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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 …

The final press conference and official weigh-in for tomorrow night’s International Boxing Challenge pro-am show, featuring the Interim WBC Latino Super Middleweight title fight between unbeaten Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira (13-0, 11 KOs) and undefeated Argentinean prospect Abel Nicolas “El Princdipito” Andriel (10-0, 2 KOs), was held this morning …

Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Barry Hearn / Matchroom Sport gave us another great Prizefighter tournament last night – this time it was the Super-Middleweights II at Liverpools’ Characterful Olympia. It was the turn of Rocky Fielding to raise the Prizefighter Trophy and collect the …

Unbeaten Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira continues his mission to popularize boxing in his native Brazil, when he fight at home again March 25, headlining the “International Boxing Challenge” pro-am event at Mauro Pinheiro Gymnasium in Sao Paulo. The 20-year-old Oliveira (13-0, 11 KOs), now rated No. 10 by the …

WBO super feather beltholder Ricky Burns held onto his title on Saturday night in a victory over challenger Joseph Laryea at Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotsman Burns was making the second defense of the crown he won in impressive fashion from Rocky Martinez last Autumn. Laryea, coming into the …

Undefeated Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira returns home for his second consecutive fight in his native Brazil, March 25 versus unbeaten Argentinean prospect Abel “El Principito” Nicolas Adriel for the Interim WBC Latino Super Middleweight Championship, headlining the “International Boxing Challenge” pro-am event at Mauro Pinheiro Gymnasium in Sao Paulo. …

Click the above Image for more Photos by Jane Warburton Yesterday afternoon, at the Heritage Hotel, Derby, Clifton Mitchell promoted an afternoon of boxing which headlined the vacant BBBofC Midlands Area Light Welterweight Title clash between local man Dave Ryan and Northampton’s Leonard Lothian. Dave Ryan (Derby) v Leonard Lothian …

NABA Lightweight Champ Ready For Former World Title Challenger Fifteen fights into his professional boxing career and the trend is unmistakable; 23 year-old Logan Cotton McGuinness (14-0-1, 7 KO’s) keeps getting better and better. This past Saturday night at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre, in front of more than 5000 rabid fans, …