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Former WBF Super Featherweight Champion turned promoter Carl Greaves presents the opportunity for boxing fans to spend an evening with one of the greatest British boxers of all time - undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion Joe Calzaghe - at the Cedric Ford Pavilion, Newark Showground, Newark, Nottingham on Saturday 8th …

Fight fans in the Coachella Valley are going to get a special treat on Friday, September 23 when former United States Olympians Vicente Escobedo (2004 games) and Rocky Juarez (2000 games) square off in a true cross roads fight. Both are no strangers to high stakes competition, but when the …

In the televised ESPN main event of a five bout card promoted by Bob Arum 's Top Rank and Joe DeGuardia Star Boxing, world ranked Junior Middleweights Delvin Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak battled to an exciting ten round majority draw in front of a capacity crowd at Roseland Ballroom in …

Undefeated Michael“The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira continues his mission to re-popularize boxing in his native Brazil, when he returns home to fight for the third time, July 16 at Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo. The 21-year-old Oliveira (14-0, 11 KOs), now rated No. 17 by the WBC, takes on the Dominican …

Gleason’s Gym owner Bruce Silverglade, NABF featherweight champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano and award-winning boxing artist Gabe Parillo, Jr. will be special guest speakers Tuesday night (June 21, starting at 7 PM/ET) at Ring 8’s monthly meeting at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City.

The City of Atlantic City, Hanlon Sculpture Studio, and The Leavander Johnson Foundation unveiled the Leavander Johnson statue today in Center City Park in Atlantic City during a mid-day ceremony attended by hundreds of supporters. Among those in attendance with the Johnson family and friends, included Bernard Hopkins, Larry Hazzard, …

Super featherweight Joseph “Chip” Perez returns to Holyoke for the June 25th “Homecoming” pro boxing card, presented by American Fighting Organization, at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke. Another Holyoke boxer, veteran Derrick “Double Impact” Whitley (24-25-3, 11 KOs), returns to the ring for the first time in …

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter honored newly crowned WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins today for his championship win over Jean Pascal which took place May 21. The mayor presented Hopkins with a Liberty Bell replica and made a proclamation saluting Hopkins and acknowledging his history making accomplishment of becoming the …

The host of “The Bernie Miklasz Show” broadcast on 101 ESPN in St. Louis recently interviewed former unified 140-pound champion Devon Alexander and undefeated cruiserweight national champion Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” Coyne from their joint training camp in Colorado Springs, Colo. Alexander, from St. Louis, will face dangerous knockout artist …

Battle-tested boxer Derrick “Double Impact” Whitley (24-25-3, 11 KOs) returns to the ring for the first time in nearly four years to headline a pro boxing show in his hometown of Holyoke, “Homecoming,” June 25 at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke. The crafty southpaw takes on former …

Vanuatu national hero Kali Jacobus will defend his UBO World Super Middleweight title on Saturday April 9 at the Ex-FOL Omnisport Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu against former WBC Mundo Hispano Champion Rocky Junior from Brazil. The fight will be staged by promoter Wesley Rasu with the support of the …

Somebody’s “O” had to go in tonight’s Brazilian-Argentinean showdown between unbeaten prospects, as Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira’s rising popularity in his native country continued to grow with his 10-round unanimous decision victory against a game Abel Nicolas “El Principito” Adriel, headlining the “International Boxing Challenge” pro-am event at Mauro …