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Welterweight superpowers Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum will embark on a coast-to-coast media tour next week announcing “The Battle!” / “La Batalla!” — their compelling and eagerly-awaited world welterweight championship fight. The tour will begin in Mexico City on Monday, May 19, followed …

WBC lightweight champion David Diaz, 34-1-1 (17), from Chicago, paid a media day visit to San Antonio yesterday, May 6, to talk up his title defense against WBC super featherweight champion and Filipino national treasure Manny Pacquiao, 46-3-2 (34). After visiting The Alamo, the birthplace of Texas independence from Mexico, …

WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz will be honored This Sunday! May 4, as the co-Grand Marshal in Chicago’s Cinco De Mayo Parade, the highlight of the city’s 25th Annual Cinco De Mayo Festival and Parade Celebration. “I’m thrilled to be given this honor as part of the celebration of our …

Jack Loew, trainer of world middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik, read with great interest the remarks made earlier this week by Gary “The Rocket” Lockett, the No. 1 contender who will be challenging Pavlik for the title in June. “I see where Lockett has become inspired by Joe Calzaghe’s …

After a long illness, the mother of esteemed longtime Top Rank publicist Lee Samuels, Irene Rose Samuels, 83, sadly passed away over the weekend. Lee, his brother Curtis and his sister Phyllis have arranged a viewing and service on Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m. ET at Laughrey Funeral Home, 1 …

No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger Gary “The Rocket” Lockett, 30-1 (21), from Cwmbran, Wales, has vowed to follow in the footsteps of two-division world champion and fellow stablemate Joe Calzaghe by winning his debut fight in America. The Rocket Man challenges middleweight kingpin Kelly Pavlik, 33-0 (29), from Youngstown, …

When two explosive world champions at the top of their game mix it up for the world title, it’s a “Lethal Combination!” Newly-crowned WBC super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao and WBC lightweight champion David Diaz will battle in a 12-round rumble with Diaz’s title at stake.

Much as fellow “Contender” TV series alum Peter Manfredo was diced and sliced by super middleweight world champion Joe Calzaghe last year, welterweight Alfonso Gomez was shown the door in cursory fashion by WBA Champion Miguel Cotto last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, while former WBO Welter …

Boxing fans will be treated to back-to-back welterweight championship bouts when World Championship Boxing: Miguel Cotto vs. Alfonso Gomez and Kermit Cintron vs. Antonio Margarito is seen live Saturday, April 12 at10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The fight will be available in HDTV, as …

**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Sofrito Puerto Rican Cuisine in New York City, Top Rank hosted the final press conference for their World Welterweight Championship Double Header which will take place this Saturday, April 12 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ . “Two World …

**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Final Forum in association with Top Rank headlined an exciting night of boxing entitled “Fists a Flying at the Aviator” a sports and recreation center in Brooklyn , New York this past Thursday. In the main event, NABF Super Welterweight Champion Yuri …

**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at BB King’s Blues Club Restaurant in New York City, Top Rank held a press conference to announce the first title defense for WBC and WBO Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, 33-0 (29), who will face the #1 rated WBO Middleweight contender …