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Up-and-coming lightweight prospect Sharif “The Lion” Bogere fought to a close – and bloody – unanimous decision victory over Ray Beltran by the scores of 97-93 and 96-94 twice from Buffalo Bill’s Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nev. In the co-feature, top American heavyweight prospect Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell …

Award-winning boxing writer and television announcer, Steve Farhood, and “Light’s Out” star Holt McCallany will be special speakers at Tuesday night’s (May 17), starting at 7 PM/ET) for Ring 8’s monthly meeting at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City.

Up-and-coming and unbeaten lightweight prospect Sharif “The Lion” Bogere (19-0, 12 KOs) of Las Vegas, Nev., weighed in at 134 pounds and his opponent “Sugar” Raymundo Beltran (24-4, 16 KOs) of North Hollywood, Calif., at 135 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in from Buffalo Bill’s Star of the Desert Arena in …

Hall of Fame-Promoter Wilfried Sauerland has voiced his astonishment over Virgil Hunter´s comments at yesterday´s official Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinals press conference. The trainer of WBA Super-Middleweight Champion Andre Ward claimed that Sauerland has lost confidence in Abraham because he demanded neutral judges and a neutral referee.

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The final press conference for the kickoff of the Semifinals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic turned tense on Wednesday at Arnie Morton’s The Steakhouse in Burbank, Calif., just three days before tournament favorite Andre Ward defends his WBA super middleweight title against …

Last Saturday, May 7, the four Semifinalists in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Showtime participated in a press conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas . The Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinals will begin this Saturday, May 14 (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) …

The May 13th edition of the hit Showtime series, ShoBox: The New Generation will feature some of boxing’s top unbeaten stars as they risk their “0’s” on a stacked card led by 19-0 Sharif “The Lion” Bogere, 21-0-1 Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell and 15-0 Gary Russell Jr. The action-packed “Night of …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Former flyweight and super fly world champ Vic Darchinyan finally captured a title at bantamweight, winning the vacant IBO strap against ex-IBF beltholder Yonnhy Perez at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The bout kicked off with southpaw Darchinyan’s opening two-fisted assault convincing Perez go …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Tonight at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA, bantamweights Yonnhy Perez and Vic Darchinyan tangle for the vacant IBO crown. This should be a thrilling bout in the classic format of boxer vs. puncher as southpaw Darchinyan impulsively throws everything he has into …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and former IBF bantamweight champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez both made weight one day before their main-event meeting on Showtime Championship Boxing this Saturday, April 23, live on Showtime,10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from …

Two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez will clash in the new main event on Showtime Championship Boxing this Saturday, April 23, live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast from Nokia Theatre L.A. …

IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko arrived in Los Angeles on Monday in preparation to defend his title on Saturday but has been forced to withdraw after suffering what doctors have diagnosed as likely the sudden onset of sciatica. Agbeko had advanced to the final of the Showtime televised “Bantamweight Tournament: …