing at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday, 12th August. The live boxing coverage, in association with Brian Peters Promotions, will begin on TG4 at 9:30pm …

Promoter Mick Hennessy has revealed that he has had a request to draft in extra security for tomorrow’s weigh-in for Saturday night’s British and Commonwealth heavyweight title clash between champion Dereck Chisora and challenger Tyson Fury. Hennessy, who is staging the grudge clash at Wembley Arena, says the bad blood …