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Boxing promoters Don King Productions and Golden Boy Promotions will include a World Boxing Council United States heavyweight national championship, a World Boxing Association Fedecaribe regional junior lightweight championship and a handful of boxing’s top undefeated rising stars on the non-televised undercard of the Showtime Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes …

The stage is set for a night of hard-hitting boxing action at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. as young fistic phenoms Frankie Gomez, Randy Caballero and Antonio Orozco, along with some of Southern California’s most exciting young talents, prepare for key bouts on Friday, July 1. In the …

© 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 …

Southern California rivals Charles Huerta and Christopher Martin are set to square off at The Hangar at the O.C. Fair & Event Center on Friday, May 20, in the main event of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” broadcast in a fight which will determine local hero moves closer to a world …

Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinalists and WBA 168-pound champion Andre Ward hosted a media day and workout with his trainer Virgil Hunter and promoter Dan Goossen on Thursday in Ward’s hometown of Oakland as he gets ready for his Semifinals showdown against Arthur Abraham on Saturday, May 14 at …

© Craig Bennett / Goossen Tutor Promotions Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinalists Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham participated in a press conference on Tuesday at Sisley Italian Kitchen in Sherman Oaks, Calif., to formally announce their May 14 showdown at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., live on …

One of the most anticipated fights in boxing — and the biggest bout of a young 2011 — will take place when undefeated world champions Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley duke it out at the 140-pound weight limit on Saturday, January 29 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. Boxing fans …

Lenny Zappavinga needed just 101 seconds to transform himself from undefeated Top-10 contender to IBF mandatory lightweight challenger when he blasted out top-rated Jin Hoon Kim last night in their IBF-sanctioned lightweight title elimination bout. The fight took place last night at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Center. “Lenny looked …

On October 15th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, current IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute, will fight mandatory contender Jesse Brinkley. For Brinkley, not only is it his shot to become champion, it’s also chance to make history in his home state. Yerington is a small farming town in …

A hot card just got hotter, as Southern California prospects Frankie Gomez and Gabino Saenz have been added to the Friday, October 15 boxing event at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. In the co-main event, which will be televised on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate,” East Los Angeles’ Gomez …

There are only two “Fight Night Club” events left in 2010, so Golden Boy Promotions and AEG are pulling out all the stops to deliver the hardest-hitting shows of the season beginning with the Thursday, October 28 event at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia, which features boxing’s next big thing, unbeaten …

On Friday, September 10, TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” returns to Southern California with an action-packed doubleheader at the Four Points Sheraton in San Diego featuring unbeaten hometown hero Chris Martin and Mexican welterweight prospect Luis Grajeda in separate bouts.